Business Unit Exec, Ibm Business Analytics (Cognos), West Region
Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
IBM-Cognos Analytic solutions include Cognos BI, Predictive Analytics, Planning, Consolidations on technologies like TM1 (In memory OLAP), Powerplay (Disk-based OLAP), SPSS (Predictive), and Adaytum (Planning). Solutions include Data Modeling and Warehousing, Balanced Scorecards, Dashboards, and other means of visualizing and sharing data, for plan vs. actual analysis.I helped launch the PNW office and was rookie of the year and made club several times as well over the first 5 years. With the acquisition by IBM, I managed the PNW team where we went from last to first as a region in the Americas. I then managed the West region as a Business Unit Executive. We grew revenues from $1 to nearly $50 million over those 8 years for our regions. The best part was seeing cities become "Cognos Towns". Cognos was like a family and since then that spirit of teamwork, hustle, and "customer first", has been my goal to develop in every organization I've had the privilege to lead since.