Derek Lynn Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Richardson, Texas, United States

With basic administrative, sales, accounting, and development & service operations in place, I'm currently participating in company activities as a member

Odeka builds automation tools that make working with technology painless and profitable. I direct operations in support of providing our customers with products that help them move data quickly and accurately.

The Internet

Operations Focus

Richardson, TX

DGL Works is a personal business vehicle for putting my broad skillset and diverse background to work in non-traditional arrangements and settings.Primarily engaging in business management consulting with some implementation contracting, I focus on organizing people to create business value using technology.Currently obsessed with the concept of digitally.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Supporting Product Development and Product Management teams for Sitation’s proprietary software suite, Plezio. Internal-facing tooling for Sitation Data and Content Services, and support extension of vendor partner.
• Agile methodology design and implementation, with focus on TDD and CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud infrastructure based on RancherOS for scalable SaaS offerings
• Organizational design for support and maintenance
• Results: Organized a contemporary software development practice

• I was recruited by the CEO to implement the scalable PIM practice, and to develop internal business processes, tools, and capabilities to support scalable, modern, distributed operations. Drove adoption of new tools.
• Department organization, role definition, delivery model design, and mid-to-long term strategic positioning
• Results: Gold partnership status and top partner by points in the Western Hemisphere to Akeneo PIM; 1 of 3 initial partners to Salsify; Every client engagement during tenure completed successfullyBizDev Org Incubation.
• Client Success & Customer Support – including internal-facing knowledge bases, training, and ramp-up
• Information Technology & Information Security
• Cloud Platform Infrastructure

Mesquite, TX

• Abatix is a mid-sized, industrial distribution company focusing on safety equipment with a primarily Gulf and West Coast footprint. With the impending launch of a robustly featured e-commerce platform, and deployment.
• Direct discussions and presentations with executive team and HR
• Role definition and recruitment
• Agile methodology training (performers, Scrum Master, Product Owner)
• Cross-functional Agile method implementation iterations in Atlassian Jira
• Results: The formation and hiring of CTO role, multiple performer roles, organizational consolidation of legacy and e-commerce/e-procurement teams“In-Housing” and Self-hosting: Leveraged talent strategy to reduce costs.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Primary Role: To support ensuring high technical quality and sustainable outcome of development efforts, concerning the reporting suite for a company-wide shift to Sigma/Lean methodology-based operational processes.Key technologies in this position: Tableau Server/Desktop, Teradata, SAS, Agile methodologies, Design Thinking methodologies, SAP Business.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Contracted to Novation through Robert Half Int.Report to the Director of Predictive Analytics:*Became a subject matter expert on operational metric calculations and data warehouse structures*Interface with business leaders to gain insight into business structures and develop analysis requirements based on need*Use business rules to furnish data sets.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Independently contracted to design and implement an interim business intelligence solution for analysis and reporting to address business needs until an enterprise data warehouse can be designed and implemented.Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard stack: SSIS, SQL Server Engine, SQL Server Agent, SSRS. Did not implement SSAS.Source data from point-of-sale.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Clients live and participate in a Transitional Living Community (TLC) to build and develop productive and independent life skills. I work with other staff to provide support, guidance, and accountability.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Work one-on-one with clients recovering from addiction, anxiety, or depression, as part of a holistic team, by participating in their transition from treatment to independence.

Financial Analytics and Reporting; Business Intelligence; Oracle 10g data warehouse *Primarily write SQL and PL/SQL to provide information to high-level business users in Excel formats. Some experience delivering reports via Crystal Reports / Business Objects. *Consult with business users to develop statistical views of transactional data to answer.

Enterprise Infrastructure Support; On-site and international data centers; Windows Server (various versions)*Primary responsibility was physical installation of server hardware, software installation and configuration based on requester's specifications according to application; over 200 unique configurations possible during tenure*Software installation.