Michael Strand Email & Phone Number

Wisconsin, United States

We founded Sinapse Global on a passion to give back. With our years of experience, including mine in business and non-profit leadership, we knew our combined skills could contribute something unique to the world. “Sinapse” reflects our purpose: to be a connector that brings people and ideas together for positive change.Our approach combines specialized.

Wisconsin, United States

I am engaging with people, leaders, and organizations across the United Stated via speaking, consulting, encouraging, challenging, and teaching in one-on-one, small-group, and public settings. The overarching goal is increasing global awareness and engagement.

Sarajevo, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And Herzegovina

As "Zamjenik izvršnog direktora", my responsibilities included teaching conversational English to professionals in government and business. Additionally, I envisioned, connected, coordinated, and presented seminars on business topics. This was in-conjunction with Global Leadership Partners (see Volunteering). I engaged with local private startup and.

Sarajevo, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And Herzegovina

I made a mid-career transition to expand and explore other aspects of life: learning a language, culture, and professional role. I studied the language, culture, history, cuisine, geography, and everyday life of multi-cultural Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina. As I immersed myself, I sought and developed opportunities to positively impact the people.

Greater Milwaukee Area

I was recruited to the newly formed Data and Analytics: Strategy and Architecture team. I envisioned, led, and performed technical and business analysis of data model process and tool migration with the outcome of improved definition and governance of data assets across the enterprise, impacting 30+ departments. I led and coordinated an in-depth security.

Greater Milwaukee Area

During 2017, the Company went through a reinvention, recognizing that "the best must get better." Digital Disruption, FinTech, and Data Driven were driving ideas. During this time, I refreshed old and learned new skills including use of cloud architecture (AWS), Kafka (Confluent), Linux, MySQL, Github, PowerBI; and experimented with MongDB, neo4j, Amazon.

Greater Milwaukee Area

I led the team with responsibility for the enterprise-wide view of information design, management, and usage. I provided thought leadership in information architecture, focusing on data management, analytics, and business intelligence, including areas of research, strategy formation and realization, project oversight, governance, and advocacy. I embraced.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Responsible for several initiatives and engagements from an Information Architecture perspective for the enterprise, including setting technology direction for specific tools, and engaging in design of information storage and usage in multiple business areas, as widely divergent as optimization of workforce staffing, to sales and planning, to.

Milwauk

Responsible as lead BI engineer for a division's business intelligence needs. Also led the technical development and implementation of the compensation system I immediately prior had designed from business team Project Manager perspective, specifically from the business rule implementation and compensation business intelligence perspectives.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Led a team which designed a compensation system for a new product line. Conducted data analysis work on regulatory data related to investment credentials. Developed a business intelligence strategy for the business area.This was a defined one-year move to a business function, outside of IT function.

Greater Milwaukee Area

As lead engineer, responsible for design and direction of a CRM implementation related to sales for credentials and commission compensation. Led a global development team. Also continued work on reporting portals.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Responsible for design and development of large-scale extranet reporting portals, and related web-based business intelligence reports.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Responsible for development and support of a user interface application, consisting of a three-tier client-server system, utilizing Visual Basic, C++ server and router, and a relational database.

Waukesha, WI

See Volunteer section below for more information.

My responsibilities included mainframe-based development; support of an early client-server system; design and support of an early datawarehouse-style system.

Master Of Arts, Christian And Classical Studies

Graduated Summa Cum Laude Goal: to join the conversation of the “Great Tradition” of classical, Western literature, how this impacts our.

Master Of Arts, Religion

Graduated Cum Laude Goal: to be self-aware of my faith, and the interaction between faith and all of life.

Bba-Mis, Business And Management Information Systems

Activities and Societies: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Beta Gamma Sigma, University BandGraduated magna cum laude

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