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Canada

Solution Architect, delivery lead, operations lead for the data and AI practice in Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Canada Area

Neos Value Creators specializes in coaching, training and helping BI and analytics teams to be more efficient and cost effective.Our mission is to ensure that every data team pushes the limits of automation, devops and agility in order to become a strategic asset for their organizations.We focus on short (30 to 90 days) and impactful interventions to assess the situation, suggest a roadmap and implement it.Our interventions often involve putting in place agility principles, integrating DevOps and automation practices and installing a product based organization with product owners and dedicated teams.

Montreal, Canada Area

- Redefine the content of the Microsoft BI course offering in the college- Act as an advisor and counsellor for students in the BI program- Define links with companies in Montreal for the BI program- Act as an authority for MSBI teachers and staff to ensure quality and consistency- Redefine all processes related to enrolment, graduation, assessment and registration for the BI program

Montreal, Canada Area

- Teaching the MSBI certification path to students (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) in both SQL 2008 R2 and SQL 2012- Defining the teaching program, evaluation methods and success criteria- Helping students prepare their resume and get an entry level job- Managing the BI program from Information session to Internships for the graduated students

Montreal, Canada Area

In charge of managing a team of 10 to 18 Business Intelligence professionals. This position involved putting in place all the development processes, training plans, retention plans and organization in order to make sure that the individuals as well as the teams deliver the best BI products to our clients.- Business Intelligence watch- Creating and managing the software development lifecycle for the BI team- Technical leadership and oversight over all the BI projects and products of the company- Hiring and managing the career path of the BI team- Training plan creation and maintenance- Mentoring the architects in the beginning and end of the projects- Mentoring the delivery managers for the BI projects- Resolving technical, organizational and personal conflicts within the team

I was in charge of the technical aspect of a Business Intelligence product for the education field (elementary and secondary). - Define and maintain a technical roadmap for a Business Intelligence Product. Define and maintain iterative (agile) practices in the organization.- Define, with the dev managers, the roles and responsibilities of the BI team.- Help the dev manager define and implement the best development processes.- Help the project managers by putting in place iterative project management techniques.- Define the product backlog with the SMEs and the business stakeholders.- Train the team and provide insights for BI requirements gathering techniques, development practices, architecture methodologies…- Define, with the architects, a SDLC for the product as well as an ETL Framework using Microsoft BI stack

In addition to be a BI specialist offering my services to various clients, I played a significant role as a member of the technology watch within the Business Intelligence group. The goal of this effort was to share the best practices with the consultants and inform them about the new trends in Business Intelligence: Master Data Management (MDM), Real-Time BI, SOA, etc..Participate in defining a methodology for Business Intelligence project management.- Do Business Intelligence watch (technical and methodological) and present the results to the community (the consultants).- Participate in the definition of a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) for a customer.- Develop prototypes and proof of concepts to validate the usage of new technologies in our mandates.

- Select and implement the technological solution to support the Business Intelligence in the company.- Model a data warehouse and OLAP cubes using Microsoft BI stack.- Propose a Reporting solution using SSRS and Sharepoint.

Dess, Business Intelligence - Project Management

Bachelor, Software Engineering