Information Assets

WHAT I DO: A friendly and helpful 15-year veteran IT consultant, clients often refer to me as a solution architect. In a nutshell: --I listen to people --I help them understand what they want from their data --I cooperate with others to solve problems WHO I SERVE; CIOs, CTOs and IT Directors of midsized companies (and CEOs of small ones) hire me to: --Improve their data security and governance (such as for SOC compliance). --Fix, document, or build a data-centric product or solution. --Improve their sales, operations, or performance and need data to support this. --Mentor their inexperienced developers, analysts, or data scientists. --Reduce technical dept, such as taming a sprawling Power BI tenant or automating deployments. --Fix or migrate a broken or outdated database. --Document and transition legacy reporting. TOOLS I FREQUENTLY USE: --Snowflake --dbt --Power BI --Python --Azure DevOps --Azure Data Factory --SQL Server --SSAS, SSIS, SSRS --Excel VBA / Power Query WHY IT WORKS: My clients rave that I'm the best in the business at: ✦ Serving ALL the cloud and on-prem data analytics needs of a small and midsized business, meaning if you have a problem you come to me (not one of my staff) and get a speedy response. ✦ Communicating with and evangelizing business users. Because I ask the questions, write the code, and support reporting nothing is ever lost in translation and everyone learns quickly that they can trust me. ✦ Getting projects done right and done FAST by picking the right-sized tool, asking the right questions, and writing/testing the code efficiently. ✦ Teaching others how to use, maintain, and improve what I built, so that you can fire me. Consultants are meant to work themselves out of a job. This is my goal. ✦ Seeing my work as personal. My livelihood depends on your success.