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Consultant Profile Sheet
Michael Ward
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Skillset:
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Outstanding technical skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong communication skills
Strong problem solving skills
Self-motivated/Very Dedicated
Strong project management skills
Outstanding presentation skills
Presenter at BusinessObjects User Group Meetings In US
Presenter at BusinessObjects International Conference: Dallas-2009
 2 Major Presentations
Outstanding teacher/presenter/Train-the-Trainer
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Full Product Training
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Migration Training
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Reporting Classes
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Designer Classes
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Supervisor Class
Business Objects 2.x/6.x/XI/XI R2/3.1 WebIntelligence Class
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2 Scheduler
Business Objects 5/6/XI/XI R2/3.1 Administration
Special Internal “Boot Camp” Product Training:
 Microsoft Access
 Other Relational Products
Business Objects Application Development
Business Objects International User Conference (1999/2001/2002/2004)
Conference Classes & Presentations Including But Not Limited To:
 Business Objects- From Universe Design to Report Generation: The
Untold Story
 Business Objects Advanced Techniques for the Savvy Report Writer
 How To Provide Drill-Across Report Functionality to Your Users
Consultant Profile: Michael Ward
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 Business Objects – Turbo Charging Lists of Values and Prompts
 Business Objects – A Touch of Front-End Customization
 Business Objects – Variables and More – Fourth Edition
Business Objects Advanced Designer Concepts
Business Objects Advanced Arch. & Depl
CTTS Business Objects Course Development:
 All Business Objects Classes
Business Objects Presentation Skills/Train-The-Trainer
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Course Development
Business Objects Trainer
Creative Technology & Training Solutions
Instructor/Consultant, 2000-Present
BusinessObjects:
Department of Defense, Erie Insurance, Ford Motor Company, VW of America, Fed
Ex Ground, Broder Brothers, FTC, State Courts of Washington, La-Z-Boy, Sunoco,
Kmart/Sears, State of Michigan, Oakland County, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, 53
Bank, Lehman Brothers, Nintendo, WAMU, Warner Brothers, Sunoco, Mayo Clinic,
Cisco Systems, Florida Hospital, Northern Trust, Nova Chemical, Owens-Illinois,
University of Notre Dame, Kaiser Permanente, and many more.
Michael has been a major Business Objects presenter to user groups throughout
North America. He just presented for the 6th meeting in a row to the San Francisco
BO User Group, and has presented 3 times to the Denver BO User Group. He has
presented a number of times to BONYMAUG(New York/New Jersey), and
Pittsburgh BO User Group as well. Other groups include North Carolina, Dallas,
and Detroit and Indianapolis, where he is the BO group coordinator (both cities).
ORACLE:
 ORACLE Master: Developer 2000 (21 Days)
 Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL (5 Days)
 Advanced SQL and SQL*Plus (2 Days)
 Tune Oracle 7 Applications (2 Days)
 Developer/2000 Foundation (1 Day)
 Developer/2000 Forms I (4 Days)
 Developer/2000 Forms II (3 Days)
 Developer/2000 Reports (4 Days)
 ORACLE: Designer 2000
BusinessObjects Experience:
 10 years of BusinessObjects consulting and training
 Extensive experience providing BusinessObjects training
 Presenter at BO User Group meetings throughout North America
 Did 2 major presentations at BusinessObjects International Conference: 2009
Consultant Profile: Michael Ward
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Developer of BusinessObjects training curriculum
Developer of customized BusinessObjects training materials/workshops
Former BusinessObjects partner of almost 7 years
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FOCUS Experience:
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26+ years of heavy FOCUS experience
Extensive experience providing FOCUS training to clients:
One of top 3 Top Gun School For High Performance instructors
Developed FOCUS courses for FOCUS vendor
Outstanding Presentation Award at FOCUS International User Group Conference
NOTE: Michael worked for Information Builders for over 7 years.
FOCUS Training:
 All major areas of FOCUS
 TOP GUN: FOCUS Application Development
 TOP GUN: FOCUS Internals
 FOCUS Release 7.0.8
 FOCUS: Year 2000
 FOCUS Release 7.0: MAINTAIN
 PC/FOCUS and FOCUS for Windows (FFW)
 Cactus/WebFOCUS
 Interfaces of FOCUS: DB2 / SQL/DS
ORACLE
Teradata
OS/400 Files
Operating Systems:
 Client/Server
 MVS/TSO 20+ Years
 VM/CMS: 22+ Years
 HP/UNIX
 AS/400
 VAX/VMS
 Windows
 NT/Server
Other Products:
 Microsoft Access
 Teradata
 DB2
 MS Office
Consultant Profile: Michael Ward
Education:
 University of Michigan: B.S. in Mathematics (1974)
 Wayne State University: Post-Graduate Work – Business Administration
 InfoSol: IBIS Training Conference: 2 years
Michael Ward has over 10 years of experience with BusinessObjects. He provides consulting and
training services to customers throughout the world. He is a frequently requested speaker at
BusinessObjects User Group Meetings throughout North America. Most recently, Michael
presented at the BusinessObjects International User Group Meeting in Dallas, where he did 2 major
presentations. Michael Ward has over 26 years of FOCUS experience and over 25 years in
consulting and training. He has operating systems experience on a variety of platforms, including
VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, VAX/VMS, AS/400, HP/UNIX, SQL/Server, PC/DOS, Windows NT/Server
and many others. For over three (3) years, from its inception, he was a presenter of a variety of
topics at the Top Gun School for High Performance. He taught all levels of FOCUS training
classes, and was also a Train-The-Trainer. Because of Michael’s extensive application experience
and FOCUS technical skills, he provided high level consulting throughout the Midwest. Michael
has also worked with the FOCUS interface to DB2, SQL/DS, RDB, TERADATA, ORACLE,
AS/400, and other products. He is a certified ORACLE Master in Application Development. He
also has training and application experience in CACTUS/WebFOCUS.
He has spoken to numerous FOCUS user groups throughout the country, and has also been heavily
involved with training organizations throughout the Midwest. Michael has done training
presentations many times to the Detroit Area Trainers Association and the Northern Ohio Data
Trainers Association. He has also spoken at the national FUSE Conference several times. At the
1993 FUSE Conference in Atlanta, Michael was voted “Best Session”. He was the keynote speaker
for the Detroit Area Trainers Association all day symposium several years ago. He has received
numerous references from customers throughout the country. Michael holds a B.S. in Mathematics
from the University of Michigan.
Michael is a major supporter of Community Living Toronto, an organization that support
intellectually (and physically) challenged adults. He sponsors annual overnight trips for groups
from Toronto to attend various sporting events in the Detroit area, and helps cover the costs for the
groups.
Consultant Profile: Michael Ward