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Portland, Oregon, United States

* Data Engineering with a focus on Databricks for The Greenbrier Companies (via contract)

Fargo, North Dakota Area

* Early hire in a cloud-native technology startup* Designed and developed data pipelines in Azure Data Factory as well as a CI/CD implementation* Designed and developed Lakehouse integrations on Databricks using Python and the PySpark library* Designed and developed an analytics strategy and implementation for customer consumption of application data using Azure Data Factory, PySpark on Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Active Directory* Designed and developed utilities for automated deployments to Azure platforms including Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory* Designed, developed, and deployed dashboard, monitoring and alerting systems with Prometheus, Grafana, and DataDog* Designed and developed CI/CD and automated deployment solutions using Azure DevOps* Designed CI/CD processes related to feature flagging, automated database deployments, and localized string deployment

Fargo, North Dakota Area

* Developed high quality software features with an emphasis on minimized maintenance and high performance* Assisted analysts and designers in conceptualization and development of new applications* Worked to establish development standards and changes to development processes/methods* Developed high quality application designs* Met with partners and customers to understand business drivers; drive requirements with internal product teams* Identified and qualified business opportunities to develop and expand technical solutions and integrations* Collaborated with Sales, Integration Analysts, and Partner Solution teams* Led technical discussions; remove technical roadblocks and define solutions* Developed and perform product demonstrations and technical presentations* Designed/architected APIs which address customer and vendor requirements

Fargo, North Dakota

* Built and managed a team of 10 talented Data & AI Technical Solution Professionals supporting our Corporate and Corporate Premier Account Executives as well as our SMB Inside Sales Representatives* Interviewed ~300 candidates over 2.5 years in Inside Sales for positions across the Sales Center* Analyzed Azure and Data & AI consumption data to derive and deliver insights and thought leadership to senior leadership and to help create sales plays* Represented the Specialist Team Unit in discussions regarding account strategy and business investment funding decisions

Fargo, North Dakota

* Managed a group of 8 managers across 4 different roles/disciplines and 100+ skip level individual contributors* Led team through expansion from 2 Global Engagement Program (GEP)/region combinations to 11 GEP/country combinations plus the Azure Customer Success Manager team; this involved the addition of 4 product workloads (EMS, OMS, SQL, and IoT/Advanced Analytics) and expansion into Canada* Extensive involvement in growing talent base through interviewing and technical screens – over 200 interviews conducted for the North America and Costa Rica sales centers (2015 – 2017) across SDS, ISR, TSP, CSM, and manager roles* Created and delivered training for conducting effective technical interviews

Fargo, Nd

* Helped build the Azure TSP team through interviewing, direct customer call coaching, and mentoring* Collaborated across Azure management team to help grow closed revenue in early phases of the Marketing and Sales Center* Led the effort to refine the Azure TSP training plan with a focus on high ROI in technical growth and closed revenue* Created content for and delivered Azure introductory content for new hires; mentored Technical Sakes Professionals interested in developing their Azure programming/development skills* Led internal tool efforts, giving Technical Sales Managers the ability to accurately track key data points for managerial insight and reporting

* Developed applications in the context of complex integrations for critical IT initiatives across both on-premise and cloud platforms (Azure)* Served as lead developer for multiple projects leading teams of developers; this role involved mentorship, project planning, communication to IT management as well as to Microsoft business partners* Was responsible for designing and architecting solutions to complex business problems; design was performed in the areas of database, .NET class design, and system context* Acted as a mentor to other developer leads who were working on projects with integrations to outside groups* Developed project plans for large projects* Played a key role in implementing a unit testing initiative across the MBS IT group* Played a key role in the design and deployment of Information Architecture for a large SharePoint 2013 deployment

* Resolved technical issues and debugged integrations for developers and ISVs* Performed on-site billable consulting, in-house billable consulting and training* Created documentation in the form of MSDN articles and sample applications for the SDK* Presented at conference on topics such as toolsets, frameworks, and SDKs* Trained partners and ISVs on the latest Microsoft development technologies and frameworks

Fargo, North Dakota

* Resolved technical issues for customers* Explained and demonstrated system features to customers and training attendees* Presented at multiple customer and partner conferences regarding a variety of system related topics* Performed on-site and in-house billable consulting* Worked on escalated cases and with early adopters of new releases