SUMMARY:

• Highly qualified Business Intelligence and Analytics Leader offering 15+ years of development and management experience across numerous business areas including but not limited to Marketing, Sales & Distribution, Finance, Content Management, Digital Strategy, and Production Planning.
• Results - focused with a proven ability to lead in the design, development, and governance of high quality Analytics and Business Intelligence initiatives. Talent for communicating and solving complex problems, developing predictive data models, improving information management, automating and integrating systems, and managing large OPEX and CAPEX budgets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Responsibilities:

• Steered the Analytics vision and direction for the organization.
• Responsible for enterprise data architecture, governance, master data management, and the development of a 3 year roadmap for building Enterprise business intelligence.
• Defined company-wide information architecture standards, policies, and procedures.
• Directed the modernization of analytics capabilities and streamlined operational and analytical reporting throughout the company as the company transitioned to a new ERP.
• Led an organization consisting of 3 direct reports with staff of 12 developers and support personnel.
• Directly reported to and liaised with C-Level executives to develop demonstrate how business analytics solutions provide significant ROI.
• Managed key vendor relationships through contract negotiations, pricing, evaluation and selection of partners.

Confidential

Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Responsibilities:

• Guided the Business Intelligence vision and direction across multiple platforms through the Design, Development, and support of the organization’s Analytics solutions and strategy.
• Managed multi-million dollar departmental operational budget and portfolio of numerous capital projects including, but not limited to:
• Development of multivariate “what-if” analytics engine for digital sales and content management group
• Creation of Media Executive Dashboard to enable the CEO to measure the overall health of the organization and to rapidly identify areas of concern
• Transformation of Financial reporting and analytics across all of Confidential from static and decentralized to dynamic “Single Source of the Truth”
• Design and Build of numerous dashboards and visualization tools to enable end users to more rapidly consume data and attain answers
• Automation of complex analytics for managing the linear upfront ad sales process
• Retirement of Legacy technologies (Oracle Streams, Business Objects 3.1, Kalido Information Engine, etc.) and solutions in favor of modernized approach to analytics.
• Led and mentored a team of 4 direct report Managers with up to 18 developers and support personnel.
• Prepared and delivered presentations to C-Level executives to tell the story of how complex technical solutions and analytics models are adding real business value and providing ROI.
• Acted as Chief Information Architect supporting the Enterprise Data Warehouse and all reporting and analytics applications.
• Responsible for managing Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) tools and ongoing relationships with business partners acting as data stewards.

Confidential

Business Intelligence Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 6 direct reports and up to 10 cross-functional project teams through several high profile projects including, but not limited to:
• Creation of Real Time Analytics for Vendors and Digital Sales team by leveraging SAP HANA.
• Improvement of Customer Satisfaction by providing detailed reporting on SAP CRM Data and multiple large unstructured datasources.
• Designed non-standard algorithms to drive fraud detection model; drive website behavior; and generate increased sales through product bundling.
• Reduced Time Required for Monthly Financial Close by leveraging SAP BPM technologies and establishing improved data load processes.
• Enhanced Sales Reporting through modifications to extracts and reporting from SAP ERP (Retail Sales module)
• Prepared and delivered Executive level presentations to tell the story of how complex technical solutions and analytics models are adding real business value and providing ROI.
• Reviewed and approved all Data Model, ETL, and Analytics Design to ensure adherence to quality and performance standards.
• Identified, scoped, and proposed opportunities for continuous improvement of various areas of the business via Analytics and Business Intelligence.

Confidential

Business Intelligence Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led all aspects of the project life cycle including requirement gathering, business and technical assessments, complex back and front-end designs, implementations, testing, data validation, and deployment of numerous custom Business Intelligence solutions.
• Spearheaded the Design and Development of IPG Business Intelligence Solutions and Strategy for both Corporate and multiple advertising agencies.
• Collaborated on the design and development of regression models and visual analytics for agencies to provide marketing insights to customers.
• Reviewed and approved Design and Architectural proposals to ensure adherence to quality and performance standards.
• Managed cross-functional project teams through the full project lifecycle for multiple high profile projects ensuring the timely delivery of Business Intelligence solutions to the organization including, but not limited to:
• Development of brand monitoring solutions to measure the online reputation of key partners.
• Design and Build of HR Enterprise Data Warehouse to extract data from the Ultimate system and empower agency HR managers with a self-service reporting platform.
• Technical systems upgrades and implementations (such as SAP BW v7.3, Informatica Nearline Storage Solution, Business Objects 4.0, etc.)
• Responsible for the accurate and timely daily loading of more than 250 distinct Datasources from 6 different ERP systems and 5 third party systems across a truly global landscape.

Confidential

Business Intelligence & Analytics Consultant, Architect, & Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Configured, and Implemented analytics solutions for numerous multinational organizations.
• Managed project teams consisting of both consultants and client personnel throughout the entire project life cycle of multi-million dollar solution implementations.
• Gathered requirements and developed roadmaps for clients’ Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions.
• Led the overall design and development of multiple data models and Business Intelligence environments. This includes the establishment of system architecture, front-end reporting tools, ETL processes, and infrastructure requirements.
• Conducted sales calls and design workshops for prospective clients.
• Teamed with industry SME’s to create and improve key performance indicators and success models and metrics.
• Trained client staff in the use of new statistical models and technology.
• Developed and executed testing plans to validate accuracy and completeness of systems.
• Created user documentation to aid clients in system maintenance and usage.