Working with my co-founder, @Greg Baldini, to simplify Power BI operations.

Independent consultant helping businesses solve data problems to create business opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

* Leading team of 9 full-time and 5 onsite/offshore contract team members to support 400+ reports, multiple dashboards, and to seize data-driven opportunities within the company.* Working on long term business intelligence and big data strategies.* Started internal, online community for users of data and analytics around the company.* Led team into making greater use of native HANA, designing calculation views based on generated BW objects, and deploying them via delivery units.* Piloted use of SAP Lumira, creating multiple documents along the way and training users to connect to data in files, BW, databases, and BusinessObjects Universes, then share those created stories on the BI Platform.* Led team of 8 to blueprint, specify, build, and test 40+ critical sales reports as part of OTC implementation using BW-on-HANA and BusinessObjects.* Built proof-of-concept use ESRI's Arc GIS online service to create geographic visualizations of operational data for strategic planning.

Led a cross-functional team of 7 employees and 8 contractors to implement SAP Business Intelligence on BusinessObjects, BPC, SAP Business Warehouse (BW) on HANA, Suite on HANA, and HANA Live.

•Developed business and system blueprints.•Developed roadmaps to reach target states.•Contributed to Information and Integration Architecture cross-functional teams.•Organized Application Portfolio Management repository.•Provided technical expertise and thought leadership for possible ERP implementation.

•Devised data warehouse and BI strategy for Chesapeake Oilfield Services (COS).•Built relational data warehouse, OLAP cube, and dashboards for financial analysis using SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and Microsoft SharePoint PerformancePoint.•Co-created a proof of concept of COS cube running on SAP HANA and business intelligence roadmap for COS.•Worked directly with Financial Analysts to collect requirements.

•Supervised team of 6 developers•Led collaborative team meetings with dynamic agendas created by the team in the meeting•Encouraged free flow of information and personal growth through weekly “tech talks”, team wiki, and a Nuget repository•Championed TeamCity for continuous integration, automated builds, tests, and deployments, along with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) for source control and Telerik TeamPulse for Agile methodology coordination

•Researched new technologies to meet emerging needs; e.g. I recommended Microsoft StreamInsight to handle windowed events raised by security cameras and door access panels•Taught team members how to more effectively use TFS work item tracking•Recommended branching strategy enabling in flight systems to be supported with hotfixes while new work continued•Developed custom SharePoint 2010 feature and solution to quickly provision wiki pages on local wiki•Participated and conducted interviews and phone screens with job candidates and gave input on hiring decisions•Received training on leadership, facilitation, delegation, organization, conflict management, and communication

•Built Hedging solution on ASP.NET, SSRS, and SSAS to aid strategic financial decisions made by the CFO•Created Daily Cash Reporting system to import transaction files from banks and produce SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports•Supported all Treasury systems and reports•Gave presentations to IT leadership to highlight business value of projects•Shared knowledge with fellow developers by summarizing conferences and sharing articles