Matt Hodnett - Data migration & software engineer, Konexxia Solutions

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Work Background

KBR, Inc.Technical Data Migration Lead

May. 2024

EssentraData Migration Architect

Mar. 2023Kidlington, England, United KingdomData Migration architect responsible for defining the overall data migration strategy for movement of all data into the client's Dynamics 365 F&O instance. I am also responsible for the mentoring of migration analysts and developers in best practice approach to migration as well as the configuration of data migration software for 5 markets to assist in the automation of extraction, transformation and load of all relevant product & financial data.

KonexxiaDirector

Mar. 2020UKI am a director of a consultancy specialising in the migration of data during large scale Dynamics 365 programmes. We advocate the use of a structured methodology and the use of technology in the creation of automated, audited ETL processes.

IWG plcData Migration Consultant

Jun. 2019 - Jan. 2022Data Migration for IWG Dynamics Talent HR rollout. Responsible for migration of Time and Attendance and Leave and Absence balances into Dynamics HR and F&O environments. Utilised Konexxia-developed software for the generation of all extracts from Peoplesoft HR and the export of all validated transformation data, before automatic upload into Dynamics 365. Created configuration transport mechanism to copy configuration data between dynamics HR environments, utilising Konexxia Generix software.

Dentsu Aegis NetworkConsultant Dynamics 365 Data Migration Architect

Nov. 2013 - May. 2019London, United KingdomTechnical migration architect responsible for ETL architecture on global Dynamics 365 programme. Responsible for the migration of financial data including AP, AR & GL. Created automated load mechanism to facilitate efficient loading of large volumes of complex data into Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O.

UnivarSAP Migration Architect

May. 2011 - May. 2013EuropeSAP Migration Architect\Team Lead for Univar SAP EMEA rollout. Responsible for technical leadership during creation of automated SQL Server (inc SSIS) based toolset for management of mapping\tracking processes, transformation framework and creation of standard SAP format load files. Technical architect for creation of sql server toolset. Managed the creation of a SAP data dictionary based process for automating extracts out of target and source SAP instances. Implemented automatic extraction of SAP configuration data into repository for local validation of load data prior to extract into SAP load format, ensuring high level of data readiness and quality prior to load into SAP system. This greatly reduced the issues associated with a trial and error based approach and lead to delivery of SAP friendly data against tight deadlines and for high volumes of data. Managed team of 5 developers in the delivery of transformation routines within toolset. Toolset was used to transform data from a variety of sources including SAP 4.7, DB2, Baan, Oracle etc. Individually responsible for the mapping, extraction and transformation of all FtS (Forecast to Stock) data including Material Master, Warehouse management, Production Planning, Quality Management & Stock Control modules for Wave 1 deliverables (Benelux companies) and Wave 2 deliverables (Nordic and Iberian companies). All deliveries were achieved via the transformation toolset developed.

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OCS Group Data Migration Architect\Designer

May. 2007 - Mar. 2011Transformation Architect & Project DBA for development and maintenance of transformation framework for use in OCS migration to SAP.

Cadbury UKData Migration Consultant

Apr. 2005 - Apr. 2007Architect for development of company-wide transformation framework for use throughout rollout of Cadbury’s chosen product development software across UK business units.

Red Bull RacingSoftware Consultant

Apr. 2001 - Apr. 2005Creation of new company-wide intranet portal utilising ASP.NET, VB.NET for creation of intranet pages and .NET Web Parts. Creation & configuration of Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server and creation of .NET Web Parts for retrieval of company data warehouse information. Creation of Reporting Services based Management Reporting solution integrated with Sharepoint intranet site.