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Professional summary

TOGAF certified seasoned enterprise data architect with expertise in diverse roles from data governance, enterprise logical data modeling, reference data management, data migration and developing client relations. Contributions have visible technical impact on landscaping enterprise architecture as a strategic link between business goals and technology capabilities.

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, with extensive scope of responsibility and delivering optimal results in high-growth environments.

Current Experience: Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group
Current Experience: Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group
Previous: Functional Synopsis: Participate
Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies
Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies
Functional Synopsis:
Functional Synopsis: Creating
Functional Synopsis: Lead
DBA Federal Govt Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries UAE
Functional Synopsis: Install
Data Modeller Bin Salmeen Computers UAE
Manager, Functional Synopsis: Analyzes
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Manager, . IT , Group Danke ,
Software Engineer, . , Vibrant Systems ,
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15.0 Years
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Shibu Kurian's Experience


Current :	Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group
	Retail Chain/Logistics
	Working from 2007
	Brief summary : Significant experience creating enterprise logical data model, persona-based scenarios, functional requirements binding business data elements and facilitating foundation for designing database landscape. Defining flow and containment of data for organization to navigate intuitively and doesn’t happen by chance. Implementing human factors principles and guidelines of usability heuristics in information design. Identifying key and common data elements to bind three pillars of data governance- compliance, integration and transformation. Comprehending constraints versus capabilities & vulnerabilities from concept to deployment. Expertise in thought leadership and mentoring associates in data, information architecture and interaction design. Innovative practitioner with a successful history of evangelizing the benefits of good design and practices at all levels of the organization.
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Current :	Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group
	Retail Chain/Logistics
	Working from 2007
	Brief summary : Significant experience creating enterprise logical data model, persona-based scenarios, functional requirements binding business data elements and facilitating foundation for designing database landscape. Defining flow and containment of data for organization to navigate intuitively and doesn’t happen by chance. Implementing human factors principles and guidelines of usability heuristics in information design. Identifying key and common data elements to bind three pillars of data governance- compliance, integration and transformation. Comprehending constraints versus capabilities & vulnerabilities from concept to deployment. Expertise in thought leadership and mentoring associates in data, information architecture and interaction design. Innovative practitioner with a successful history of evangelizing the benefits of good design and practices at all levels of the organization.
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis: Participate

	Worked from 2006 to 2007
	Brief summary : 09/2006 - 09/2007. Functional Synopsis: Participate in developing consistent definitions for common reference data. Establish measures to chart progress related to completeness and quality of data for project information. Facilitate avoidance of data redundancy and thus prevent data and business transaction inconsistency. Hand-hold prime mover projects. Define the process to resolve cross-organizational data management issues. Training users with varying degrees of knowledge to effectively use the database system. Collaborate with entities like vendors, customers and business performing pre-sales tasks such as gap analysis, validation and estimation. Endow architectural guideline to 20 DBAs. Sr. Database Architect, Capstone Securities, Pune-India,
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Previous :	Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies
	Technology Consulting
	Worked from 2005 to 2007
	Brief summary : Manage, lead, and develop cross-functional teams, focused on global software development and implementation. Developing and maintaining a comprehensive program for data management. Create and implement design upgrade, to database. Technical support and troubleshooting for internal and external clients. Training users with varying degrees of knowledge to effectively use the database system. Part of the architectural team performing impact analysis, data analysis & profiling, quality assurance and integrity, Root Cause Analysis with respect to data, database and information. Collaborate with entities like vendors, customers and business performing pre-sales tasks such as gap analysis, validation and estimation. Endow architectural guideline to 15 DBA’s.
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Previous :	Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies
	Technology Consulting
	Worked from 2005 to 2007
	Brief summary : Manage, lead, and develop cross-functional teams, focused on global software development and implementation. Developing and maintaining a comprehensive program for data management. Create and implement design upgrade, to database. Technical support and troubleshooting for internal and external clients. Training users with varying degrees of knowledge to effectively use the database system. Part of the architectural team performing impact analysis, data analysis & profiling, quality assurance and integrity, Root Cause Analysis with respect to data, database and information. Collaborate with entities like vendors, customers and business performing pre-sales tasks such as gap analysis, validation and estimation. Endow architectural guideline to 15 DBA’s.
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	Worked from 2006 to 2006
	Brief summary : 05/2006 - 08/2006. Functional Synopsis: Key member of the team defining data store for collecting data, transmitted through the channels of NASDAQ, NYSE and other Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs). Pruning and segregating data providing analytical information for the agent trading online from India. Database Administrator, Aspect Technology Center, Bangalore-India,
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis: Creating

