SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION
Information Technology Professional with multiple years of hands-on architecture and application development experience. Proven ability to lead multiple data management and software development initiatives across various industries through thoughtful leadership and detailed organization strategies. Broad background includes leadership in enterprise level architectural direction, strategic planning, technology evaluations and first hand experience in quality solution implementations for transactional, master data and analytic business solutions and enterprise collaboration. Additional areas of strengths include:
* Technical expertise in business solution delivery
* Expertise in enterprise architecture strategies
* Building strong relationships
* Entrepreneurial spirit
* International application development experience (U.S., Canada, Europe) across multiple industries (Retail, Financial, Manufacturing and Health Care)
* Publication of corporate standards and best practices for information design, enterprise and portfolio technology blueprints and application roadmaps and an enterprise view of common data architecture for multiple companies
* Versatile in the understanding, use and integration of various application and database technologies across functional areas (CRM, Contact Centers, Services, Credit, Marketing, Merchandising, Organization, Compliance, Logistics, Billing and Ordering)
* Implemented service oriented universal customer data architecture for multiple companies. The largest implementation with 100+MM customer records. Result has been in customer data quality efficiencies and a stable platform for successful CRM and analytic feeds.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TERADATA CORPORATION - Miamisburg, OH 2009-Present
Enterprise Data Management Senior Consultant, Americas Professional Services
Provide thought leadership and industry expertise to global client community towards the development of innovative business solutions in the area of data management best practice, solution architecture, master data solutions, data governance and data warehouse governance programs. Influence and provide guidance towards holistic active enterprise intelligence solutions, end to end architecture and C-level management direction towards business intelligence enrichment.
THE HOME DEPOT - Atlanta, GA 2004-2009
Director – IT, Data & Solution Architecture, Architecture Governance
Provided support for all work initiatives across all stores and business units within the Home Depot IT division, largest home improvement retailer in North America. Oversaw solution design direction, data residency decisions, modeling of data architectures targeted to enterprise class supported database platforms, and negotiation and coordination, for the company, of external research vendor contracts and relationships. Governance activities encompassed master data stewardship partnerships, technology evaluations and solution design reviews as chair of the Architecture Review Board.
* Supported enterprise and portfolio level strategic planning, business and IT. Published enterprise data blueprint, functional business capability and technology development and deployment roadmaps.
* Directed staff of IT architecture professionals with department P&L of $4.75MM.
* Architected and managed solution builds, in the U.S. and Canada, using various technologies and partnerships such as MVS DB2, UDB DB2, Trillium, Siebel UCM, SAP CRM, SAP ERP, SQL Server, MySQL, Informix, HP Non-Stop, Documentum, WAS, J2EE, Unix and Windows platforms, Cognos, Business Objects, MSAS, SAS, NICE, Knowledgeware, CISCO, Acxiom, Dunnhumby, Experian, FDMS, Convergys.
* Executed overhaul of IT Solution Framework and Solution Review process resulting in a streamlined collaborative enterprise process, adherence to enterprise standards and development methodologies.
* Deployed a service based associate HR data enterprise operational hub with an agile methodology, 2+MM associate records and related organization information, with a project budget of $300K. Realized data quality efficiencies and a reduction in the total cost of ownership for enterprise associate data usage.
FEDERATED SYSTEMS GROUP, MACY’S - Duluth, GA 2002-2004
Manager – IT, Data Architecture & Solution Frameworks
Supported a variety of work initiatives across all families of business within the Federated Department Store IT division. Initiative support found at all stages of the system development lifecycle, including forming conceptual architectures for company strategic initiatives. Built relationship network across business and IT divisions towards implementation and funding multiple projects where enterprise common data was leveraged.
* Managed staff of IT architecture professionals with a department budget of $1.55MM.
* Architected and managed solution builds using various technologies and partnerships such as MVS DB2, UDB DB2, Group1, Teradata, Oracle, TOAD, NCR, J2EE, Unix and Windows platforms, Business Objects, Microstrategies, SAS, Axciom.
* Partnered with business owners on data stewardship of common enterprise data.
NO MORE SECRETS, INCORPORATED - Atlanta, GA 1997-2002
Principal Consultant & Independent Owner
Specialized architecture and application development to convert client software from using 4gl HPS CASE to a commodity and service based implementation with primary focus on customer relationship and master data systems. Mentored and trained IT and business users on application business functionality, data and system repository management and managed client supplied application development teams.
SYSTEMS TECHNIQUES, INCORPORATED - Atlanta, GA 1996-1997
Senior Consultant
Provided technical expertise on data architecture development and consulting for a data warehousing methodology consulting firm. Focus includes components of a comprehensive data warehousing development lifecycle methodology.
SEER TECHNOLOGIES - Cary, NC 1993-1996
Senior Consultant
Engagements involved architecture and application development consulting for a 4gl CASE tool vendor. Multiple customer facing functional applications built and delivered on site in the U.S. and Europe.
GEARY CORPORATION - Pittsfield, MA 1988-1993
Systems Specialist
Team focus was on application development and data repository management for a general application development consulting group. Implementations were developed on site for multiple Fortune 100 clients in the U.S. and Europe. Pioneered architecture modeling tool reporting concepts with a global banking firm.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Computer Information Systems
Bryant University - Smithfield, RI
Teradata Basics, Certificate of Achievement, 2002, Teradata Customer Education
Teradata Physical Implementation, Certificate of Achievement, 2002, Teradata Customer Education
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Director, Board of Directors, National Retail Federation – ARTS Governing Board
August 2008 to March 2009 |
