Larry Scheurich

13263 SW Hillshire Drive

Tigard, OR 97223

(503)-803-3584

 

 

 

Summary of Experience

 

Over 14 years of experience designing and implementing data warehouse technologies in a wide range of environments including retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, and health care working with all aspects of data warehouse implementation including data model design, ETL integration, end user data access tools, and both IT and end user training.  Specialized experience in implementing data warehouse environments related to source ERP applications including Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft, and SAP.  Additional deep experience in implementing ERP applications with a specialization in the implementation of Oracle Applications.

 

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science – Elizabethtown College, May 1988 – Elizabethtown, PA

Related Experience:

·         Strong knowledge in Teradata database and toolset including database creation and administration, data model design, stored procedure development, and extract and load utilities.

·         Oracle Applications end user and technical expertise – Releases 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and 12x

·         PeopleSoft Applications end user and technical expertise – Releases 7.x, 8.x, and 9x

·         SAP technical expertise with SAP-BI

·         Extensive knowledge of Oracle RDBMS toolset including database management and administration, PL/SQL, tuning and performance, and end user tools (i.e. Discoverer)

·         Working knowledge and hands on experience with ETL tools

o        DecisionPoint

o        Informatica

o        Ascential

·         Working knowledge of metadata management tools

o        DecisionPoint’s MetaManager

o        Informatica

o        Ascential

·         Working knowledge and hands on experience with end user data access tools

o        Decision Expert Query from Teradata Decision Experts

o        Hyperion – Essbase and Performance Suite

§         Developed XML based metadata integration between Teradata Decision Experts and Hyperion EIS

§         Developed SQL based metadata integration between  Teradata Decision Experts and Hyperion interactive reports

o        Cognos – PowerPlay, Transformer, and Impromptu

o        Business Objects

o        Oracle Discoverer

o        Microstrategy

 

Professional Experience

 

Teradata – Portland, OR

November 2005 - present

 

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Teradata Decision Experts, which was an acquisition of DecisionPoint Software by Teradata.  Performed several roles within the organization, including

 

·         Architected the conversion of Teradata Decision Experts software from an Oracle based data warehouse to a Teradata data warehouse.

·         Participate in the architecture council, which is responsible for architectural decisions across all Teradata Applications.

·         Defining architectural direction of the Teradata Decision Expert toolset, including ETL, source experts, metadata management, data model design and implementation, and end user data access.

·         Advising the teams responsible for designing and implementing data models, and associated ETL definitions for data coming from Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP applications.

·         Actively involved in both pre and post sales activities associated with the customer purchase of Teradata Decision Experts products.

o        Pre Sales

§         RFI completion

§         Sales presentations

§         Proof of Concept (POC) implementation

§         End user requirements definition, and identification of required Teradata Decision Experts products

o        Post Sales

§         Ongoing work with customers to refine Teradata Decision Experts products direction

§         Support of the field organization implementing Teradata Decision Experts solutions at customer sites

 

DecisionPoint Software – Portland, OR

July 1996 – November 2005

Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of DecisionPoint, a packaged data warehouse software solution provider.  Performed several roles within the organization, including:

 

·         Defining architectural direction of the DecisionPoint toolset, including ETL, source experts, metadata management, data model design and implementation, and end user data access.

·         Managed the team responsible for designing and implementing data models, and associated ETL definitions for data coming from Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP applications.

·         Actively involved in both pre and post sales activities associated with the customer purchase of DecisionPoint Software products.

o        Pre Sales

§         RFI completion

§         Proof of Concept (POC) implementation

§         End user requirements definition, and identification of required DecisionPoint Software products

o        Post Sales

§         Support of the field organization implementing DecisionPoint solutions at customer sites

 

Sequent Computer Systems (now part of IBM) – Beaverton, OR

May 1988 – July 1996

 

Originally employed as an IT resource to support Sequent’s implementation of Ask ManMan running on the VAX VMS operating system, and part of the project team that migrated from ASK to Oracle Applications.  Primary technical resource in the implementation of Oracle Applications at Sequent where alpha and beta versions of Oracle Financials and Manufacturing were implemented.  Developed and implemented a data warehouse solution based on data from Oracle Applications for internal usage at Sequent.  Transitioned from an IT resource to a pre-sales resource supporting the sale of Sequent hardware to support customers running Oracle Applications and data warehouse technologies.  Performed many activities including RFI completion, benchmarking, and acting as an advisory resource to customers.  Migrated to the role of engineering manager responsible for the productization of Sequent’s internal data warehouse software to make it available to Oracle Applications customers as a software offering from Sequent.

 

Shared Medical Systems (SMS) – Malvern, PA

May 1986 – April 1988

 

Customer support resource responsible for the support of patient care and billing software implemented at ten hospitals in the New York City and northern New Jersey regions of the US.  The software was written in MUMPS, and ran on the VAX PDP and VMS platforms.  Primary responsibilities included remote telephone support, fixing software bugs, implementing software change requests, and assisting in the diagnosis of hardware problems.

 

Professional Highlights

 

Patents

 

• U.S. Patent No. 7,080,066 on July 18, 2006

 

DecisionPoint

 

• Frequent speaker at conferences and tradeshows on the implementation and support of data warehousing technologies.
• Wrote several articles that were used in printed publications

 

Sequent Computer Systems

 

• One of very few two time winners of the employee excellence award.  The award was given to the top 1% performers of the entire non-commission employee base within Sequent as nominated by co-workers and peers.
• Responsible for the activities at Sequent in support of the sale of computer systems to run Oracle Applications.  This program generated a minimum of $30 million annually in revenue for Sequent.
• Frequent speaker at conferences and tradeshows on the implementation and support of Oracle Applications and data warehousing technologies

 

Shared Medical Systems

 

• Achieved highest possible customer support rating from all ten hospitals that were supported

 

Personal Highlights

 

• Married to Leslie with two children (Andrew – freshman at Western Washington University, and Rebecca – sophomore in high school)
• Actively coach youth (U11-U18) soccer at the competitive level, leading both boys and girls teams to state championships for second tier teams.  Specialized focus on teamwork, game strategy, and skills development.