APS Data Technologies is an IT Product and Services provider that specializes in:* Leveraging the Cloud to reduce costs and increase flexibility* Processing and analyzing Big Data faster to improve decision making* Expanding market reach with enterprise-ready mobile solutions* Integrating systems and applications to enhance productivity* Monetizing APIs and other digital assets to boost revenue* Connecting top IT talent to our clients based on their needs.

* Chief Data Architect on the largest Revenue Management project at United.

* Organizational Leadership – Led a large team comprising of DBAs, DB Developers, ETL Developers, Reporting Developers, Architects, SMs and PMs globally.* Technology Leadership – Lead Architect of Databases, EDW and Analytics at Discovery Education* Organizational Development & Team Building – Increased DB/BI/DW relevance and visibility with empowered management, talent acquisition, performance management and strong focus on excellence.* Technology Implementer – Replaced antiquated row & column data marts with columnar data marts improving query performance while reducing TCO by $1.2M+; * Data Steward – Drove the effort to improve Data Quality with Data Governance that included data quality engineering, metadata consolidation and integration, metadata model development and maintenance, data warehouse design and data mining.* Analytics - Implemented Analytics and BI at Discovery using Tableau, Google Analytics, Scout Analytics, JasperSoft, Datazen and Microsoft PowerBI Stack.* Platform Consolidation – Drove cross-functional initiatives to reduce legacy footprint including SQL Server Consolidation as well as the elimination of SAP-BW resulting in annual OPEX savings of $1M+.* Budget Management – Consistently met departmental OPEX budget expectations of +/- 2%.* Integration and Experience – Served as Integration Lead for all third-party integrations at Discovery Education and successfully implemented integrations with Scout Analytics,Clever, IMS Thin Common Cartridge, Blackboard, ExactTarget and Connections Academy.* Functional Provider – Provided various functional DB/BI/DW solutions to the business including inventory management, human resources, merchandising, marketing, legal, finance, order entry, sales compensation, logistics & ecommerce.* Security Initiatives - Architected and implemented key security initiatives to ensure that data was protected on all levels including File-level, Data-in- transit and Data-at- rest.

* Managed a team of 12 DBA’s and DW developers in designing, developing, supporting and maintaining the Database and Data warehouse infrastructure across OfficeMax.* Managed and supported greater than 5000 instances of SQL Server including point of sale databases and business critical applications.* Lead Architect in designing the Store Replication topology on all ~1000 Stores of Office Max. Implemented maintenance scripts on all point of sale databases that ensured optimal performance and functionality on all ~5000 SQL instances.* Technical lead for the organization-wide SQL Server consolidation and SAP-BW decommissioningproject; responsibilities included:- Architecting the overall SQL Server consolidation and SAP-BW decommissioning project- Meeting with business owners to obtain their buy-in for the project- Coordinating resources from the App teams to test the application functionality after migration- Authoring and adhering to the Project technical SDLC document that was submitted to the project management team- Upgraded 145 databases to SQL Server 2005/2008 and decommissioned 52 databases- Cost Savings: Achieved cost savings of $752K which included licensing, maintenance and Energy costs - Cost Avoidance: Achieved a cost avoidance of $ 463K which includes costs incurred by HPOV agents, NetBackup Agents and reusable hardware - Helped ensure the availability of SQL Servers at 99.955% - Exceeded defined service metrics of Priority 1, 2, 3 and 4 problem tickets by achieving 100% SLA adherence across all levels.

* Managed a team of 5 SQL Server DBAs to design and maintain the Database infrastructure across the university systems* Installed, Upgraded, Configured and Maintained University-wide Microsoft SQL Servers 2000 Failover Clusters.* Developed complex DTS packages to load data on a daily basis from various data sources that included MS Access, SQL Server and text files* Assisted various departments by timely upgrading the servers with newer versions and service packs available.* Configured the SQL SMTP mail and SQL mail on all the SQL Servers in the enterprise* Designed and Re-Engineered the database (Physical & Logical) for email repository application