Ken Tola has been successfully providing multi-tiered, distributed solutions for over 15 years. Ken initially started as a network engineer prior to delving into application development, systems integration and enterprise architecture. Ken has a broad range of skills that have enabled him to provide a range of services from executive management and strategic IT consulting to deep programming and integration efforts. From a data architecture perspective, Ken has extensive experience with SQL Server (dating back to SQL Server 6.5), Oracle (dating back to Oracle 7) and Business Objects (dating back to Business Objects 5.0). Ken has utilized SQL Server Analysis services to create OLAP databases and cubes that he leveraged in order to provide ad-hoc reporting and data mining solutions.

Ken also worked on Business Objects teams that consolidated enterprise data stores into central Oracle repositories which were then used as the basis of Business Objects universes. Ken has worked on numerous custom business intelligence acceleration efforts utilizing both internal database tools, such as rolling up data and snowflake database designs, as well as external, business layer tools such as query caching and in-memory batch processing.

Ken has utilized a range of approaches to resolve various integration needs over the years. He has used Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) approaches to name a few. These solutions invariably involved disparate platforms such as Unix, Windows and Linux as well as different programming languages from C++ to Java to .NET. Ken has also built large scale enterprise solutions for clients such as the Department of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) Command Center.