Data Engineering Visionary: My swift advancement to Senior Manager reflects my commitment to excellence in data management, achieving significant cost efficiencies and operational improvements. With a proven track record in leading high-performing teams and pioneering advanced data solutions, I am on the lookout for new challenges and opportunities to innovate.Rapid Promotion & Leadership:- Elevated to Senior Manager within 3 months.- Led 10 data engineers and managed up to 20 vendor team members.- Efficient resource management to maintain productivity.Cost Reduction & Efficiency:- Reduced contractor costs by over $1M; halved data lake size for $150K annual savings.- Optimized data infrastructure and pipelines, cutting setup times by 95%.Innovative Data Management:- Redesigned data lake and migrated pipelines to Airbyte.- Utilized Airflow, S3, Spark, and Kubernetes, boosting productivity and reducing costs.Enterprise Data Model & Governance:- Established governance and an enterprise data model for improved data discoverability.- Developed streaming event framework with engineering teams, improving product personalization.Data Quality & Tech Migration:- Initiated data quality SLAs and freshness checks.- Migrated from Kubernetes and Spark to Databricks, minimizing vendor lock-in.- Implemented DBT and CI/CD with GitHub, enhancing data model compliance and performance.Cross-Functional Collaboration:Collaborated with Finance, Customer Service, Marketing, and Product Management.Supported data requirements fulfillment, aiding informed decision-making and strategic initiatives.

Leader on a Data Engineering, Business Intelligence and Data Mining team that dabbles in data science methodology and techniques.We assist some other great folks to ensure our clients get class-leading solutions for data management, visualization and analysis.What we do:- Create stunning data visualization with some awesome tools (Tableau, Power BI, R/Shiny, Ignitio, Data Studio)- Dabble in open source and next generation technology and help our organization understand how we can use them (Apache Big Data stack, R, Python, Spark, D3.js, Linux)- We also get to have some some fun in the Clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) architecting big and small Data solutions to meet our clients' needs- Training and learning: co-taught a 12 week SQL course - with amazing results

Dynamic Marketing Services was created to cost effectively address the needs of automotive and power sport dealerships who want to professionally handle their internet leads as well as their outbound sales and service calls. - Managing SharePoint to ensure proper data governance - Interfacing with external clients to negotiate API access. - Working within several software suites, not limited to Excel, Access and PowerBi, in order to build reports for employee performance tracking of both call center and chat agents.- Built forecasts for daily call volume using R, SQL and Excel PivotTables for Inbound and outbound call data extracted from Five9.- Utilized Power Query and Access databases to maximize optimization of current daily and weekly reporting.

Performed final diligence on merchant cash advances (MCAs) prior to funding. Not limited to credit evaluation, background checks, reviewing public databases and conducting final recorded phone confirmation of terms prior to release of capital.

Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible sales positions based on strong technical estimation, business development, business strategy, cross-function team leadership performance. Currently assist/train 30+ employees at 6 regional locations. Notable achievements:• Awarded “Most Valuable Participant” for super-user training for Microsoft Dynamics CRM rollout.• Achieved record sales a crossed business line (50% growth year over year).• Organized highest attendance webinar in company history with 640 unique attendees.• 600% reduction in lead time on estimation for quotes through creation of automated quoting tools, training, and process streamlining.• Implemented KPI tracking process. Increased accountability and transparency 100% in quote process.

Responsible for estimation and technical advisory for proposals at two Transportation Technology laboratories in Michigan. Laboratories primarily service the performance and materials testing needs of the automotive, defense and aerospace industries. Daily responsibilities include working with operations and sales staff to provide timely proposals to suit wide array of client needs.

Responsible for day-to-day management of small to medium clients, estimation and proposal building for two-time President's Club member, Dale Wine. As a team, we set the Transportation Technologies business line record for single month orders booked.

Collaborated with leadership to determine best practices for data strategy. This included reviewing GIS via VAN/VoteBuilder and determining best variables/factors for creation of universe.

• Utilized donor management software, DonorPerfect, and other online resources to expand database to be used in further outreach and marketing campaigns.• Pitched and was responsible for implementation of Instagram account for marketing products available at Goodwill Detroit stores.

• Coordinated office’s grassroots efforts with Democratic Community Organizer, using methods such as door-to-door canvassing and traditional mail communications.

• Collaborated with Campaign Manager and consultants to develop strategy for carrying out media, mail and field plans.• Coordinated with other campaigns at the presidential, congressional, state and local level to increase reach of candidate’s message to targeted universe. • Recruited and managed active list of volunteers for myriad of tasks required by a countywide campaign.Attained victory by 7-point margin (53% vs. 47%) over a sitting incumbent.

Promoted rapidly promoted to management due to data analysis, customer relations and training performance. Trained and retained 10+ staff, as well as 150+ volunteers. Notable achievements:• Exceeded expected outreach goal by 15%, tracked team’s progress in Google Docs. • Achieved 100% staff retention in positions with rapid turn over. • Delivered nightly reports to Senior Management, including CEO. • Attained victory with 48% of votes in three-way race, including 13% over a sitting incumbent.

• Advised members of the organization's statewide grassroots advocacy network in the best practices in establishing connections and building relationships with their state and federal elected officials.• Collaborated with Advocacy Director to determine policy issues and execute policy decisions within advocacy network.• Attended meetings on behalf of the MS Society of Michigan with federal and state government officials.

• Collaborated with staff to conduct legislative research.• Composed professional written correspondence in the voice of State Representative Bledsoe, including newsletters, letters of support and interest, and tributes. • Conducted client surveys through door knocking and phone calls in order to familiarize residents with Representative Bledsoe, inform clients about upcoming events within the district and establish a positive presence within the community.• Attained reelection by 7-point margin (54% vs. 46%) in a competitive district.