I have a passion for Master Data Management/Data Architecture rooted in a background of database analysis and data design. Experience researching the “Next Big Thing” for Ralston Purina IT research group. Currently working with a globally diverse group to establish and maintain master data practices, supporting one source of the truth, entered once in SAP and reused many times, at Nestle around the Globe. Accomplishing this by collaborating with senior Nestle Business Excellence (NBE) leadership and IT product leads throughout the world, giving and receiving input to improve processes which utilize core SAP material master data, specifications, product data and data aggregation platforms in order to not only integrate master data internally but to facilitate the publishing of this data to our trading partners. This involves collaborating with our partners and providers as well as internal Nestle practices in the master data area. Leading the Master Data Support team in North America Nestle IT, which supports the SAP and non-SAP tools behind master data. My team assists the four North American Nestle markets understand and implement the Nestlé Data Management principals and tools. Before working for Nestle Regional Business Solutions I supported the master data vendor area in SAP for data management at Nestle Purina Petcare. I was also a business analyst, the functional owner and single point of contact for the Replicated Master Data tool at Nestle Purina Petcare. With this tool we mapped SAP information to legacy and factory applications at Nestle Purina. Prior to that I performed technical research and planning for Purina for 4+ years. This group was responsible for helping with technical planning for the IT department and researching the best tools to use and identifying the next “Big Thing" coming in the IT area. In the early part of my career I was a DBA for over 10 years working in Datacom, IMS, DB2 and Oracle. As a DBA I was also responsible for data architecture and the data design of my projects. Was one of the first two SQL experts at Purina. Specialties: Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Integration, Technical research and recommendations for IT departments
Listed skills include Db2, Database Design, Software Project Management, Program Management, and 17 others.