	Worked from 2004 to 2006
	Brief summary : 08/2004 - 04/2006. Functional Synopsis: Creating sandbag environment for databases required for development, and testing. Assists with impact analysis of any changes made to the database objects. Troubleshooting the problems related to the databases, applications and development tools. Created, configured and maintained data marts. Responsible for installation and configuration of third party plug-ins and products to be integrated with data mart for extracting data into the Data mart databases used for enterprise reporting. Building and recovery of data marts upon requests from clients of Aspect. Conceptualized and did a POC in setting up a live call center test bed with Digital Communication Processors. Various other technical duties including, but not limited to, SQL tuning, root cause analysis, code walkthroughs and critiquing code, end-user consultations. Systems Architect and Data Modeler, Wincer InfoTech, Bangalore-India,
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis: Lead

	Worked from 2002 to 2004
	Brief summary : 03/2002 - 07/2004. Functional Synopsis: Lead concept and prototyping teams, for product re-designing. Architected the data model for the product SoftCAAT, a PC based knowledge inference tool for use by auditors, accountants, investigators and IT staff for interrogation and analysis of data. SoftCAAT has specific data manipulation functionalities for users such as stratification, sampling, querying, gap detection. Designed database for the product ProCOB, a tool facilitating users to adapt and implement CoBIT as per their specific requirements. CoBIT harmonizes standards from 36 different primary sources worldwide and is the international standard for the management and control of information technology. Oracle DBA Federal Govt. (Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries), UAE,
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Previous :	DBA Federal Govt Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries UAE

	Worked from 2001 to 2001
	Brief summary : Adopting and implementing IT best practices from ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), we have achieved some quantifiable and qualitative benefits like: Improved Customer Satisfaction. Improved ROI (Return On Investment) of IT. Improved Morale of Service delivery and recipient staff, Reduced staff turnover. Improved IT employee productivity. Reduced cost/incident. Better asset utilization. DBA Federal Govt. (Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries), UAE, 03/2001 - 11/2001. Functional Synopsis: Management tasks: Liaising with management. Liaising with database users for advice and needs. Procuring and maintaining database software and related documents and tools. Liaising with the database software vendor and, when applicable, database content vendor. Interface with Oracle Corporation for technical support. Security tasks: Monitoring and maintaining security of databases and database software on corporate, application, database, role, program, and when applicable, table, view and column levels in co-operation with security experts and systems programmers. Create users, granting access rights and monitoring use of these rights. Maintaining database software licenses, when applicable, database content licenses. Day-to-day tasks: Maintaining development, test and production database environments, starting and stopping databases. Monitoring the databases and optimizing database performance and use of resources. Maintaining availability and integrity of databases. Installing database software, if necessary, with systems programmers and network managers. Monitoring and managing database backups and restorations, also porting databases or parts of databases. Helping application programmers to install and tune their database related programs, when possible, also giving guidance in effective use of database features. Overseeing the maintenance of the database content with persons responsible for the application.
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis: Install

	Worked from 2001 to 2001
	Brief summary : 03/2001 - 11/2001. Functional Synopsis: Install, patch, tune and maintain all Oracle instances. Approve all production schema changes and changes to database design. Define road map for data migration. Design and implement a backup and recovery system Work with information architects on security model implementations. Health checks ensuring that databases are configured correctly for optimal performance, security and disaster recovery. Custom built solutions to meet requirements. Database Test Engineer, Bin Salmeen Computers, UAE,
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Previous :	Data Modeller Bin Salmeen Computers UAE

