William (Bj) Cummings Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

United States

Future oriented, entrepreneurial leader driving digital transformation through people, process and technology to add real business value across the oil and gas value chain. Over 15 years of experience driving teams and solutions that align technology outcomes to business expectations and strategy. Experience includes hands-on development, technical design and architecture, as well as managing programs with multiple projects focused on unlocking the value of data. Known for leading by example and building highly effective teams that focus on customer success, continuous improvement and focusing on true business value.Management Experience• Over 15 years of project, program, and executive-level management experience• Experienced in directing the strategic design, development, and evaluation of employees• Experienced in managing programs that include implementations, large project teams, and multi-million-dollar budgets• Built multi-million-dollar SAAS based recurring and services revenue stream focused on building a digital foundation and advanced analytics• Commercialized products, solutions and accelerators to drive operational efficiency across the oil and value chain• Provided industry leading pre-sale and post-sale strategy and execution to set strategic vision for customers and company• Built customer success strategy to drive retention and true business value throughout the customer lifecycleTechnical Experience• Over fifteen years of experience in digital technologies and architecture• Over ten years of experience in system architecture and enterprise level planning• Experienced in architecting solutions to drive operational efficiency across oil and gas • Developed solutions, products and accelerators focused on key use cases specific to oil and gas• Translated technology to business value at the executive level• Microsoft and Snowflake certified professional

• Commercialized industry leading SAAS solutions for oil and gas focused on data management and advanced analytics • Drove the buildout and deployment of highly scalable solutions across the oil and gas industry• Led sales effort to communicate real business value to our customers, not just technology• Rationalized tools and built highly successful partnerships to drive value to our customers• Early adopter and evangelist of cloud based solutions utilizing technologies across the big data ecosystem

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Authored Stonebridge Upstream Reference Architecture• Led pre-sales and sales activities focused on solutions across multiple practices resulting in increased revenue and practice growth• Built consensus and led effort to build out demo environment in the cloud• Assisted with developing mentoring program for consultants in all areas to support growth and career development• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions that focus on results and value across multiple clients• Facilitated discussion across all practices to create and refine cross-practice solutions• Developed standards and patterns for architecture to increase re-usability and supportability

•Partnered with brokerage firm to market and sell company•Developed strategic plan to provide overall direction and measure progress •Accepted into one of Oklahoma’s few certified business incubators •Forged partnership with highly experienced marketing executive to provide guidance with regard to knowledge gaps, raise capital and diversify risk•Built clientele base consisting of major college and high school athletic programs•Managed development of client software, e-commerce site, marketing collateral and multiple sales campaigns

•Lead database architect for Master Data Management Project •Upgraded major e-commerce database to SQL Server 2005 and created detailed implementation plan and checklist to aid in current and future upgrades•Created implementation plan template for project management to aid in clearly identifying tasks across infrastructure and development teams•Developed backup process for SQL Server 2005 incorporating a centralized point of configuration and the ability to include multiple backup types•Proactively reviewed and optimized code that resulted in significant performance gains

Responsible for daily backup and maintenance of over 30 production SQL Server 2000/2005 instances and 1 progress instanceResponsible for database disaster recovery procedures and documentationCreated website to aid in project management by providing centralized location for documentation and the status of current and upcoming tasksLead cross functional team to consolidate Progress databases for the annuity systemEffectively optimized, reviewed, and implemented database objects for development teams resulting in significant performance gainsDesigned backup and maintenance system for Progress databases utilizing PowerShell to reduce complexity and increase availability

Responsible for maintenance of Hyperion Essbase databases and applicationsEffectively developed tables and indexes to meet rigid query response timesSuccessfully tuned indexes and databases to meet information and load process demands Architected prototype for online system leveraging SQL Server Reporting Services and ASP.NET Developed data mart to meet rigid response time initiatives using development patterns and partitioned views

Efficiently coded complex system consisting of over 70 stored procedures to load large amounts of information into the Data WarehouseRecommended and implemented changes to existing systems and processes to increase productivity and accuracy of the systemsPromptly provided on call assistance to production problems and clearly communicated solutions to operations staff

Developed windows and web based applications that leveraged the .Net framework Authored reports to meet the information needs of the companyPerformed cost/benefit analysis on software solutionsCommunicated with technical and nontechnical users to gather design and technical requirement documents Performed unit and system testing prior to certifying the system Responsible for resolving problem and request tickets Played vital role in the development of customer relationship management software for marketing

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