Job Profile: Kevin Fournier, Business Intelligence Consultant
Posted in Job Profile on September 17th, 2009 by Holly – Be the first to comment Tags: career, consultant, Job Profile1. Describe briefly what your job is.
I am a Business Intelligence consultant, which primarily includes designing and building data infrastructure (e.g. data Warehouses & Datamarts) and report deployments.
2. What do you like most about it?
Flexibility and variety. Each week is a different deliverable and every other month is a different company.
3. What do you do in a typical day?
Code SQL, design Business Objects Reports & Dashboards, mediate meetings between IT, business users, and developers.
4. What made you decide on this career in the first place?
I didn’t, it just flowed naturally from job opportunity and what I excelled at.
5. What kind of education or experience is necessary for this job?
Some Computer Science, but mostly an analytical and mathematical mind.
6. What makes you good at this job (personality traits, strengths, skills, etc.)?
Technical ability, mental agility, and charisma.
7. Who would be perfect in this job?
It varies. Some projects and engagements require different skill sets. Variance in personality and temperament will position a consultant to a different role on the engagement. For example, if your project management skills are stronger than y our SQL, then you’ll lean more towards that role provided another team member can support that SQL role.
8. Do you have any advice for someone wanting to enter this field?
Don’t get caught up in your clients panic and urgency; stay clear headed and targeted.
