Daniel Ahrens Email & Phone Number

Fishers, In, Us

United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

I estimate, plan, and guide architecture and engineering projects to drive ongoing success at this energy provider delivering services throughout the U.S. Midcontinent. Role Highlights Include:► OVERSEEING MULTIFACETED PROJECTS: Selected to lead key aspects of an 8-year, multi-million-dollar market system enhancement program that aims to improve service for customers. Facilitate ongoing technical and business health by overseeing associated projects to drive changes outlined in 5-year roadmaps.► POSITIONING COMPANY FOR ONGOING SUCCESS: Guided development of an architectural vision for company’s future; overhauled an existing strategy to appropriately provision essential services; created strategy for and guided selection of a product that enhanced staff productivity; and increased customer service capabilities via mobile device networking.► GUIDING OPERATIONAL OUTCOMES: Drove an initiative to implement an Enterprise Architecture Management tool enabling the company to analyze process/technology changes; led a team innovating a technique to measure electricity market dispatch performance; and co-developed a business capability model to assess new industry resources.► LEADING TEAMS AND DRIVING SOLUTIONS: Utilized collaboration tools to drive productivity while managing teams across 5 time zones, 2 countries, and 9 states; maintained exceptional productivity while working remotely throughout pandemic; served as company representative on an industry working group that seeks to share technology tools, processes, and approaches to promote industry-wide success.

By coordinating and managing project teams and 8 environments, I provided insight on application and data for a range of state and local governments as well as across the education division.Role Highlights Include:► MANAGING PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT BUILD-OUT: Led team handling build-out of the Michigan Business Application Modernization (BAM) production environment. ► OVERSEEING MAJOR STATE PROJECT: Guided changes as Infrastructure Architect for a modernization project for the State of Michigan, executing the project as scheduled while achieving significant savings across the life of the storage application.

I developed industry solutions for the consumer industry and retail sectors, managing technical design across the delivery of application services to new and existing clients.Role Highlights Include:► MODERNIZING SYSTEMS: Served as enterprise architect on a major company project that sought to modernize the company’s consumer direct order management system. ► DRIVING DELIVERABLE SOLUTIONS: Led technical review for all pre-sales proposals to confirm proposed solutions were deliverable and met client expectations.

I rapidly advanced to take on increased responsibility after successfully guiding complex client initiatives at this global IT equipment and services company acquired by HP in 2008. Earlier roles encompassed: Technical Architect (2008–2009) ► Lead Technologist (2005–2006) ► Senior Architect (2004–2005) ► Solution Development (2002–2004) ► Lead Architect (2003–2004) ► Chief Technologist (1999–2002) ► Lead Product Engineer (1993–1999)Highlights from Throughout My Tenure Include:► OPTIMIZING SERVICE DELIVERY: Identified and developed 5 pilot initiatives to improve service delivery within application management service lines on a portfolio management project.► GUIDING GLOBAL INITIATIVES: Served as Senior Architect supporting the common architecture goals / needs of 2 business units for a leading auto manufacturer. ► MANAGING SAP IMPLEMENTATION: Successfully managed an implementation initiative as Chief Technologist for a major account, including integration to plant floor / 3rd party suppliers, EDI to customers, data migration from a legacy mainframe, and a technology refresh.

Master Of Professional Studies, Enterprise Architecture

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical Engineering