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Benefits Data TrustData Engineering Manager
Oct. 2021 - Jul. 2024Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesAs the head of data engineering, I led enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives and established security frameworks for Google Cloud Infrastructure. Key achievements:
Architected and implemented secure Google Cloud infrastructure, resulting in a 300% increase in data processing workload.
Used problem-solving skills to achieve data acquisition, data ingestion, and management of data operations.
Spearheaded AI implementation with "Wyatt" virtual assistant.
Achieved $93,000 first-year savings through strategic vendor negotiations.
Eliminated Medicare auto-application duplication, saving $32,000 annually.
Managed IT operations for site reliability engineering, infrastructure, and data.
Managed the engineering team using agile values and methods.
Supervised up to 25 employees
Reduced labor costs by more than 15% through pipeline automation.
Aetna, a CVS Health CompanyDirector of Data Engineering
Jun. 2020 - Dec. 2021New York, New York, United StatesEstablished engineering CI/CD processes.
Supervised 35 employees across multiple teams.
Relied heavily on traditional computer science skills (e.g., bash scripting and cron jobs for scheduling).
Managed IT operations for a 320-node Spark cluster.
Saved $80,000 in opex with migration to OpenShift (container system) for Airflow orchestration.
Reduced opex by over $500,000 per year by migrating on-prem data pipelines into a fault-tolerant, manageable AWS platform.
A self-motivated remote manager I used problem-solving skills for team management and design of data operations, which included data acquisition, data ingestion, and data enrichment.
360iDirector of Data Engineering
Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2020New York, NYIn 2019, I met a group developing a data engineering platform during a meetup of the New York Statistical Programming Group. Rescued a $2 million contract with DSW by using weather data to determine regional stores to switch focus to online discounts for rainy weekends.
Achieved >70% improvement on one-time registration to monthly registration of European sports channel DAZN. This resulted in a much better value for the $300k per month investment.
As the head of data engineering, I managed the team using agile values and methods.
Macmillan LearningSenior Project Manager
Dec. 2015 - Apr. 2019New York, NYBrought in to Macmillan by a former coworker at Cushman & Wakefield who was assembling an “A-Team” under the new CEO. Directed 43-person global team in AWS cloud migration.
Increased marketing efficiency by ~10% by using machine learning packages in R to achieve segmentation results.
Reduced Capex spend by $50,000 through internal security audit implementation.
Removed $6k per month opex drain on outdated Onyx system licenses and on-prem fees.
Established comprehensive AWS security policies and monitoring.
Designed and managed central data warehouse for customer service data.
Developed communication system for outages, releases, and migrations.
Managed the engineering team using agile values and methods resulting in a %30 increase of ticket completion within each sprint.
Cushman & WakefieldSenior Project Manager
Nov. 2013 - Dec. 2015Greater New York City AreaConsolidated global CRM systems into single Salesforce instance.
Saved over $75 in capex by data analyst contracts that were dedicated to ingesting and mapping at least 20 different CRM systems.
Implemented unified security standards across 35 countries.
Established enterprise-wide SSO solution Okta.
Saved at least $30,000 per month by redirecting data engineering to a cost-saving automation of ticketing with Service Now, and by establishing data fault requirements, which decreased the use of the data engineering team for fixes that were unnecessary.
Manage 5 engineers and 10 analysts using agile values and methods.
Developed and managed a communication system to distribute sales opportunities between branch offices and headquarters.
AIGSenior Project Manager
Apr. 2013 - Nov. 2013Greater New York City AreaCharged with security for the project, unifying the multiple intranet technologies into a single SharePoint/.Net intranet. Managed data analytics for life insurance policy metrics.
Provided single, global employee services with a modernized and standardized global AIG intranet within a month.
Saved over $100,000 in opex by eliminating fragmented security obstacles that previously kept global business units from aligning efforts.
Saved $65,000 by assuming coding of JQuery plugins and customizations in lieu of hiring external developers.
Saved the company seven-figure opportunity losses by creating an efficient policy workflow from security insights on airline risk evaluations.
Managed the engineering team using agile values and methods.
United States Naval AcademyClinical Data Manager
May. 2012 - Apr. 2013Annapolis, MDSupport and deployment for PHI data security at Hospital Point Medical Center. Conducting security audits based on the Department of Defense’s Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). Annapolis is the penultimate assignment for Navy medical professionals before pursuing a career as Surgeon General (Bethesda is the final post). Eliminated security risks by successfully aligning with Defense Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
Saved $5,000 in monthly technical debt expenses by migrating a high-maintenance data system to an MSSQL server.
Used computer science skills (bash scripting, cron jobs) to create a wet bulb/dry bulb humidty system to flag days that were dangerous for midshipmen to conduct physical training outdoors. This saved the Naval Academy $45,000 by avoiding procurement of a turn-key system.
Lockheed MartinProgram Manager at Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman
Mar. 2007 - May. 2012Baltimore, MDEliminated 6-figure spend by automating contract reporting for Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Applied skills in UX and computer science to application systems.
Migrated the existing document system to Sharepoint, saving $3k per month in data center expenses.
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