Summary

• Innovative management level consultant with diverse experience as a lead architect, information management strategist, engagement manager and practitioner. Delivers results leveraging expertise in information/data architecture, enterprise architecture and IT strategy and implementation. As a consultant Marc has been a leader, subject matter expert and mentor developing strategies and solutions for: master data management, data governance, business intelligence/data warehouse deployment, information architecture and business process reengineering and information systems planning, and technology strategy. Marc has a cross industry background which includes: financial services, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, broadcasting, publishing and energy services.
• Architects business-driven solutions from conceptual architecture through deployment
• Develops business driven solutions which are aligned with business strategy and budgets
• Deploys a collaborative team based project approach cross-functional, iteration based emphasizing business expertise involvement and communication
• Delivers results at strategic and tactical levels

Representative Accomplishments

• Architecture and Transition Strategy Fund Accounting Data Abstraction Layer Fidelity Investments FPCMS : Reengineering of data management of market feeds, subscriber activity, security and reference data for a major fund manager and brokerage. Solution to insulate inbound and outbound interfaces from institutional and retail fund accounting application s , enhance access to core data such as holdings and trades and significantly enhance data quality and semantics. Solution architecture a core component in replacement of legacy fund accounting systems to a leading industry based solution
• Business Intelligence Strategy, Roadmap and Pilot for Reference Data Operations Deutsche Bank : Project manager and lead architect in establishing use of advanced analytics to monitor reference data processing for a global financial services entity. Over a 4-5 month project developed business requirements, KPIs, system and data architectures, transition and management strategy, two year roadmap and three releases of a pilot interactive analytics solution.
• Strategy for Enterprise Data Management for Wholesale Banking Group CIBC : In support of a major strategic risk initiative developed strategy to reengineer market and reference data management via well defined workflow, enhanced data governance processes and service based architecture. During this effort: Developed short term remediation approaches for market data usage issues, derived architectural and operational vision for future state market data management, introduced potential enabling solutions and business models and developed a multiyear plan for transformation
• Defined automation strategy for a rights management solution for customer agreements for a major financial ratings entity Standard Poors developed logical data model and managed development of a proof of concept reporting and tracking application
• Developed modernization strategy for Records Management operations and standards Merrill Lynch . Performed enterprise wide diagnostic assessment and established business rules, governance processes, data taxonomy and workflows for a large Financial Services Global Private Client Division's records management practices
• Architecture/Deployment for Web Based Music Licensing Information Architecture NMPA/HFA : Lead architect and technical project manager for the design/implementation of data architecture addressing music rights licensing IP and royalty distribution. Redesigned database model reflecting expansion of agency's business processes. Managed the data migration maintaining synchronization across database platforms with legacy applications.
• Data Warehouse and Analytics Telecommunications Provider Frontier Communications Lead architect and engagement manager for the technical architecture design and implementation of large-scale data warehouse solutions deploying an iterative release approach of financial data mart s for a telecommunications provider. Resulted in large scale data base solution in distributed server environment for retail and wholesale business tracking revenue and cost allocations across product and customer dimensions
• Data Warehouse Architecture and Transition Strategy Amica Insurance : Defined the logical and technical architecture for a mutual insurance company's deployment of a data warehouse and data marts enabling decision support systems for its marketing, customer service and claims processing areas.
• Sales and Marketing Data Marts/Satellite TV Primestar/TCI : Managed the development of data warehouse and data marts for a satellite television company's sales and marketing functions. Developed technical architecture requirements and specifications. Achieved an early adoption of web based analytic tools. Resulted in sales and marketing data mart tracking sales revenue, subscribers churn and pay per view activity.
• Business Process Management Deployment AIG/AIU Lead business and information architect for the development of a multinational commercial insurance processing application for a major insurance and financial services provider. Responsible for introduction of BPM technology, data architecture and integration planning and design, extension of the customer's infrastructure to support complex data services and the development of an iterative application development plan
• Enterprise Architecture and Transition Strategy for Digital Services Integration Cablevision : Performed business analyst and architect roles contributing to the enterprise architecture specification and transition strategy for a major cable/media company. Architecture integrated business across cable, commercial telephony and ISP operations. Addressed converging technologies, deployment and integration of plant and administrative networks. Resulted in follow up multiyear phasing of projects to construct the enabling infrastructure and applications
• Information Architecture and BI Design Broadcasting CBS Broadcasting : Developed information requirements, conceptual and logic architecture, technical architecture and prototype solutions for an analytics tracking sales revenue and traffic for network owned stations for a major television broadcasting company
• EAI Foundation Strategy and CoE Developmen PSEG : Managed the development of technical strategy and architecture driven by business requirements establishing standardization of interface development for a major utility. Solutions leveraged SAP/XI and Microsoft Biztalk as primary platforms to communicate with non-SAP applications and platforms and support workflow paradigms. Established center of excellence and piloted multiple integration flows based on proposed standards

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

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Lead BI Architect/Project Manager

Specializing in Enterprise Information Management Strategy and Architecture within Financial Services.

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Managing Director Data Services and Solutions

Boutique consulting practice for strategic information management services. Addressing data governance, master data management, data warehouse and other best practice domains. Develops IP via white papers and presentations. Formulated reference architectures and service methods and approaches. Formed relationships with product vendors and complementary firms. Performs business development, program and engagement management and subject matter expert roles.

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Practice Head Information Technology Strategy Practice

Worked closely with integration services and solutions groups, on-shore and off-shore. Lead business architect and SME addressing development of an enterprise application integration strategy and establishment of an application integration competency center for a major energy services enterprise.

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Director/Senior Manager Financial Services Technology Infrastructure Solutions Group 11/03 , Director Communications and Content Practice 8/98 , Sr. Manager/Manager Technology Architecture Practice 10/96

Provided leadership and lead architect services for end to end service delivery from business development through deployment. Directed projects with as many as twenty-five technical and business consultants for strategy, architecture and implementation. Introduced new technologies and solutions including: business process management, data warehouse and analytical solutions, Internet enabled business transformation, complex high volume data extraction and transformation ETL , and cross business process and application integration EAI, BPM and Workflow

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Senior Consultant/Architect: Consulting Services Group

Addressed business application and data architecture, technology planning/implementation and systems integration. Focused on architecture based data warehouse implementations, object oriented development and decision support systems. Industry focus emphasized broadcasting, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.

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Consulting included introduction of CASE technology to a mutual fund management company and specification of detailed business requirements for financial management for the business systems group of a major telecommunications services provider.

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Managing Associate: Information Technology Strategy Group

• Responsible for strategic information systems planning, IT infrastructure assessment, and data base management system technology. Managed project teams with up to 25 professionals on technical and management consulting projects.
• Publications and Awards
• Published Article On Business Process Management for CIO Magazine and BearingPoint Financial Services Technology Journal November 2004 : Business Process Management: Taking the Right Steps
• Developed BearingPoint Point of View on Utility Computing September 2004
• BearingPoint Technology Innovation Award: Apply RUP Techniques to Strategic Outsourcing Organization Modeling
• BearingPoint Technology Innovation Award: Methodology for Assessment of Records Management Compliance
• Brainstorming Data Management HPSquared Blog hpsquared.wordpress.com