SUMMARY:

• Results - driven Enterprise Architect / IT Executive & Business Technology Transformation Leader with 23+ years of global experience in leading complex transformation, and leading strategic changes in dynamic, global and complex environments.
• Foremost knowledge & experience in delivering actionable intelligence outcomes by fusing internal data with variety of external data and geospatial intelligence fueling next best action decisions to sustain growth.
• Upward catalyst in balancing tactical implementation needs with long-term architectural goals to reduce costs, increase quality, and generate significant competitive edge.
• Proven ability to successfully analyze organization’s business requirements, identify opportunities for improvement leading to the implementation of innovative & cost-effective solutions (People, Process, Technology & Portfolio).
• Proven expertise in managing, architecting, and delivering Information Strategy & Management, Analytics, BI, Data warehouse and Systems Integration initiatives.
• Highly experienced in working with vendors to select cutting-edge tools, to help organization stay current & competitive.
• Proven experience in pipeline creation/management and conversion.
• As per Gallup ‘StrengthsFinder’ my top 5 strengths: Achiever, Activator, Strategic, Positivity & Responsibility - a unique blend of all 4 of its pillars (Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, Strategic thinking).
• Enterprise Architecture
• Process Re-engineering
• Blockchain technology
• Technology Architecture & Integration
• Mobile, Cloud Computing & Big Data Analytics
• Strategic technology Planning & Execution
• Modernization of legacy infrastructure & applications
• Tool Selection and Roadmap Definition
• Data & Business Intelligence Strategy, Architecture & Planning
• Business Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Data Governance Assessment & Vision
• Merger & Acquisition
• Enterprise Information Standards Definition
• Risk/Compliance Management
• Master Data Management MDM
• Vendor Relationship Management
• Data Management
• Program & Resource Management
• Metadata Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Director, Global Insights & Data Practice

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership & direction for Information Strategy, Architecture & Management and roadmap to Clients.
• Create, contribute & present IoT / Blockchain’s strategy & industry PoV to client executives.
• Lead the architecture, design & development of IoT / Blockchain solution.
• Lead the delivery, development & execution of Business Intelligence & Analytics (BI/DW), enterprise content management, and data management & integration (structured & unstructured data) and data governance / MDM initiatives to ensure alignment with the corporate strategies and needs of business units.
• Advisor to external & internal clients on overall architecture framework, including prioritization of tactical priorities.
• Collaborate in scoping of prospective engagements and developing proposals.
• Partner alliance and lead the selection of new partners.
• Account relationship at executive level.
• Collaboration with Account Teams across sectors - BFSI, M&E, CPRD, NRCS, MALS; and won new logos for Capgemini with multi-million dollars TCV in Media & Entertainment, Insurance, and Healthcare & Life Sciences.

Confidential

Independent EA Executive Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Creation of consolidated data warehouse for North American Credit Cards & Merchant Services (NACC&MS).
• Data Acquisition/Migration Architecture for the Bank in its acquisition of CIBC Aeroplan Credit Cards portfolio.
• Researched emerging trend / technology - Big Data, and provided insight into the potential business opportunities, and guidance for adoption.
• Enterprise BI Strategy & Architecture
• Identity & Access Management (IAM) framework
• Digital Strategy
• Infrastructure Transformation
• Led the revitalization of Enterprise Information Strategy & Architecture practice.
• Led the transformation of existing data/BI landscape from legacy/unstructured/data-oriented to structured/information-oriented/governed environment.
• Influenced the decision of the stakeholders to achieve business strategy goal by delivering the DWBI Architecture framework resulting into cost avoidance equivalent to $1.35m for Wealth Management BU.
• Led the enterprise solution architecture framework for Canadian division FATCA compliance - adhering to the four pillars: Classification (KY-FATCA-Client); withholding capability; Reporting; and Compliance.
• Data architecture framework supporting Basel functions by implementation of data integrity, control and reconciliation processes for consistency with Reporting across Risk & Finance Basel III Compliance .
• Produced & communicated a clear & compelling visualization of data/BI services goals over-time, and was able to deliver against the visualization with the approval of:
• Researched emerging trend / technology - Big Data - and provided insight into the potential business opportunities, and guidance for adoption.

Confidential

Senior Manager, Enterprise Information Strategy & Architecture

Responsibilities:

• Member of Enterprise Architecture Council and Architecture Review Board.
• Member of Technology Solution Evaluation Committee.
• Lead Enterprise Information Architect on several transformation initiatives, like Retail Credit (RCT), Incentive Compensation Management (ICM), Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Omni-channel strategy, Data Centre Move, Contact Centre Reporting Infrastructure, etc.
• Setup a governance process within enterprise data warehouse. This brought cost savings up to C$1.9m. The continued discussions with another BU brought cost savings up to C$1 million one-time, and up to C$400K on an annual basis.
• Created Data Governance Strategy in compliance with Basel II requirements:
• Business: stewardship, business rules, data standards, goals, reporting, metrics/success measures and other associated activities
• Technical: multi-domain common/enterprise information model, metadata, workflow, data lineage, data quality, data integration, analytics and other associated tools & activities
• Led the plan & build for Data Governance assessment and vision. This resulted into extension of existing bi-domain (Party & Product) data model to multi-domain (inclusion of new domains - Location, Channel, Event) enterprise data model.
• Led data architecture framework in the transformation initiatives - Basel, AML/KYC, PeopleSoft - HR/Payroll to SuccessFactors SAP - HR/Payroll Cloud (SaaS) offering, Capital Markets Securities (Market Data) Data, SAP CRM & BW Retail Credit, Incentive Compensation Management Cloud (SaaS) offering, Enterprise Performance Management IFRS Compliance ; Contact Centre Business Analytics, Liquidity Risk Management Basel III Compliance .
• Led enterprise solution architecture framework for FATCA compliance adhering to the four pillars: Classification,

Confidential

Practice Head, Information Management Global Consulting Practice

Responsibilities:

• Successful implementation of Data Governance & MDM (strategy & architecture framework) - Great-West Life (Group Benefits) Canada, CVS Retail Pharmacy, McGraw-Hill, JP Morgan Chase.
• Won DG/MDM initiatives - GWL Group Benefits which led to win Business Services RFP.
• Won MDM initiative - CVS Retail Pharmacy, McGraw-Hill .
• Won DWBI integration & consolidation initiative - JP Morgan Chase Retail Finance.

• Technical Advisor to CXO, BU IT and Business customers.
• Active member of Enterprise Architecture Council.
• Provide architectural governance and direction to strategic initiatives as a Lead/Senior member of the Enterprise Architecture Board.
• Enterprise Information Architecture Services to multi-year programs of multi-million dollars portfolio of IT Projects.
• Led & managed several transformation initiatives up to $45mm out of approx. $400mm overall budget allocated over multiple years.
• Develop & promote the strategic vision, and establish an Enterprise Information/BI Strategy, Architecture & framework
• Continuous revitalization of Enterprise Information Architecture Practice (People, Process, Technology & Portfolio)
• Work with key vendors to understand & influence their technology roadmaps
• Provide leadership in researching and architecting quality technology solutions & techniques to meet business objectives and increase business partner satisfaction.
• Initiate and direct studies related to enterprise IT standards, strategies, issues and opportunities.
• Manage a team of high calibre Information Architects, and review their career goals & performance.
• Started career as Systems Analyst and progressively grew to Executive Enterprise Architect level