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Data Solutions Architect and Project Manager with 32 years of Information Technology experience. Strong ability to manage projects using agile and waterfall approaches, translate customer needs into requirements, and lead teams to provide well-designed and timely delivered technology solutions. Sound written and oral communication skills allowing for effective information distribution at all organization levels. Recent experience has been overseeing data solutions architecture, project management, and product deployments. Focused on continuously enhancing leadership skills, maturing technical knowledge, and successfully overseeing challenging business critical initiatives.
Collins Aerospace
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Associate Director, Data Science And AnalyticsCollins AerospaceTucson, Az, Us -
Associate Director, Data Science & AnalyticsCollins Aerospace Aug 2024 - PresentCharlotte, North Carolina, UsManaging a large team of Data Engineers, Data Scientists and Data Analysts. The team is responsible for the curation of data from 13 different ERP systems and 3 supplier portals into Snowflake cloud and SQL Server on-premise backends. The team is also responsible for the data science and analytics aspects by providing metric visualizations via Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI and Python front end integrations. -
Senior Manager, Enterprise Data Architecture & Strategy @ RisRaytheon Mar 2022 - Sep 2024Arlington, Va, Us• Managing team of 4-5 data engineers responsible for curating the data for the Raytheon Operations & Supply Chain Data Engineering, Data Science & Analytics organization.• Developing the Snowflake data architecture and DataOps deployment strategy using GitHub Enterprise, VS Code, GitHub Desktop, GitHub Actions, SchemaChange, Artifactory, Python, SQL, and Snowflake Tasks technologies.• Serving as the Snowflake data governance lead for the Raytheon Operations & Supply Chain organization.• Serving as the technical lead, scrum master, and shared product owner for the Operations & Supply Chain data projects. Using Confluence Wiki to document the architecture, processes, and standards.• Developed the strategic data architecture and governance model for the RIS Data Lake, an on-premise SQL Server that we migrated to SQL Server on Azure cloud.• Managed the technical solution path for the Data Lake regarding data object naming conventions, ETL approaches, and data consumption layers to provide a consistent implementation pattern for all data consumers.• Created and deployed the ETL orchestration solution for the Data Lake that uses asynchronous Service Broker XML messaging queues and SQL Server Integration Services to manage the data curations.• Developed the design patterns and approaches for the RIS Self Service data lake in the new cloud-based Snowflake environment.• Received an achievement award for developing the Snowflake data curation architecture and governance for RIS. -
Senior Manager, Metrics Data Architect & Technical Lead @ RmdRaytheon Mar 2021 - Mar 2022Arlington, Va, Us• Managed team of 8-10 data curation and API developers as the Digital Technology Technical Lead. The team used the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to develop and deploy dimensional master data, measure data, and metric data for solutions used by the President and Vice Presidents to drive company-wide process improvements.• Served as the strategic data architect to identify, curate, load and transform company data for business-wide metrics teams. The solution combined Oracle, SQL, Informatica, Java, Jenkins deployment pipelines, SVN configuration control, and JSON messaging to provide well-vetted and timely API catalog metrics.• Provided control tower visualizations for the Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) operating system.• Received an achievement award for the design and implementation of the data foundation that all digital thread solutions at the company are now being built upon.• Received the 2022 Raytheon Missiles & Defense Digital Technology CIO Award for the above work. -
Sr. Principal Business Metrics Architect @ RmdRaytheon Apr 2020 - Mar 2021Arlington, Va, Us• Managed development and deployment of the business metrics solution for Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality. This was used by the President and Vice Presidents to drive process improvement around cost, schedule, labor reduction, and quality improvements during product line reviews.• Served as the solutions architect and provided IT oversight for the integrated metrics visualization that combines SAP, SharePoint, Tableau, JavaScript, and HTML technologies into a cohesive interface.• Migrated technology to enterprise solutions using Oracle and SQL queries, Informatica ETL, Java-based user interfaces and web services-based API interface for metrics data consumption.• Received 4 achievement awards for the implementation of company-wide metrics solutions. -
Sr. Principal Program Management Metrics Architect @ RmsRaytheon Jun 2016 - Apr 2020Arlington, Va, Us• Managed development and deployment of the business metrics solution for Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality that is used by the President and Vice Presidents for driving process improvement that has resulted in cost, schedule, labor reduction, and quality improvements. Solution is used for all product line reviews.• Served as the solutions architect and providing IT oversight for the integrated metrics visualization that combines SAP, SharePoint, Tableau, JavaScript, and HTML technologies into a cohesive interface.• Migrated technology to enterprise solutions using Oracle and SQL queries, Informatica ETL, Java-based user interfaces and web services-based API interface for metrics data consumption.• Received 4 achievement awards for the implementation of company-wide metrics solutions. -
Principal Engineering Operations Architect @ RmsRaytheon May 2013 - Jun 2016Arlington, Va, Us• Lead development and deployment deployment of a SharePoint solution for the business directives and instructions used by the President and Vice Presidents to manage and approve business-specific policy documents. System continues to be regularly used by all Missile Systems employees via a link on the intranet home page.• Served as project manager, architect, development and deployment lead for three additional comprehensive SharePoint sites also used by all Missile Systems employees. One of these is the forms site that manages all company forms.• Managed the architecture, integration and implementation strategy for information technology solutions in the Engineering organization. Provided workflow automation and data collection solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint and related enterprise software to increase productivity and decrease costs.• Provided guidance around governance, migration, processes, recommended practices, testing, and overall technical subject matter expertise for the global Integrated Collaboration Services (ICS) initiative.• Certified to manage the PTC Windchill Common Product Data Management (cPDM) application.• Received 2 achievement awards for the implementation of engineering solutions. -
