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West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Leading a high performing team to drive data strategy enterprise wide to build a best- in-class data platform to enhance reporting, analytics & predictive modeling.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Help manage and set strategies, including Freedom Blend Coffee, an employment training ministry for youth and young adults. Support Freedom for Youth Ministries by maintaining office systems, working alongside directors in day-to-day operations to ensure operational policies & procedures are followed and maintained.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Responsible for supporting the Community Development Coordinator in the statewide locations in generating interest throughout the community dealing with partnerships, finances and overall growth and development of the center. This position must possess strong leadership skills to cast vision in the community and inspire others to give of their time and resources in partnering with the ambition of always reaching one more youth with the Gospel.

Carlisle, Iowa

Site Director is responsible for the start-up and operation of a youth program and facility. Using strong leadership skills, cast vision in the community and inspire others to give of their time and resourcesin partnering with the ambition of always reaching one more youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Training youth in Faith, Education, Employ-ability and Leadership skills.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Lead an IT team of Business Objects developers and individuals providing SAS tool support. Involved in maintaining legacy reporting systems as well as development of a new Enterprise Data Warehouse.Responsibilities include:- BI Strategy execution- team development- resource management- budget management- program management

• Member of the Data Management Team for the Life Insurance Division• ETL designer and Mentor for developers learning Informatica• Working with Accounting and Actuarial departments to identify information needs and design solutions• Working with Data Architect to identify gaps and develop strategies to close those gaps in the data & information environment for the Life Insurance Division

•Member of the project leadership team responsible for data-related interests and tasks•Involved in project planning including identification of tasks, estimating and scheduling•Representing data strategy and design for the project•Procuring resources for data-related tasks and managing the completion of those tasks•Conceptual Data Modeling•Collaborate with other Data Leads to build knowledge base and role definition

• Coordinated completion of maintenance/enhancements to the Warehouse and Reporting environment• Ensured compliance with System Development Lifecycle• Worked with business priority committee to prioritize requests• Acquired Resources, Managed tasks required to complete several small projects at once• Responsible for implementing Data Strategy via the completion of system enhancements• Worked directly with, and coordinated activities of business partners, business analysts, architects, quality assurance, designers and coders

Assess & Document Current State of existing Data WarehouseDefine Desired State for the Data WarehouseEstablish high-level strategy for migration to desired stateConsult with Designers on DW-related projects Conduct industry research and determine applicability to internal systemsCollaborate with other Architects to develop Data Architecture

Coded COBOL, MVS JCL, Unix, SQL and Informatica in support of extraction, transformation and loading of the Oracle Data Warehouse.

Mainframe COBOL DeveloperDeveloper Helpdesk support