I have spent the major part of my recent career in disciplines related to data and information management. This is my professional passion. I have fulfilled the roles of data analyst, data modeler, DBA and data/information architect. I have modeled, designed and implemented both relational and dimensional data warehouses and CIM's, for some of the major telcos, insurers, utilities and retailers in Africa. I have worked closely with business analysts, source systems analyst, data analysts, DBA's and developers in understanding source structures, mapping data sources to various targets and building both atomic and Kimball-style dimensional data warehouses and OLAP cubes. I've used most of t...