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Henderson, Nv, Us

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Strong Leadership | Visionary Designs | Delivering ImpactHighly accomplished Sr. Principal Architect with 20 plus years of experience driving the design and execution of complex architectural projects. Proven ability to:• Lead and mentor a team of architects, designers and developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.• Translate client vision into exceptional architectural solutions, ensuring functionality, sustainability, and adherence to budget and regulations.• Manage all aspects of the architectural process, from conceptual design to construction documentation and project oversight.• Driving enterprise data strategies, leading the transformation of existing data and analytics platforms development and management to hybrid-cloud environment.

San Jose, California, Us

• Leading and implementing the strategy and architecture for data warehousing and data analytics in the cloud for healthcare data analytics for this mid-sized health plan• Gathering and evaluating business requirements resulting in the design, development, and implementation of an enterprise data warehouse in Azure SQL using SSIS, and SQL stored procedures• Lead the design, development and maintenance of data models and databases with data mining and source-to-target mapping using data from multiple on-premise and cloud-based systems • Designed and developed embedded reporting and dashboards inclusive of prescriptive/predictive analytics, using Power BI in support of enterprise performance metrics and KPIs• Led the development of strategic direction for data and information architecture, implementation and execution relating to the enterprise data warehouse and strategic reporting and analytics across the organization• Collaborates with enterprise management developing strategic roadmap in support of data management, governance, and self-service reporting and analytics.• Defined data management policy, framework, data aggregation and reporting procedures, established data governance and data quality processes

Basingstoke , Hampshire, Gb

• Assisted the Enterprise Data Architect in implementing enterprise data strategy while developing and refining data architecture and data management standards • Contributed to increased revenue and profitability via enabling technologies making it easier for internal and external customers to interact with enterprise data via Power BI• Designed and developed enterprise data architecture and management standards and best practices relative to Genus PICs worldwide data platforms

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Spearheaded the improvements to the business intelligence organization improving enterprise customer satisfaction by reducing analytics requests response times by 70%• Crafted and executed a multi-year data and analytics strategy and roadmap aligned to enterprise initiatives• Facilitated the enterprise rollout of Tableau for reports and BI Dashboards and improved SQL Server data warehouse • Collaborated with IT and business units to advance the company’s analytics capabilities by improving accuracy of data while rebooting and right sizing the data governance program• Partnered with business leadership in defining and documenting enterprise-wide performance metrics and KPIs resulting in a prioritized queue of reporting and analytics requests• Interacted with business teams to analyze data from various data sources (internal and external sources) to continually drive improved decisions and outcomes• Instituted the development of report and dashboard wireframes during requirements gathering process which greatly improved first-pass documentation of business and technical specifications• Communicated and interacted daily with enterprise staff and management up to the CEO level• Defined and implemented new testing processes for reports and dashboards

Syracuse, Ny, Us

• Improved reporting and analytics capability and deliverable timelines by defining strategy and leading team of 12 developing organization’s’ first data warehouse and migrating from Excel based reporting to Power BI and SSRS on SQL Server platform• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings• Planned schedules and resources, providing leadership for cross-functional teams of up to 30 people• Prepared detailed work breakdown schedules

Aurora, Colorado, Us

• Orchestrated the development of the enterprise data strategy, master data standards, and reporting strategy• Presided over program to document requirements and select vendor to migrate data warehouse from on-premises to cloud based platform reducing infrastructure and resource costs while improving upon security, data availability and analytics capabilities• Provided cost-benefit analysis and ROI assessments for proposed projects• Improved master data quality and governance by establishing a charter, procedures and policies and a framework reducing duplicate data by 30%• Aided in the negotiation of contracts and statements of work• Assisted in the management of vendor relationships to meet the desired outcomes of Colorado Access

Rancho Cucamonga, Ca, Us

• Addressed resource capacity management issues by designing and implementing an enterprise capacity management reporting tool using SQL Server 2014, SQL scripts, Stored Procedures and Tableau • Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to affected teams and management• Managed program-wide resource capacity management, issue tracking and resolution, change management for multiple projects within the core systems replacement program• Provided advisory and recommendations on best practices for data management, IT service management, and systems infrastructure delivery• Analyzed and resolved architectural and release planning issues during the core systems replacement program

