Key Achievements:1). Led on-prem to cloud migration.a). Used Lean A3 process to narrow down cloud ecosystem that best fit Nature's Sunshine culture alongside development initiatives.b). Resulted in $238k less cost than the previous on-prem solution.c). Query performance improved by 95%.d). International user wait times improved by 20 - 30 seconds.2). Implemented self-service analytics.a). Went from 0 to 260 users in 5 years.b). Results have been: increased business process efficiency, improved product margins, and quicker sales initiative adjustments.3). Leading organization with adoption of ML/AI high value-add projects.a). After building our data foundation, I am now leading a machine learning initiative to increase sales by 7 - 12%.b). Project utilizes the following technologies: Azure Data Lake, C#, Python, Analysis Services, and Databricks.Additionally, I helped create our Analytics Center of Excellence. As part of the Center of Excellence, we unify developers with executives and business unit leaders. A key function of our Center of Excellence is to guide priorities based on the following: Increasing Revenue, Reducing Cost, or Improving Process.Platform & Tools: Azure Data Lake, Azure Blob Storage, Microsoft Azure Analysis Services, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Runbooks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Front Door, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE), Power BI, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA), Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics (OPLA), Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Developer, Oracle 12, SQL ServerLanguages: BASH, Perl, Python, C#, SQL, PL/SQL, DAX, HTML, CSS, Java/Groovy

Key Achievements: 1). Developed and managed distributed processing environment to support loading 750G of daily data across 25 cluster nodes.2). Learned JavaScript framework developed by Oracle for Oracle Business Intelligence product.a). This allowed us to integrate the BI tool more seamlessly with a web application.b). Made several JavaScript modifications, CSS modifications, and turned the learning experience into a presentation I have given at Oracle conferences.3). Wrote Perl and Jython (Python using Java libraries) scripts to automate user security for 900+ external customers.Platform & Tools: Pentaho, Informatica, OBIEE, SQL Navigator, Oracle ExadataLanguages: BASH, Perl, SQL, PL/SQL, Jython, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

On a one-year contract, I led a small team to build out a Utility Computing data mart. The data mart composed of system consumption metrics (I/O, CPU, Memory, Disk) used to help bill internal department infrastructure usage as part of activity-based costing. Additionally, we integrated data from a new global IT Asset Management system.Platform & Tools: SAP Business Objects Data Services, SAP Business Objects Universe Designer, Oracle 11g, Oracle Exadata, IBM Db2, SSIS, DomoLanguages: SQL, Perl, BASH, PL/SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

I enhanced and maintained an existing in-house built CRM as well as corporate and product websites. Additionally, I stood up a new CRM for a new brokerage firm created to handle trades place by the company's flagship trading software. I also acted as a backup for server/systems related issues.I filled a role as Marketing Director as part of incorporating analytics more into our marketing activities. During this time, I also led the implementation of a new website for the flagship Futures, Forex, and Stocks trading software.Platform & Tools: Aptana, PostgreSQL, Drupal, Adobe FireworksLanguages: SQL, PL/pgSQL, Perl, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, HTML

Tasks:1). Tech lead for 20 support techs for Web Hosting and Cloud servers2). Resolved escalated rootkit and backdoor security breaches on VM’s across 530 servers3). Trained on Apache, Procmail, Sendmail, DNS, Linux fundamentals4). Developed Perl and Bash system administration scripts