Leading global manufacturer and distributor of outdoor branded apparel, footwear, outerwear accessories, and related equipment. Orchestrates Business Intelligence strategy analysis, design, implementation, and support across all business areas while providing leadership to a global cross-functional BI team of administrators, engineers, business analysts, and consultantsAdministers all analytics and reporting strategy, tools, and support for 2,400+ global partners; drove implementation of Power BI and Azure Analysis Services, including operational services and capabilitiesDevelops, maintains, and optimizes all Azure Analysis Services, Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, and Excel solutionsSteers BI platform integration, adoption, and maintenance, including work sessions, office hours, and lunch-and-learnsLeads implementation of Enterprise Analytics solutions and DevOps Automation with Azure Services; develops and delivers all training, standards, practices, procedures, and policies to customers within tight time framesEstablishes mutually-beneficial relationships with vendors, ensuring high-quality support and cost-effective agreementsPartners with Information Security and Enterprise Architecture to align system and application security best practicesPrepares and manages annual budget of $1M analyzes spending variances, and monitors all capital budgetsProactively led Analysts and Engineers in decommissioning two analytics platforms (one Cognos, one proprietary) while migrating 50 reports and 13 datasets with zero platform or user interruptionDirected implementation and decommissioning of Tableau, requiring transition of 250 reports and 60 datasets

Led Cognos Development team in analyzing, designing, implementing, and supporting Columbia reporting strategyPlayed an integral role in Global SAP ERP implementation, a three-year project delivering 250 reports and 60 datasetsProactively established standards and practices in support of continuous process improvement and efficiencyDesigned and deployed Cognos Audit Dashboard, significantly increasing issue and risk mitigation in productionManaged and collaborated closely with vendor teams to ensure high-quality support and optimize cost efficiencyDeveloped Cognos and Tableau solutions, including Cognos BI reporting, and supported integration of TM1 OLAP cubesPlanned and executed all phases of IBM Cognos upgrade project, including rollout of IBM Cognos 10.2.2Steered execution of a master data update across all delivery channels, as well as internal and third party systems such as EDW, Fusion Ops, Salesforce, and SAP BW; included 12 framework models and 30 reports

Developed, maintained, and supported key global business partners in an Enterprise Business Intelligence environmentIntroduced complex reporting solutions using Cognos BI Suite and SAP source landing tables via EDW TeradataCollaboratively executed all phases of project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, and design and development of Cognos reporting solutions, including Cognos BI Suite tool training and documentationDeveloped, implemented, and supported dataset and reporting solutions for a variety of business units, including:Direct-to-Consumer, driving revenue by $9 million while saving $2 million in costs per annumFP&A Margin Program, leading to highly accurate forecasting and planning capabilities for global partnersBuy Ready, enabling manufacturing to reduce buy risk, excess spending, and inventory on-hand

Responsible for the development of complex enterprise reports from concept, requirements gathering, prototyping, to deployment utilizing the Cognos Suite of tools.

Responsible for the development of complex enterprise reports from concept, requirements gathering, prototyping, to deployment. Developed, implemented and support of business/technical process documentation including data dictionaries, data mapping, data validation and report definitions. Collaboration and training with all levels of the organization providing support and technical assistance. Responsible for the assignment and tracking of trouble tickets from identification, fix, validation, and implementation.