Director of DATA SERVICES Resume

SUMMARY

Experienced IT leader with a track record of delivering successful IT projects.
Strategist with extensive experience and skilled in maintaining focus on data warehousing, data integration and data quality.
Expertise in building and maintaining high - performance teams, managing vendors, standardizing solutions, maintaining compliance, managing large-scale and complex technical projects and budgets while delivering successful results.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ETL Tools: Informatica 9.x and 10.x, IBM Datastage 7.5, Ab Initio 1.15

Software/Tools: Oracle Designer, Oracle Forms and Reports (3.0 - 9i)

BI Tools: Microstrategy, BO 4.1, Tableau.

Database: Oracle, Netezza

Languages: Oracle PL/SQL and SCO-UNIX Shell Programming.

Case Tool: Oracle Designer Rel 2.1-9.0, ERWIN 8.2

Cloud Computing: Sound knowledge of AWS Services

Scripting: Java Script, ASP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Director of DATA SERVICES

Responsibilities:

Data consolidation, streamlining and providing the strategic direction for Data Services.
Managed multiple teams to architect and deliver Enterprise-wide ETL and Integration interfaces using Informatica to integrate MDM, RMS, Lawson financial and POS systems.
Implemented Informatica product suite for data integration, data modelling, data quality and metadata management for improved flow of information.
Managed team of 40 resources (5 offshore); developed staffing plans, managed workloads, defined deliverables, hired resources, conducted performance reviews.
Responsible for annual budget of $ 7 Million.
Deployed a scalable, stable and highly sophisticated data solution for the entire Enterprise
Lead meetings with business partners driving business value and understanding of IT initiatives.
Facilitate communications between the business community and the technical community.
Ensure proper prioritization of Product Services IT resources to meet business needs.
Build SME expertise in data subject areas and groom and train less seasoned staff in areas of DW design
Successfully spearheaded the design, development and rollout effort of moving operational metrics data to the AWS cloud using Informatica Powercenter and AWS CLI.
Managed multiple projects in the organization ranging in different areas and enhanced communication with other teams during project inception phase.

Project Management

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Coordinate with business partners to recommend, capture, analyze and document technical requirements all Product Services IT projects.
Guide team participation in all phases of the project lifecycle to ensure the successful execution of IT related steps outlined in the project plans.
Interact with the Product development managers for new data requirements.
Play a key role in the evaluation of change requests to ensure smooth integration with existing applications.
Identify IT processes that need further evaluation and lead the effort to document, recommend and implement new software and hardware solutions
Improved stability and reduce risk through the implementation and standards for data projects— including the stabilization of development initiatives by separating environments for development, test, and production environments.
Primary point-of-contact between business and technical teams—ensured the alignment of development efforts with bottom-line business objectives.