	Worked from 2000 to 2001
	Brief summary : Creating and deleting databases and public database objects. Planning tasks: Database capacity planning: processing capacity, storage capacity and back-up capacity. Database security and integrity planning with security experts, systems programmers and network managers. Reviewing and developing data models and database designs with development teams; entity-relationship models are used with relational databases, normalizing, de-normalizing, indexing, and defining views. Also a team member for regression and destructive testing. Data Modeller, Bin Salmeen Computers, UAE, 07/2000 - 02/2001. Functional Synopsis: Preparing data model which includes:
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Previous :	Manager, Functional Synopsis: Analyzes

	Worked from 2000 to 2001
	Brief summary : 07/2000 - 02/2001. Functional Synopsis: Analyzes failure reports and root cause identification. Interact with customers to identify areas of disconnects. Manager IT, Group Danke, India
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis:

	Worked from 1997 to 2000
	Brief summary : 03/1997 - 05/2000. Functional Synopsis: Led requirements gathering sessions to form a high level conceptual model for MRP system to support functionalities for materials management, batch process, production scheduling, production reporting, order management, lot and serial reporting and labor management. Software Engineer, Vibrant Systems, India,
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Previous :	Manager, . IT , Group Danke ,

	India
	Worked from 1997 to 1999
	Brief summary : what elements of the data will be stored how large each element can be what kind of information each element can contain what elements may be left blank (three-valued logic) which elements are constrained to a fixed range whether and how various tables are to be linked Designing data model that helps in visualizing data structures to gauge how completely and accurately they reflect the current business scenario that could accommodate new ways of doing business, new lines of business - without throwing out the system. Manager IT, Group Danke, India 03/1997 - 12/1999. Functional Synopsis:
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Previous :	Software Engineer, . , Vibrant Systems ,

	India
	Worked from 1996 to 1997
	Brief summary : Managing a team of 15 members and assisting them to manage the EDP department. Assisting in designing and developing quality software as per the requirements of the manufacturing industry. Software Engineer, Vibrant Systems, India, 01/1996 - 02/1997. Functional Synopsis:
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Previous :	Functional Synopsis:

	Worked from 1996 to 1997
	Brief summary : 01/1996 - 02/1997. Functional Synopsis: Health Care Software - from scheduling to post-operative care, billing to advanced analytics, the software automates the entire process, enabling and to delivering least amount of administrative burden and costs.
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Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group

Working from 2007

Sr. Technology Architect - Data Practice, Future Group

Working from 2007

Functional Synopsis: Participate

Worked from 2006 to 2007

Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies

Worked from 2005 to 2007

Technical Support Manager, VisualSoft Technologies

Worked from 2005 to 2007

Functional Synopsis:

Worked from 2006 to 2006

Functional Synopsis: Creating

Worked from 2004 to 2006

Functional Synopsis: Lead

Worked from 2002 to 2004

DBA Federal Govt Ministry Of Agriculture and Fisheries UAE

Worked from 2001 to 2001

Functional Synopsis: Install

Worked from 2001 to 2001

Data Modeller Bin Salmeen Computers UAE

Worked from 2000 to 2001

Manager, Functional Synopsis: Analyzes

Worked from 2000 to 2001

07/2000 - 02/2001. Functional Synopsis: Analyzes failure reports and root cause identification. Interact with customers to identify areas of disconnects. Manager IT, Group Danke, India

Functional Synopsis:

Worked from 1997 to 2000

Manager, . IT , Group Danke ,

Worked from 1997 to 1999

Software Engineer, . , Vibrant Systems ,

Worked from 1996 to 1997

Managing a team of 15 members and assisting them to manage the EDP department. Assisting in designing and developing quality software as per the requirements of the manufacturing industry. Software Engineer, Vibrant Systems, India, 01/1996 - 02/1997. Functional Synopsis:

Functional Synopsis:

Worked from 1996 to 1997

01/1996 - 02/1997. Functional Synopsis: Health Care Software - from scheduling to post-operative care, billing to advanced analytics, the software automates the entire process, enabling and to delivering least amount of administrative burden and costs.