Data Warehouse Skills and Experience

Skills & Experience

I am Joe Garrett, a highly motivated and successful consultant in the Information Technology industry. I've focused solely on creating business value via decision support systems for many years. I've been fortunate to work with some of the country's top data warehousing people, am an expert business analyst and data modeler, am certified in Object Role Modeling, and have been involved with many types of projects in many types of organizations. I know what works and what doesn't, and love these projects because they offer me the opportunity to make sense out of chaos.

I've had the opportunity to perform every task needed on large and small data warehouse / data mart / decision support / reporting system projects, so I am intimately familiar with what it takes to deliver successful projects. I've had the opportunity to work on the business side as an employee at large organizations, and on the IT side as a consultant at large and small consulting organizations, and as an independent consultant. I've developed a unique perspective because I've seen the industry from ALL sides.

I've performed these functions on Data Warehouse projects:

Overall Project Manager and Definer - both on the business side and the technology side
Tools Evaluation Specialist
Business Analyst / Data Analyst
Transformation Specs Creator and Documenter
Transformation Tool Process Planner
Transformation Developer
Transformation Program Maintainer
Information Architect / Database Designer / Data Modeler
Database Administrator
Metadata (Documentation) Creator / Metadata Administrator
End User Access Tool Administrator
Report Creator and End User Trainer

...and worked on projects at large and small companies:

Abbott Vascular Devices
Guidant / Boston Scientific
Wells Fargo Investments
RBC Dain Rauscher
Ecolab
Musicland
Hormel Foods
Wells Fargo
Piper Jaffray
Handi Medical Supply
West Group