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Shaved months off development times and aligned deliverables with overall program by streamlining development of EDI/ETL solutions supporting receipt and transmittal of X12 HIPAA and HL7 data files between internal and external business entities• SCRUM Master Managing AGILE tracking systems to provide transparency of product and sprint backlogs during core systems replacement program • IT Portfolio management responsible for aligning technology solutions to business processes while identifying new approaches with strong focus on leverage enterprise data

Worked with client Marketing, PR, and Retail Operations teams to decrease analytics time-to-market by translating business processes and requirements into conceptual, logical and physical data models in collaboration with multiple delivery teams building a national marketing data mart and analytics platform in the cable and telecommunications industry

• Advanced to a role to provide new leadership, strategically guiding the organization and its funding partners while offering innovative strategies to support enterprise goals• Directed and participated in development of long-term strategic goals and solutions assist in gathering information to support HEDIS, NCQA, Meaningful Use and UDS reporting for MSO stakeholders and participants across all the Hawaiian Islands• Architected and developed private health information exchange, data warehouse, data governance and reporting and analytics services supporting technology needs of a large MediCare/Medicaid plan (AlohaCare) and five of the Hawaiian FQHC’s • Reduced lead-time and nursing costs associated with HEDIS reporting through delivery of near real-time data gathering mechanisms between AlohaCare and partnering FQHCs

Honolulu, Hawaii, Us

Accountable for planning, budgeting, developing and ensuring legality of operating agreement and articles of incorporation, capital funding acquisition, and state required business recognition filings for state-wide MSO. Provided strategic input and insight to AlohaCare’s CEO, Executive team, and Board of Directors during the development of MSO program road-maps and timelines. Oversaw development of legal documents for the MSO formation, managed the process of obtaining legal review and buy-in from the participants, and led budget development for start-up operations of the MSO. Humbly appointed CEO of the MSO and charged with starting up MSO operations. Appointed to an advisory role on Hawaii State Governor’s council for HealthCare Transformation.• Conducted research and provided strategic input and insight to AlohaCare’s CEO, Executive team, and Board of Directors during the development of MSO program • Managed partner relations, negotiated contracts and augmented team with contract resources for successful delivery of strategic data initiatives

Motivate the migration to a data driven culture, by delivering insightful analysis and innovative strategies including extensive exposure to the senior leadership and partners at multiple health care organizations. I have built and lead team of up to 80 talented data and analytics staff to deliver on a data and analytics roadmaps that brought these organizations to the forefront of healthcare data management and analytics.Lead the modernization rebuilding and managing the data warehouse, analytics and reporting team for various organizations, building world class analytics platform using SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Cognos, Microstrategy, and Business Objects, storing and aggregating data from multiple disparate source systems (claims, provider, membership, general ledger, utilization/disease management, etc.).

Rochester, New York, Us

Re-organized and led a team of 19 delivering project management, database administration, data warehouse, ETL, BI development, and systems architecture for a 1.4M member non-profit health payer organization. Instrumental in architecting the organization's first enterprise-wide data warehouse encompassing data from twelve source systems housed in five separate locations across the state.Responsible for the direction and management for the ORACLE and SQL Server database administrators, and the Informatica (ETL) group. Administered and participated in the SAS, COGNOS and MicroStrategy business intelligence implementations across the organization in five locations across upstate New York. Architected and oversaw development of enterprise metadata management tool, policies and procedures, processes, and data governance.

• Established and grew the Advanced Technologies business unit for this national healthcare consulting firm• Architected and developed infrastructure and technologies that supported a virtual team located across the US • Developed proposals, SOW’s, client presentations• Hired and managed team of PMs, Business Analysts, Database Admins, Programmers, Trainers and Testers• Worked in collaboration with firm management to create service offerings and business development strategies• Provided engagement management, account management and billing, planning and budgeting• Established and managed alliances with key vendor-partners including Microsoft, ORACLE, Sybase, QCSI, TRIZETTO, AMISYS, and HealthTrio

Data warehouse manager responsible for the design, development, and implementation of CRMS provider profiling, and HEDIS quality of care reporting applications.

Reporting and Analytics applications manager responsible for database administration activities supporting the AMISYS application databases and enterprise data warehouse/marts and COGNOS and SpeedWare tools.

Oakhurst, Ca, Us

Led cross-functional team to custom build a billing system for this regional telephone services provider.

Applications and Database developer utilizing COBOL, SpeedWare and IMAGE3000 on HP 3000 platforms.

Mainframe computer operator turned programmer analyst utilzing RPG, COBOL, and Assembler on Sperry Univac, HP, and DEC VAX platforms.

Business Administration And Management, General

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