Establish key objectives and oversee all aspects of data operations, data services, data engineering, data integrations, database support, and automated services, including developing the data technology roadmap for a retail organization that provides more than 7,000 products to over 40 million customers on-line and in 1,200+ stores nationwide.• Lead Data Service teams responsible for data systems that support Point of Sale, Warehouse Management, Corporate ERP, Reporting, and Analytics. Teams consist of DBAs that support over 80 database systems and ETL data engineers that are responsible for enterprise data integrations that support operations and reporting services• Restructured DBA team to have team members responsible for all database types (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, etc.) instead of single discipline DBA• Worked with the ETL team to improve data quality monitoring for crucial data sets• Implemented Project Priority planning meeting across IT and business units for ETL development resources• Negotiated with IT and Business partners for the seamless upgrade of enterprise integration software• Spearheaded IT team that delivered vital metric data for store scheduling effectiveness analytics• Led Proof of Concepts for the future state of data integration servers and data warehouse/data lake• Worked with business partners in Marketing, Finance, Inventory, and other departments to deliver data solutions and application improvements. This included reducing the monthly financial close process from an all-day process to less than an hour• Implemented Project / Task SaaS solution that went on to be adopted by all of IT

• Counsel C-level leadership on all technological issues for social music start-up, designing the ERD and database systems, configuring servers, and negotiating preferred rates with third party service providers• Perform cost-benefit analyses and provide strategic insight for key project workflows, communicating extensively with vendors to locate cost-effective services to meet company needs• Developed concept for integral TuneGo Score and guided developers to save 9+ hours of processing time through adjustments to the central algorithm

• Managed IT budgets of up to $6M and supervised 30+ employees across multiple departments for global holding company with 3M+ subscribers and subsidiaries in networking services, loyalty marketing, floral delivery, ISPs, and mobile services and devices • Oversaw Data Engineering, Business Applications (ERP), Analytics, Business Intelligence, Ad Technology, and Billing Operations teams• Orchestrated the development and implementation of freestanding enterprise system during FTD spinoff process, interfacing with internal IT team and third party vendor to build servers, RSP, and other essential systems in under 4 months• Controlled inter-company cross-charge budget and frequently identified opportunities to reduce need for Oracle software, saving $2M+ in licensing fees• Spearheaded negotiations, purchasing, and implementation of business intelligence software, seamlessly guiding the integration process with existing frameworks to mitigate company risk• Lead teams in multiple US cities as well as teams in India supporting all aspects of development and operations• Compiled due diligence and structural analysis during corporate acquisition of Classmates.com, working closely with executive leadership to successfully integrate company HR, back-end, and financial systems • Guided development of critical cache compression algorithms and state-of-the-art technology utilized to launch NetZero HiSpeed service, which increased profits by 90% over existing NetZero platform• Designed and patented a scalable advertising server following Juno merger, leading design and architecture teams to build a cheaper, more efficient system that utilized less hardware while meeting increased volume