Worked as contract resource with a development team composed of data analysts, subject matter experts, data engineers, and business intelligence analysts and developers to define and deploy a comprehensive enterprise data warehouse using WhereScape Red. Coordinated with infrastructure engineers and database administrators to build out virtual machines (VMs) to support the data warehouse effort. Ensured the highest quality standards by constantly checking the data warehouse structure against user stories for improvements when necessary. Supported the goals and objectives as defined by the enterprise Data Program Manager.

Collaborated with functional owners to understand business needs and implement data driven solutions using industry best practices. Built effective working relationships and data-fueled solutions that drove the business closer to its overall goals and objectives. Drove architecture engagement models and was an ambassador for partnership across partners, business, and IT. Formulated new and creative ideas for leveraging the business’s vast collection of data in the databases. Worked with this senior management and key stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing actionable, impactful insights across a variety of core business fronts, driving informed decision-making across the business and, hence, enhancing the business’s capability to achieve goals and objectives. Lead data science and analytic practices, trends, design, learning and development cycles, which improves the business’s overall performance by improving data and analytics programs that provide high-impact insights. Planned and managed small to large project initiatives to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished within the prescribed timeframe. Documented data flows across core systems and worked with external vendors as needed for support and development. Aided efforts to keep the business systems stable and improve performance through best practices in enterprise.

Led team of database developers and managed stories and projects as necessary. Spearheaded the creation of a unified, integrated solution that implements defined business rules and supports analytical needs across the organization. Implemented scalable data acquisition and processing pipelines, transformations, and semantic layers to support end-to-end business intelligence solutions, workflows, applications and self-service reporting using locally hosted and Azure assets. Created, tested, implemented and maintained all ETL procedures and processing, ensuring the best possible performance and data quality. Maintained and supported test and production systems as a member of a DevOps team. Ensured proper source control, documentation, testing and quality assurance processes are developed and followed to maintain high data integrity.

Mentored team of junior database developers, data analysts, and offshore team members in the design and development of major corporate customer-facing reporting initiative that included significant parts: Staging, Operational Data Store (ODS), datamart, and ETL (SSIS) components. Harvested data from operational system of record using Change Data Capture (CDC) and SQL Agent jobs to move data from operational system to ODS and datamart for subsequent reporting. Included stored procedure, view, trigger, and index design and development, along with error checking every step of the way. Utilized Azure platform for DevOps and Power BI interoperability.

Lead a team of senior level business and systems analysts and architects who create technical assessments based on submitted software and systems service requests. Manage information around assessment statuses and attend meetings to keep VA employees and contractors apprised of team progress and accomplishments. Assign technical assessment tasks and remove roadblocks for team members on a daily basis.

Supported Corporate Data Warehouse initiative team with tasks related to administration of SQL Server system across the enterprise. Developed detailed crosswalk and entity relationship diagrams and assisted ETL team with defining projects using Microsoft and industry best practice standards for data maintenance. Created SQL Server stored tables, stored procedures, views and user-defined functions as necessary and consulted with other team members on how best to optimize database system infrastructure.

Designed, developed and customized analytic models used to analyze aspects of business decisions within Operations. Collaborated cross-functionally to build quantified business cases, business problems, and desired outcomes. Mined data, conducted analysis and interpreted the results related to specific projects and over-all KPIs. Created influential dashboards and presentations that use information to influence senior leadership on business trends and strategies. Monitored KPI’s and engaged leadership on performance issues. Reviewed and analyzed trends in business KPI’s, providing relevant information, opinions and recommendations to leadership regarding trends.

Assisted team with BI scripting and software maintenance tasks as needed. Monitored daily operations of several software systems, including Automate 10, Automate BPA Server 10 and FormWorks. Assisted with SQL Server and ORACLE Server scripting and helped with documentation of claims management workflow and hardware topologies. This was a short-term contract position.

Led in-house and off-shore developers in the design, development and maintenance of several cubes and reports using Microsoft SQL Server and Pyramid Analytics applications. Business and predictive analytics were part of my daily practice as I worked to provide strategic and tactical data and information to C-level, regional, district, and office managers.

Designed, developed, tested and deployed Business Intelligence applications of all kinds using Microsoft SQL Server suite of BI products: Azure Machine Learning (ML), Analysis Services (SSAS), Integration Services (SSIS), Reporting Services (SSRS) and Management Studio (SSMS). Duties included project management, daily customer interaction, machine learning experiment design, creation, and testing, and cube and multidimensional structure design and development. Worked with Microsoft Team Foundation Server and SharePoint 2013 to present results on dashboards and reports. Deep knowledge of data structures and statistical methods and techniques were required.

Oversaw all aspects of IT Department, reporting directly to the CEO. Duties included user support and coordination of all IT-related projects, as well as interfacing with network/hardware, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and third-party software developers. Business analysis and process management skills were required. Developed reporting architecture to facilitate quick and accurate business analysis utilizing SSIS and SSRS with .NET/C# to support business goals and objectives.

Teaching MBA and doctoral business management and leadership courses.

Teach anthropology and business leadership and management courses at the undergrad and grad levels.

Mentor and advise student population and teach online courses. Maintain required office hours every week with significant commitment to student support and encouragement. Approved courses: HUM130: Religions of the World, CRT201: Critical Thinking, MGT337: Supervision and Leadership, MGT340: Organization Theory and Behavior, ETH123: Cultural Diversity, INS301: Introduction to World Cultures and Social Environments.

Teach both on–ground and FlexNet courses for University College and College of Information Systems & Technology. Approved courses: PHL251: Critical Thinking, RES110: Introduction to Research and Information Utilization, SOC105: Introduction to Popular American Culture, SOC200: Introduction to Sociology, POS360: Programming Concepts, POS400: Introduction to Object–Oriented Programming, POS402: Visual Basic .NET, POS405: Advanced Visual Basic .NET.

I provided 787 production reports to 18,000 people worldwide in support of the program.

I am responsible for designing new software solutions, enhancing existing product offerings, and integrating the ERP-Link product line into third party software solutions.

Led a team of data professional in the design, development, and deployment of major NWEA data initiatives, including desktop and distributed .NET applications, .NET Web applications, and data warehousing projects.