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DataBank IMXSenior Data Architect
Mar. 2019San Antonio, Texas, United StatesSet the strategy for delivering useful, accurate business intelligence for multiple major clients. Executed that strategy tactically, on time and under budget, while identifying risks to clients’ unique business environments. Mitigated those risks as completely as possible, within budgetary and technological constraints. Aligned business intelligence work with clients’ enterprise strategy and vision. Use of many tools and dbms, also including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Physical and logical design of the migration process unique to each customer’s environment. Extensive ETL work and SQL Server tuning, customer-facing work, and project management work.
Major Contributions
Extraction of 1 billion + records across three clients. Hundreds of millions more records across all clients.
Designed many data models and reporting environments, developed them, and implemented them.
Successful remote work, both within the company and with customers.
Bringing executive and leadership skills to every project, taking on more work than the position requires. Taking ownership of the process to ensure successful completion.
Self-employedAuthor
Sep. 2018Traditionally published author through TCK Publishing. The work is 'The Guilty Die Twice,' available in all formats on Amazon.
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Primary Key, Inc.Senior Data Architect - Business Owner
Feb. 2018San Antonio, Texas, United StatesAs the owner, identified business risks and business opportunities. Controlled for that risk while pursuing opportunities. Reviewed contracts and bid on them. Extensive documentation of internal processes. Maintained the chart of accounts, kept the books, executed payrolls, set the budget and tracked it, negotiated contract terms, set strategic policies, made partnering decisions. Extensive database design, ETL, and reporting across multiple clients.
CUEIntelligenceSenior Data Architect - Business Owner
May. 2011 - Feb. 2019San Antonio, TX Established strategic direction for data management and data warehouse Designed student-focused data warehouse, including SSIS jobs to populate it and cubes to expose the data Extensive re-work of existing stored procs for web front end Extensive work with Research and Planning department on capacity and planning projects Created transactional IGP to allow high school students to plan their four-year course load Created operational data store db and staging, to collect and store outside data and enable analysis with internal data sources. Created process and data structures to import files from the State with changing data formats. Serve on the Board of Directors to help define strategy and direction for the company’s business.
Bank of AmericaVP, HR Data Management and Security
Jan. 2005 - Jun. 2009Extensive business intelligence leadership, from requirements gathering to design to implementation to reporting. Within HR Operations, serves as the end of the line for responsibility
for all HR business issues, with emphasis on bridging the gap between technology staff and business users to achieve business results. SOX and GLB review, answering internal audit and independent audit findings/ questions, C-level executive briefing. Responsible for employee data security and for reporting structures to analyze data.
Major Contributions
· Established strategic direction for HR data warehouse, designed that warehouse and delivered it on-line in six months, providing analytics for 148,000 current and former employees and a payroll of $350,000,000 a month.
· Established strategic direction for HR data security, including SOX and GLB compliance. Established HR data security policies and standards, quarterly reviews and daily approvals of security changes. Data steward for HR data enterprise-wide. Answerable for data security for 50,000 employees.
· Sponsored and drove changes in the way data security was defined and assigned, to make it possible to tell who had access to exactly what data, inclusive of 1500 HR power users, 45 developers, and 500 India-based employees.
· Negotiated with external vendors to include in their contracts provisions for data security, in awards worth $18 million annually.
· Led and directed security processes in 9 divisional HR offices across the country, to provide a single voice to data security questions.
· Sponsored and designed additions to HR data analytics for 3 new external service providers, inclusive of data for 480,000 job seekers and 26 new vendors, and kept budgets totaling over $5 million.
Indymac BankMgr. Data Warehouse/ Data Architect
Feb. 2002 - Feb. 2005Responsible for the function, look, feel, and operation of the enterprise data warehouse. Worked all aspects of data
warehouse operation, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and maintenance, on
$3 million average annual budget.
Major Contributions
· Set strategic direction for the enterprise data warehouse, inclusive of loan origination, servicing, financials, and purchasing. Designed that warehouse and delivered it in nine months.
· Within six months, earned the $2 million development cost of the data warehouse back in increased efficiencies and better decision-making by business users.
· Delivered analytics for roughly $1 billion in mortgage originations monthly, and $8 billion in servicing.
· Established better IT business practices and streamlined documentation to meet increased audit requirements, without making that process burdensome.
USAAArchitect/ Systems Analyst
Feb. 1999 - Feb. 2002Architect for Integrated Data Store for the enterprise data warehouse. Evaluated and adopted development tools. Data modeling, project creation, budgeting. Lead developer
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