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Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Leading data analytics for CVR Energy, a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the renewable fuels and petroleum refining and marketing businesses, as well as in the nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing business through its interest in CVR Partners, LP.Engaged in across the board data modernization to replace aging data management, data integration, and reporting technologies.

Houston, Texas, United States

Lead automation program utilizing Power Platform (Power Automate Cloud, Power Automate Desktop, Power Apps, and Power BI), UiPath, SQL, and other technologies as needed with up to 5 consultants and 1 in-house systems analyst. Identify opportunities for high-return technology projects focused on time savings, cost savings, risk reduction, and business process improvement. Projects included business process automations, data automations, and workflow automations. Manage projects, development budget, cost tracking, and SOX audit process over automations. Train systems analyst and development team on Power Automate, UiPath, Power Apps, Power BI, and SQL design and coding. Advise on strategy, design, and issue resolution for data automation, data warehousing, reporting, and analytics. • Transformed automation program to generate positive ROI and promote technology and automation to reach every department of the organization.• Designed and implemented projects resulting in 300% increase in full time employee equivalent (FTE) hours-saved year-over-year and 120% increase in number of automated processes.• Cleaned technical debt through systematic redesign and recoding of high-error rate processes resulting in 68% reduction in error rates to reduce support time by 80% per year on 45 active processes.• Led vendor selection process resulting in 60% cost savings and higher quality developers over previous vendor.• Streamlined automation development lifecycle and implementation using CI/CD continuous integration continuous development methodologies for substantially higher quality process discovery and process automation. • Led Azure DevOps integration for source code management.• Updated IT change control workflows to match ITGC requirements.

Houston, Texas, United States

Managed projects utilizing latest technologies including Microsoft Synapse (now Fabric), Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate), SQL, Python, and more in Azure Cloud and On-Premise Architecture to create standardized and ad-hoc reporting using data lakes, data warehouses, and tabular models with a vast scope of system integration capabilities. Dakota Analytics is a large Canadian oil & gas business intelligence consulting firm serving data modernization, cloud migration services, automations, and analytics to over 40 clients including many of the top-35 Canadian oil and gas companies.• Managed design and implementation of data and automation projects at 3 companies for: 1) a cloud migration of 6 software systems, 4 data models, complex Power Apps, and business process automations to Azure/Synapse; 2) a master data management implementation integrating 8 systems; and 3) a Power BI Financial reporting project. • Provide U.S. oil and gas data and systems subject matter expertise on transforming and expanding Canadian analytics and automations to handle U.S. oil and gas requirements, standards, and terminology. • Hands-on with project teams to provide leadership and innovative solutions to best accomplish business data and process objectives, solve critical path issues in architecture and code, design and develop new Synapse pipelines, and solve integration issues with new systems as needed to ensure the success of our projects.

Houston, Texas, United States

Managed upstream and midstream ERP software implementation projects for production accounting, FDC, contract management, revenue accounting, and midstream plant accounting. • Managed 7 implementation projects, including new system implementations and A&D asset integrations, on schedule and within budget. • Led product design enhancements for functionality improvements and change requests to meet and exceed client business requirements and improve product integrations with 3rd party software. • Became lead midstream TIPS plant accounting conversion subject matter expert in 4 months with no prior midstream experience.• Advised 4 direct reports on project issues, workloads, training, and career guidance

Houston, Texas Area

Managed development and implementation teams for projects on data management, data warehouse, data automation, process automation, workflow automation, and custom application development for oil & gas clients. Worked directly with senior- and executive- management down to the power user to create business improvements through technology for over 20 clients. Experienced with SaaS and On-Premise architecture using agile and waterfall SDLC methodologies based on best fits to drive results. Managed projects and accounts with a team of up to 30 on-shore and off-shore employees, serving as project manager and solution architect.• Managed data management project design, development, and implementation on data warehouses and thousands of reports and dashboards with integrations on over 15 different enterprise software systems and databases using SQL, SSRS, Oracle, SSIS, PowerBI, Spotfire, Tableau, and custom-built technologies.• Trained development teams and business analysts on business subject matter, SQL coding, report development, and data warehouse development.• Designed and implemented capital planning systems for financial modeling, budgets, and forecasts with in-depth integration to ARIES and PHDWin Reserves applications. • Advised company on product design and development for Invoice Processing, Vendor Network, AFE Workflow, and Derivatives Management solutions.• Advised clients and prospects on technology solutions and process improvement opportunities with a highly skilled understanding business needs to improve business processes, technology, and data.• Hands on code review with developers to solve the critical path issues on requirements and performance when needed to ensure project success.• Worked with business users to acquire subject matter expertise in accounting, revenue, financial planning & analysis, land, operations, EHS, and reserves. • Managed all contracts, vendors, and legal issues.

Houston, Tx

Managed increasing number of projects as project manager and solution designer/architect. Increased client retention by training the team on proactive support and improving business with technology. Took on additional responsibilities in training team on SQL and analytics best practice.

Rapidly advanced from business analyst work on requirements design, development, and testing to project management of company’s largest accounts by optimizing the service and delivery model to emphasize business needs and requirements.

Houston, Texas

J.D, Law

Activities and Societies: Editor-In-Chief, Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal

B.A., Double Major In History & Philosophy