George Woods Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

• FY25 lead the CMF for Analytics Worldwide program and in Q1, have already more than doubled the previous year ACR and surpassed all last year’s completed migrations by 120%• FY24, incubated the new CMF for Analytics offering increasing ACR. • Evaluate customer needs and potential gaps in the analytics catalog for new expansion offerings.• Assess the feasibility of proposed ideas in terms of needs and technical requirements.• Develop and execute a comprehensive launch strategy, including promotion, training, and support.• Review and refine processes to incorporate feedback and drive improvements.• Collect and analyze relevant data to provide a comprehensive overview of the program’s progress.• Design processes between Tech Leads and Developers that streamline workflows and enhance efficiency.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Provide technical expertise through sales presentations and product demonstrations, often requiring proof of concepts for Analytics IP such as Fabric, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Power BI.• Acts as a trusted technical advisor, translating business objectives into viable technical solutions and ensuring customer readiness through technical discussions, workshops, and architecting cloud readiness solutions.• Identifies opportunities for further customer engagements, enabling cloud growth expansion.• Contributes to the development and expansion of team strategy and actively support the success of others by mentoring and engaging with technical communities.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• IP lead that manages a team to develop and maintain the updates for workshops on Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks and Synapse Spark. • Provide technical and architectural guidance to customers on Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Power BI, and Azure Machine Learning. • Customer Success Pillar lead for Value Based Delivery content creation and updates using GitHub. • Work with the Unified Success Team to evangelize the adoption of Value Based Deliveries with presentations and FAQs with Management, CSAMs, CSA-Es and CSAs. • Lead multiple Dedicated Support Engagements that have assisted customers with their migration to Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks and Power BI. • Accredited to deliver over 40 different workshops and Proof of Concept engagements to customers. • Mentored five new hires along with guidance to current employees looking to switch technologies. • Utilizing shadow engagements, one on one mentoring and advisory calls, trained CSA-Es and CSAs on Azure Synapse, Power BI, Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks along with learning how to deliver workshops and POCs. • Participant in the Microsoft Technical Leadership Development Program to be completed in May 2023.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• IP lead that manages a team to develop and maintain the updates for workshops on Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks and Synapse Spark. • Provide technical and architectural guidance to customers on Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Power BI, and Azure Machine Learning. • Customer Success Pillar lead for Value Based Delivery content creation and updates using GitHub. • Work with the Unified Success Team to evangelize the adoption of Value Based Deliveries with presentations and FAQs with Management, CSAMs, CSA-Es and CSAs. • Lead multiple Dedicated Support Engagements that have assisted customers with their migration to Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks and Power BI. • Accredited to deliver over 40 different workshops and Proof of Concept engagements to customers. • Mentored five new hires along with guidance to current employees looking to switch technologies. • Utilizing shadow engagements, one on one mentoring and advisory calls, trained CSA-Es and CSAs on Azure Synapse, Power BI, Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks along with learning how to deliver workshops and POCs. • Participant in the Microsoft Technical Leadership Development Program to be completed in May 2023.

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Participate in proactive account management, spot performance issues, analyze problems, develop solutions to meet customer needs.• Engages in strategic service delivery planning, in partnership with the virtual account team (VAT), to strengthen targeted customer relationships.• Demonstrates expertise in a specific solution, or several products, feature functions, or services.• Seeks opportunities to drive Customer Success business results by collaborating with multiple team members.• Consistently apply "lessons learned", model personal accountability & teamwork.• Understands customer/partner requirements and can map the adoption and optimization of Microsoft technology solutions accordingly. • Contribute & participate with meetings to articulate Premier offerings to all customers; share knowledge thru communities, adapt for customers.• Cultivates relationships, credibility, and loyalty with customers and partners intentionally by sharing relevant business expertise.• Demonstrated Self Learner

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Be part of a thriving practice that's constantly looking for ways to improve our customers' experience• Work with customers to identify business requirements• Optimize customer's current data solutions and infrastructure• Take a leadership role supporting customers on projects• Mentor other PFE to share your knowledge and experience• Proactive Services: Services which promote customer health through Risk Assessments, Health Checks, Code Reviews, or other similar offerings• Reactive and 24x7 Critical Situations support: Reactive services which address the most critical customer issues• Dedicated Support: Engagements that strengthen customer relationships and IT infrastructure & application effectiveness through dedicated support delivery• Ad hoc Services: Short and time limited engagements focused towards customer specific issue remediation or support (e.g. Chalk Talks)• Workshops and Training: Deliver technical training for customer knowledge transfer and for helping customers to consume Microsoft products and services

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Architect and implement enterprise and business segment database solutions for Oracle and SQL Server.• Recommend appropriate technologies to support enterprise-wide BI reporting and analytics platform.• Provide technical and architectural guidance to projects and teams.• Investigate, install, and configure Enterprise Applications.• Review and analyze existing systems and make recommendations for improvements.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Manage the design, development, and maintenance of Oracle databases.• Provides a strategic level of technical leadership to the database group, IT, and the enterprise.• Perform functions such as backup and recovery, database consistency checking, loading, and unloading data, installs, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting. Unix Shell scripting and maintenance.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• SQL Server DBA for Microsoft BI Warehouse Team• Administration of numerous applications including Microsoft 2008/2012 Servers, SAP Business Objects and EPIC Cogito Data Warehouse • Tests new programs to ensure that logic and syntax are correct, and that program results are accurate.• Documents code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular and database level.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

• Extensive experience in MS SQL Server development using the BI suite of products (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)• Create, tune and troubleshoot SQL, Views, Stored Procedures and Functions.• Assisted in the design and monitoring of the new data warehouse.• Assistant Team/Project Lead in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

• Performed all aspects of mission critical database administration of 35 SAP Oracle Databases and 50 Non-SAP Oracle Databases and Oracle Enterprise Manager.• Determine requirements for future database growth and implementations.• Trained and mentored new database administrators.• Lead on Upgrade/Unicode conversion project of SAP SCM 5.0 to SCM 7.0 and a 3TB SAP ERP system.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

• Organized events for the President of the University to entertain alumni and donors, including VT Football games, Bowl games, and the annual UT Prosim gala. • Completed graphic design projects for brochures, invitations, decorations and keepsakes.

As the world was evolving towards digital, I came up with the idea to start a film festival, that would be the first, worldwide, to exclusively use DLP technology, the same technology that is now used in most movie theaters. I secured sponsorships with Texas Instruments, PA Film Commission, IMDB and many others. The first year, we showcased over 75 independent films from all over the world and also awarded Keith Carradine, the Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to independent film. I stepped away after the 2003 GLFF, however the festival is still still run today, by my co-founder.

Master'S Degree, Corporate Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Technical Leadership Development Program

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Advertising/Communications