Experience

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  Pepsico

  Sept 1995 - Jul 1996

  Senior programmer analyst

  Implementation / nationwide roll out of sales and inventory tracking software on Norand hand held computers

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  Ernst & young

  Jul 1996 - Dec 1999

  Technical lead

  Team lead for PeopleSoft Financials system. Focusing on custom PeopleSoft Billing/AR module. Time/Expense tracking and reporting software.

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  Verizon

  Dec 1999 - Dec 2019

  Distinguished member of technical staff

  My everyday responsibilities are to identify and solve business problems through practical and innovative solutions. Lead design sessions and manage delivery of the project. I also enjoy working with and mentoring team members on design and development methodologies. My journey at Verizon started with Verizon Wireless, implementing the PeopleSoft HRMS system and building the HCM Analytics and reporting platform enabling data driven decision-making in the HR/Learning and Development space for the first time. I am currently focused on designing and implementing a DevOps/Continuous delivery model for the HCM analytics platform and working with the team to design and execute roadmap to the cloud. Show less

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  Valley health system

  Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  Analytics developer

  Within just 8 months of starting in healthcare analytics, led some of the most critical projects within Valley Health Systems during COVID• Reopening Growth analytics – Worked with the Planning team to track patient volume across all departments, allowing Valley Health systems to accurately plan and allocate resources during the COVID pandemic.• Patient 360 – Mapped and analyzed the patient journey across Valley Health systems over their lifetime to better understand and predict patient healthcare needs.• Enterprise KPI Portal – Deliver all key performance indicators under one portal for the first time.• Data architecture and processes – Organize and streamline data extraction and preparation for improved accuracy and time of delivery. Show less

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  Merck & co.

  Nov 2020 - now

  Associate director - business consulting

  • Currently leading a team of BI developers in delivering analytical solutions for the Global Clinical Trial Operations organization.• Providing technical leadership to the development team via standardization of system configuration, development process optimization, and best practices.• Completely overhauled both the application and data security to all 30+ Qlik Sense Apps to better streamline control and maintenance of the security process.• Leading development of a content-based data model to reduce redundancy and promote a more modular application architecture resulting in accurate and faster product delivery time.• Led conversion from TERADATA to Redshift by modifying the existing ETL process and guiding the team in performing a complete end-to-end regression testing. The conversion effort has resulted in significantly shortening the delivery time of the data to the end users.• Created data model for trial optimization utilizing IQVIA trial optimization data. Show less