Senior Pmo Delivery Project ManagerKeste Aug 2012 - Apr 2013Plano, Tx, Us• Utilized an agile software development life cycle to manage all aspects of multi-million dollar, custom Oracle software and hardware implementation projects for global companies including scope, budget, resources, revenue, travel, and schedule around requirements, design, development, configuration, quality, and deployment.• Set and maintained executive level client expectations on world-wide projects, and also managed the overall client interface.• Created and presented customer proposals, staffed projects with team members who had appropriate skills, approved time, conducted staff reviews, and participated in revenue forecasts.• Managed local, remote, and offshore project teams that included architects, software developers, system engineers, quality managers, configuration managers, test coordinators, and training administrators for projects consisting of 10 -60 project team members based upon project scope. -
Principal Operations ArchitectRaytheon Jul 2008 - Aug 2012Arlington, Va, Us• Managed software and data architecture for a metrics scorecard and dashboards application used by executive management to monitor company health which realized a Six Sigma estimated $85 million in process improvement savings.• Defined and deployed 13 company metrics from 7 disparate data sources that cover a broad spectrum of company activities. These metrics include trends to monitor the ongoing company health.• Oversaw the business and technical requirements gathering process for the follow-on implementation of a corporate business intelligence solution.• Lead team that developed and deployed the data structure, web interface, and messaging layer for the business metrics dashboard that became the standard for metrics and health management across the company. • Received 5 achievement awards for this work. -
Senior Project ManagerRaytheon Dec 2004 - Jul 2008Arlington, Va, Us• Managed internal application development projects and commercial off-the-shelf software implementations as well as commercial proof of concept projects to increase revenue for Raytheon.• Managed the initiation, approach, planning, requirements gathering, design, development, test, and deployment phases of projects according to established project life cycle processes and templates.• Managed corporate catalog implementation in Enterprise Buyer Professional that automated prototype component purchases for engineering projects and saved the company $1.2 million a year.• Managed 5 major upgrades on 4 different software applications that enhanced the functionality, ease of use, and workflow resulting in significant savings to the company in time and automated oversight.• Developed standard configuration management and test management processes for IT department.• Received 3 achievement awards on 3 separate projects, the highest honor that can be bestowed.• Received 2007 Raytheon CIO Excellence Award for work on an advanced programs project. -
Senior Consultant & Project ManagerBearingpoint Consulting Dec 2002 - Nov 2004Amsterdam, Nl• Managed large CMM assessment project with 4 direct reports and 15 indirect reports. Achieved CMM Maturity Level 2 for the client and working towards CMM Level 3. Analyzed process improvements that resulted in 20% development timeline reduction and 40% test defect decrease.• Monitored project activity and provided written status reports to client upper management on weekly basis as well as presented status overview to client president on monthly basis.• Managed project scope, costs, quality, and risk. Supplied contract deliverables per project schedule.• Served as assessment team member during 2 SEI authorized CMM-Based Appraisals for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI).• Received 2 promotions in less than 2 years. -
Senior Software Development LeadDell Dec 1997 - Nov 2002Round Rock, Texas, Us• Managed, designed, and implemented automated process to place a project’s manufacturing audit order into the factory. By automating a large portion of the project development life cycle, delivery time to the customer was reduced and the department saved $500,000.• Managed development and design of component to automatically determine whether all parts on a support order were returned. Dell was able to hire less skilled workers, reduce the number of return personnel needed, and shorten the time to credit the customer.• Created and promoted adoption of coding standards used by 50 departmental Visual Basic developers. The standards allowed for code reviews, shortened development time, provided for rapid application development (RAD), and were a manual for novice programmers.• Spearheaded standardization of answer validation methods used on two web sites. Streamlined process into a component with pattern-matching capability and reduced customer callbacks by 40%.• Planned and built web site for file promotions that allowed project engineers to promote various code from a single tool. Resulted in automated development milestones and shortened delivery time. -
Software Developer & Systems AdministratorAjilon Consulting Feb 1997 - Nov 1997• Received MVP Project Engineer of the Quarter and Outstanding Project Engineer of the Quarter.• Created web-based process flow tool for project managers, engineers, and pilot staff during project development. The tool organized development, monitored status, and generated management reports.• Researched and designed tools for project engineers to provide extra software customization options. Allowed sales force to customize more orders, increase sales, and improve profit margins on sales.• Automated 40 project engineers’ daily tasks using Korn shell scripts, Perl scripts, batch scripts, and applications. Realized significant increase in project output when engineers could work on more than one project at a time and develop projects faster.• Planned and conducted training classes for new project engineers that made them immediately productive assets. Acted as mentor to many engineers seeking guidance during the learning process.• Created Korn shell scripts to perform software installs, applications to perform software configurations, and Perl scripts to perform hardware configurations on factory built computers.
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Online Services EngineerNational Instruments Aug 1994 - Aug 1996Austin , Texas, Us• Restructured corporate FTP site running Solaris 2.3, corporate BBS system on MacOS, corporate Fax on Demand system using Windows NT to provide an intuitive directory hierarchy with online instructions. Resulted in significantly fewer support calls on driver downloads and installation.• Maintained TCP/IP network and created automated installation scripts to reload customer education training lab computers on a weekly basis. -
Help Desk ManagerSears, Roebuck And Co. 1993 - 1994Chicago,, Il, Us
Mark Browning Education Details
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Auburn UniversityAerospace Engineering
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Mark Browning attended Auburn University.
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