Ellard Vincent  Cortez, IT Specialist (Cognos Reports Developer)

Ellard Vincent Cortez

IT Specialist (Cognos Reports Developer)

IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.

Location
Philippines
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

IT Specialist (Cognos Reports Developer) at IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
  • Philippines
  • My current job since April 2010

AS Cognos Reporting Lead: (March 2017 to Present)

o Cognos lead
o Maintaining the different Cognos reports under SCoA/D / CAR application
o Providing supports on all SCoA/D / CAR reports
o Provide analysis and solution on issues raised by the customers
o Applying the necessary updates or changes as per clients requirement
o Developing new Cognos reports for SCoA/D / CAR application
o Check the layout of the reports and the different properties if it conforms to the specification.
o Verify the different conditions of each report.
o Validate the different data types and tables from the database that will be used in a report.
o Managing the deployment of reports from Cognos Analytics Development server to Cognos Analytics Production server
o Managing the security access of the cognos reports SCoA/D / CAR application
o Support Cognos Development environment (both administration and security)

AS Team/Technical Lead: (October 2010 to December 2016)

o Team lead for Cognos CoC OGS support team.
o Focal person in Philippines.
o Assisted on Knowledge Transfer's for OGS new member.
o Daily monitoring of RTC ticketing systems.
o Manage deployments cognos contents via Functional ID using motio.
o Provide daily status of the tickets assigned to our project.
o Always check with other members on their tickets or concerns if they need any assistance or help.
o Delegate RTC WorkItem tickets to OGS team members.
o Discusses with other team members on the innovative solutions of the CR's and defects.
o Attends daily team meeting to give updates and status of each member.


AS Reports Developer:

o Create and maintain Framework Manager for different reports.
o Collaborate with the CF development team in doing enhancements.
o Review requirements of the project to create reports and scripts using DB2.
o Performs simple testing reports.
o Check the layout of the reports and the different properties if it conforms to the specification.
o Verify the different conditions of each report.
o Validate the different data types and tables from the database that will be used in a report.


AS Report Support:

o Support the implementation of Cognos suite of Query and Reporting Tools for Blue Harmony and OGS group (On Going Support)
o Monitoring of daily run of scheduled reports.
o Provide estimate/sizing to the Change request
o Gives solutions to the Change Request
o Provide analysis and solution on issues raised by the customers
o Provide solutions to the Change request in accordance with SLA stated in the sizing.
o Implement Change request and resolve defect tickets in RTC.
o Support Cognos Development environment (both administration and security)
o Maintain the performance of different environments (Dev. Testing, and Production)
o Perform some infrastructure activities:
0 - Server Restart (Full cycle / Fast cycle)
1 - CM recycle
2 - Check the BIBUS of each Dispatchers
3 - Maintain and monitor long idle BIBUS operation in all servers
4 - Monitor all Dispatchers on different servers

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER at AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES INC. PHILIPPINES (ACS)
  • Other
  • May 2008 to April 2010
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE at SOFTWARE VENTURES INTERNATIONAL (SVI)
  • Other
  • December 2006 to May 2008
SALES and TECHNICAL SUPPORT Spare Parts Department at AMBERGRIS SOLUTIONS INC. (ASI)
  • Other
  • January 2006 to December 2006
IT Personnel at BANCO FILIPINO SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANK
  • Other
  • June 2002 to January 2006

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
  • at San Beda College
  • April 2002

Specialties & Skills

Insurance
Spare Parts
Quality Assurance
Software Quality
Software Quality Assurance

Training and Certifications

DevOps Bootcamp (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM Solutions Delivery
Date Attended:
March 2019
Duration:
70 hours