Jane Marrison Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Seasoned Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Analytics leader with over 25 years of related leadership, management and technical experience in business and IT roles for large matrixed organizations. Forward thinker known for collaboration, talent development and decisive action with the ability to forge strong connections with IT and business customers. Responsible for leading the overall International Business Intelligence organization and defining a data and analytics strategy that supports International business goals in alignment with enterprise direction.• Lead global team of Business Intelligence professionals including budget, staffing and development of talent for International US, Canada, EU as well as onshore/offshore support staff.• Define and drive expansion of International Data & Analytics strategy in alignment with Enterprise direction.• Accountable for oversight and direction for Guidewire Data & Analytics workstream guiding definition and delivery of Small Business analytics deliverables including Cloud analytics environment and extension of 3rd Party integrated capabilities.• Define roadmap and lead execution of International Worldwide Data Domains to support common enterprise and local reporting and analytics needs and significantly enhance the quality and consistency of data across International.• Establish successful partnerships with senior leadership and key partners across International locations and US Segments.• Member of Data & Analytics Leadership Council representing International interests.

New York, Ny, Us

Key Accountabilities:• Responsible for the establishment and development of Business Intelligence function across International locations. • Built strong working relationships with local business functions and leadership to define appropriate Business Intelligence tools and deliverables in support of a broad variety of key initiatives. • Managed staffing and prioritization of projects among competing business segments and interests• Led development of Brazil data and analytics capabilities as well as data support for sell and runoff of book. • Led downstream data and reporting development in support of Dominion merger including hands-on development of Production Highlights process within three months period. • Represented Business Intelligence for strategic definition of International Small Business strategic including identification of 3rd Party capabilities, data capture and downstream reporting needs. Participated in Buy vs Build analysis, Platform vendor reviews and local country market analysis.

New York, Ny, Us

Ten years of MI staff management, strategy and software development including:•Management, recruiting and training of Business Intelligence staff. Remotely managed staff of 13 employees including SAS Infrastructure Support Group, EMI Business Analytics Staff and Information Delivery technical development groups.•Worked closely with Actuarial/Finance Business Insurance leadership to define roles, responsibilities and strategic direction for Shared BI Business Intelligence.•Participated in strategy sessions with IT management and business leadership to reduce cost and increase productivity of EMI projects by building MI/IT partnership, redefining project methodology and refining process design.•Lead technical design strategy for SCORE data infrastructure using sas macros, format and lookups providing ability to maintain high volume of reports and data feeds with limited resources.•Oversaw online design initiatives for SCORE reporting website used by a wide-variety of customers including Finance, Actuarial, Operations, Underwriting and Field Management. •Worked closely with Data Management and IT staffs to develop strategic data structures and reporting processes for Business Insurance and Enterprise usage.•Hands-on development experience focusing on base SAS on Unix, SAS internet, javascript, HTML. Also, knowledgeable in Access, Visual Basic, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Cognos.•Extensive database knowledge including data modeling and SQL using DB2, Teradata, SQL Server databases.•Supported adhoc triage process and adhoc report delivery for 5+ years. Worked closely with a variety of business customers to define business needs, provide alternative approaches as appropriate and managed adhoc delivery. Average adhoc turnaround time 2-3 business days. Regularly reviewed adhocs to help define SCORE report enhancements in order to provide customers quicker access to critical data.

Over fifteen years of diverse IT management, strategy and software development experience for distribution and insurance industry: IT Systems Engineer, USF&G Insurance, Baltimore MD 1995-1999 IT Systems Consultant, DPSC, Towson MD 1993-1995 IT Various Positions Operations, Programming, Systems Analyst, Project Manager 1980-1993McCrory Stores, York PA•Worked as System Engineer to define IT and business strategy for technology architecture of USF&G and St Paul financial warehouses.•Lead participant in systems integration strategy and legacy conversion for USF&G/St Paul merger.•Technical design of large scale projects for data warehousing and financial applications.•Built close partnerships with Financial and Actuarial leadership to define business and technical requirements. Extensive understanding of data and reporting environments. •Project manager for HR/Payroll and Financial systems support teams.•Hands-on development experience in various technologies including database modeling and design, COBOL/JCL/CICS, Business Objects.

St Paul, Minnesota, Us