With extensive data analysis experience spanning the supply chain, insurance, healthcare, food & beverage, consumer products, human resources, electronics, and environmental fields, I have developed a strong Business Intelligence foundation based on a deep understanding of several analytical tools, analytical methods, and software development tools. I have used this background to develop a number of Business Intelligence products and I have had the opportunity to present these tools and concepts to a wide variety of audiences.

Business Intelligence Consultant - MicroStrategy @ Conversion of reporting suite to MicroStrategy reporting suite From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Business Intelligence Consultant @ Acting as administrator for the MicroStrategy servers. This role includes maintaining the project sources, optimizing the system with VLDB property and server setting updates, controlling user access, verifying element integrity with Integrity Manager, moving development objects into production using Object Manager, troubleshooting issues, and upgrading the servers as needed. Creating reports in MicroStrategy and Crystal Reports in order to meet evolving business requirements. Producing project architecture and schema objects used in MicroStrategy report development. Developing data visualizations using Visual Insights and dynamic dashboards. Scheduling reports to run according to business requirements. These requirements are based on time, date, data warehouse events, and data conditions. Updating ETL and relational data model to incorporate new data elements and business requirements. Transitioning the current data model from a relational database design to a dimensional model design. Ensuring the data model enhancements meet the needs of the business and provide further opportunities for data analysis. From April 2012 to July 2015 (3 years 4 months) Software Engineer @ Responsible for administration of MicroStrategy projects in areas that included troubleshooting, security control, query optimization, and development of the multi-tenancy process. Installed and configured Enterprise Manager and MicroStrategy Mobile in order to enhance the functionality of the MicroStrategy reporting suite. Developed operational dashboards that enhanced the line of products offered to the company's clients. Trained Customer Service and Professional Services groups in order to expand the use of Business Intelligence reporting within the company and provide the company's clients with a richer data analysis opportunity. From December 2011 to April 2012 (5 months) Consultant @ Implemented and designed Business Intelligence solutions for West Coast clients. Specializations: • Dashboard design. • Upgrade/Installation of full MicroStrategy Suite. • Optimization of dashboards and reports. • Mobile reporting development for iPad/iPhone. • Conversion of projects to Mobile reporting products. • Development of data mining and predictive analytics tools. • Training BI Staff on use of the MicroStrategy tool. • Best practices consulting. • Optimization of data model. Client List: Intel Corporation Old Republic Home Protection / Amcom Disney Consumer Products Phoenix American Financial E&J Gallo Facebook From October 2010 to November 2011 (1 year 2 months) Business Intelligence Application Developer @ Developed Business Intelligence application tools serving vision care practitioners using Cognos and DB2/UDB. Primary responsibilities included developing business analytics designed to enhance current practitioner revenue streams and discover new revenue stream potential through the use of data mining, predictive modeling and data visualization. From January 2010 to October 2010 (10 months) Sacramento, California AreaIndependent Wine Consultant @ I have since retired from this adventure. From June 2007 to December 2009 (2 years 7 months) Business Intelligence Application Developer @ Principal MicroStrategy developer responsible for the creation of decision support tools used by pharmaceutical manufacturer clients. Dashboards and reporting analysis tools included numerous longitudinal studies, market basket analyses, market change, market share, drug therapy persistency studies, multiple therapy analyses, and various combinations of these analytical methodologies. I was also responsible for researching and demonstrating complex Business Intelligence analytics. Work included data mining, predictive modeling, neural networks, decision trees, PMML, and geospatial analysis. Sample Publications: B Burgess, New to market drug usage patterns: Variations in newly launched proton pump inhibitor drugs between age groups. http://apha.confex.com/apha/130am/techprogram/paper_44819.htm From July 2000 to December 2009 (9 years 6 months) Phoenix, Arizona AreaAir Quality Engineer @ • Modeled the future anticipated impact of air quality mitigation strategies. • Developed air quality plans to implement mitigation strategies for ozone, particulates, and carbon monoxide. • Coordinated planning efforts with local, state, and federal agencies. From January 1998 to July 2000 (2 years 7 months) Phoenix, Arizona AreaEnvironmental Specialist @ • Modeled the future anticipated impact of air quality mitigation strategies. • Developed air quality plans to implement mitigation strategies for ozone. • Coordinated planning efforts with local, state, and federal agencies. From January 1997 to January 1998 (1 year 1 month)

MS, Atmospheric Chemistry @ Georgia Institute of Technology From 1993 to 1997 BS, Atmospheric Sciences @ University of Arizona From 1988 to 1993 Certificate, Executive Sommelier @ Metropolitan State College of Denver Blake Burgess is skilled in: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Microstrategy, Dashboard, OLAP, SQL, Data Mining, ETL, Analytics, Analysis, Database Design, Predictive Analytics, Data Analysis, Business Analytics