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I have the privilege of leading an exceptional group of data engineers, analytics experience developers, and data scientists. We are at the forefront of technology, helping our clients with cool and innovative projects.At Avanade, our vision is to advance the world through the power of people and Microsoft. Ultimately, our purpose is to make a genuine human impact. If that sounds exciting to you, reach out to learn how Avanade can transform your business or career!

As a solution architect, I help our clients imagine what is possible, determine business impact, and shape how to get there.

At Saxony, I led the financial services practice focused on utilizing innovative technology and business strategies to help clients accelerate business growth, realize greater efficiency, and enable better insights into the business. My responsibilities included developing strategic business initiatives, defining external market messaging, building a high-powered delivery team, and ensuring client success. A major focus was enabling organizations to do more with their data with engagements ranging from strategic company turnarounds to tactical solution implementations.

While at Slalom, I developed a deep understanding of the financial services industry and helped my clients address business pain points through process and technology solutions. Groups I served included banking operations, correspondent lending, fraud, product development, IT, warehouse lending, and wealth management. Internally, I established myself as a leader and key contributor to the Information Management and Analytics practice through thought leadership and technology prototyping.Utilized the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack to enhance client data warehousing and reporting capabilitiesWorked closely with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into tangible technology solutionsDeveloped reports used to drive business decisions, monitor customer fraud, ensure data integrity, and analyze trendingSupported client reporting operations through a transition period consisting of 15+ data extracts per week, 5-10 new reports per month, and management of an automated reporting frameworkUsed new, emerging technologies to create demos for personal growth and client demonstrations

I joined Accenture to be part of one the farthest reaching technology consulting companies in the world. While there, I built a technical foundation rooted in information management and business intelligence. I helped organizations develop strategic integration interfaces, led offshore development teams, and modernized legacy systems. During my tenure, I was able to gain a breadth of experience by serving clients in the high-tech, financial services, telecom, and retail industries.Designed, implemented, and tested custom Informatica data integration interfacesUtilized best practices and implemented reusable frameworks to reduce IT maintenance costs and optimize efficiencyCoordinated with business and IT stakeholders to evaluate and analyze legacy system architectures against target state requirementsAssessed, sold and managed a $350,000+ project to a major IT industry clientManaged multiple onshore and offshore system implementation teamsImplemented a short-term Access database solution to assist business, legal and technical operations of a major telecom divestitureLed conversion efforts of legacy systems to newly developed applicationsGathered business and functional requirements from client stakeholdersDesigned and implemented integration interfaces used to feed applications with source dataSupported post-deployment operations of a major CRM implementationProvided testing support and reporting metrics for executive statusAdministered technical support and training to internal and external clients

Tested functionality and performance of firmware on high performance serversCreated and managed multiple team dashboards used for status tracking and reportingImplemented scripting tools and libraries to automate testing