SUMMARY:

• Senior leader with experience in analytics strategy and execution. Hands - on understanding of all aspects of an analytic environment including data modeling, data engineering, data transformation and analysis. MS in Data Science from Northwestern, as well as an MBA from Washington University. Expertise includes:
• Data Analytics Development and Support—including identifying data sources, data cleansing, master data management, transformation, dimensional and relational modeling.
• Business Partner Engagement—effective at listening to customer’s and partner’s needs and wants—distinguishing between the two—and developing a solution that meets business requirements on time and on budget.
• Machine Learning and Data Science—development and deployment of analytic models across the business landscape.
• Team Building and Development—resourcing and hiring the best technical and functional talent for teams supporting a wide range of business partners. Working with individuals to build a cohesive team that works together with a single purpose.
• Data Visualization—expertise in visualization and analysis in tools such as Tableau.
• Implementation and operational support for enabling technologies: Python, Tableau, Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and OLAP tools like Essbase.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

DIRECTOR, IT ENGAGEMENT FOR AI DATA ANALYTICS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engage data scientists in the evaluation and measurement of new product development for business value.
• Partner with enterprise architects to develop strategic plans and create multi-year capability roadmaps for business partners.
• Ensure continuous improvement in IT performance and business processes.
• Specific examples of delivered value:
• Development and migration of enterprise data warehouse. Migration from Hive to Snowflake in an AWS environment supporting order-to-cash, pricing and supply chain domains. Included consolidation of 4 separate SAP instances and 10+ regional ERP systems. Consolidated layer is critical for development of overall corporate planning and analysis in a more efficient, consistent and cost-effective manner.
• Provided requirements and delivery support for ingestion of over 1000 requests covering internal and external data sources supporting data analytics and data science initiatives.

DIRECTOR, REPORTING AND ANALYTICS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Development of tools and processes for ingesting and processing 22 billion telemetry records each day:
• Rapid response team developed upstream and downstream utilization reporting. Provided advanced and accelerated impact analysis to unprecedented network volume due to the pandemic.
• Identified and analyzed areas of highest congestion and developed protocols to quickly identify augmentation opportunities.
• Team Development—hired and developed a new database, analytics and reporting team including:
• Team of DBAs, architects and ETL developers
• Analytics professionals working with our business partners in DOCSIS, Video Operations, and WiFi Solutions.
• Data Warehouse Development—developed database solutions using PostgreSQL, Kafka, Hadoop, and CITUS. Over 40 primary desperate and diverse data sources were combined to provide a single analytical view across the new Charter.
• Architecture Development—developed and deployed server solutions to support our new larger data sets including virtual machines, physical machines, over 3 petabytes of data storage, across 2 national data centers. This architecture provided for growth both in terms of storage and processing needs.
• Reporting and Analysis—developed strategies to provide a robust reporting environment using Python, PostgreSQL (10.x), Tableau Server, Tableau Prep Builder, and KNIME.

DIRECTOR, SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team Creation—built a highly flexible and efficient team to deliver analytic and application solutions across BJC, supporting not only the Supply Chain domain but also including the Accountable Care Organization, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Revenue Cycle and Finance.
• Strategic Partnership Development—developed strategic partnership with finance and the center for clinical excellence to support BJC goals and objectives. External partnerships were also expanded with Vizient, GHX, and several high profile vendors to support overall supply savings targets.
• BJC Collaborative, HSO Growth and GPO Development—directly involved in the development and expansion of the BJC Collaborative, Memorial hospital acquisition and further expansion of the MSS GPO.
• Workflow Enablement and Automation—developed a central enabling tool in our transformation efforts at standardization of products. Impacted and improved areas include utilization management, value analysis processes, sourcing, pharmacy supply chain process and request management. Supported over 5,000 separate requests per year.
• Custom Application Development—developed a contract management tool and a custom forecasting tool. In partnership with Washington University developed a blood management (protocol) system and a series of clinical specialty product pricing tools.
• Data Warehouse Development—developed a data warehouse underlying everything done within the Supply Chain analytics team. Included clinical systems like SIS and iPath as well as data from ERP and RFID systems.
• Reporting and Analysis—Developed infrastructure for Tableau installation and provided access to the BJC as a “soft” process of standardization.

AVP, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Stabilization and integration of the transactional and analytical systems for Triumph Healthcare, acquired by RehabCare in 2009.
• Streamlined processes for developing and producing analytics for 3 major divisions, reducing cycle time by over 50%.
• Integration of all RehabCare custom solutions (Salesforce.com) into existing data architecture.
• Integration testing for mobile timekeeping, reporting solution across 1,400 facilities and over 8,000 users.
• Migration to Cognos 10 and Qlikview 10.
• Relationship management with divisional executives to ensure coordination and alignment with business strategy.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE LEAD/GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT LEAD

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented a global process for standardizing business intelligence development within the Monsanto global community. Sub-processes included engagement management, project management, architecture review, support and auditing. Ensured standards and provided a stable production environment across all regions.
• Project manager for global procurement reporting redesign effort—project included redesign data warehouse and SAP BW reporting environment for single system used by all Monsanto regions including the Americas, Europe and Asia.
• Project manager for business reporting during the integration of Monsanto’s Seminis Vegetable Seeds subsidiary. Effort successfully coordinated requirements and development across Monsanto’s global regions, leveraging existing infrastructure to minimize costs while adding over 1000 new users to the SAP system.

EPM SOLUTIONS PRACTICE LEADER (CONSULTING)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical project management for all phases of a Hyperion System 9 Planning Upgrade at multi-billion dollar cable manufacturer. In addition to day-to-day management responsibilities, deliverables also included the hands-on Installation and of Hyperion System 9 software, including BI Plus, HFM, Analytic Services (Essbase), and FDM applications.
• Installation and configuration of Hyperion System 9 Planning at multi-billion dollar Chemical manufacturer.

TECHNICAL PROJECT LEAD (CONSULTING)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Administration of Hyperion System 9, including BI Plus, HFM, Analytic Services (Essbase), and FDM applications. Includes Architecture design review and technical installation of all products across all platforms.
• Coordinate Hyperion applications worldwide in order to leverage technical and functional expertise. Additional consideration to reduction in Business Intelligence technology stack throughout Divisions.