John Adams

Experience

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  Weston Brothers Software

  Apr 1990 - May 1994

  Senior Consultant/Programmer

  Clients: Trammel Crow, Grubb & Ellis, FootActionUSAResponsible for application development and consulting Retail and Real Estate industries using Paradox application platform

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  BSG Alliance

  May 1994 - May 1997

  Project Manager

  Clients: Sony Music Entertainment, Cellstar, Deutsche Telekom Mobile SystemsResponsible for providing data warehousing and application development consulting including project management, business requirements definition, program development, testing practices and procedures, and implementation

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers - Management Consulting Services (acquired by IBM 2002)

  Jun 1997 - Aug 2003

  Principal/Project Delivery Manager

  Select Clients: Mercantil Bank, PwC, Norwich Union, Ameritech, Abbot LabsProvided strategic information management, data warehousing, and business intelligence consulting including strategy and roadmap development. Responsible for selling and managing business intelligence and data integration strategy and implementation projects.Key Accomplishments include:• Assessed corporate data warehousing standards and approach for major pharmaceutical client and developed recommendations• Managed and developed a go to market solution for the insurance industry; a “best of breed” technology solution that supports the complex reporting requirements of insurance executives and agents using Cognos reporting functionality.• Managed and developed the extract/transform/load and business intelligence reporting functionality across multiple project engagements using products MicroStrategy and Informatica• Defined enterprise strategy with a business user focus by working with large organizations to identify information silos and merge into actionable business intelligence analytic solutions Show less

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  Hewlett-Packard - Enterprise Services Sales

  Sept 2003 - Apr 2015

  Select Clients: Walmart, Daiichi-Sankyo, Amgen, Disney, Independent Health, Kohls, AstraZeneca Canada, BlueShield of California, AOL, BPResponsible for selling and managing strategic Information Management engagements and follow-on Implementation engagements for key accounts in the Life Sciences, Retail, and Media/Entertainment Industries.Projects include Information Governance, Business Intelligence, and Reporting/Analytics using collaborative client/HP teams across multiple geographies.Key Accomplishments Include:• Architected strategy and managed roadmap development for Business Intelligence initiatives across multiple clients resulting in direct sales ranging from $50K to $8M in revenue• Managed end to end delivery of up to $8M on engagements ensuring alignment with client business objectives with high client satisfaction• Established and executed development projects (and post-implementation support) using combined global teams, leveraging skillsets as needed within financial constraints• Lead review and analysis of current state Business Intelligence practices/processes including gap analysis with roadmap development to close the gaps• Established program management office for major client to ensure achievement of their Business Intelligence objectives• Managed and developed dedicated offsite delivery center for Business Intelligence development for our clients. Included team/skill build out, training programs, and career development planning• Defined enterprise strategy with a business user focus by working with large organizations to identify information silos and merge into actionable business intelligence analytic solution Show less

  • Industry Sales Executive

    Feb 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Senior Program Manager/Delivery Executive

    Sept 2003 - Jan 2013
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  Clarity Solution Group

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2017

  Senior Principal

  Select Clients: Adobe, CareSource, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of KansasResponsible for selling and managing strategic Analytic engagements and follow-on Implementation engagements for key accounts across multiple industries.Primary responsibilities and accomplishments included:● Defining the Analytics Center of Excellence strategy and approach as part of a key multi-year Analytics roadmap initiative.● Assessing and documenting key business process flows, determining the analytics required in measuring performance, and implementing a reusable KPI framework.● Evaluating key Analytic initiative intake processes, addressing key gaps (people, process, technologies), and implementing a new framework● Determined assignment of both Clarity consultant and client staff responsibilities.● Directed and communicated account profitability, which included creating and maintaining project workbook to facilitate communication and manage budget, financial forecast and staffing durations.● Oversaw project planning, performance tracking, project coordination and communication.● Planned and scheduled Quality Assurance (QA) and risk assessment review. ● Ensured proper documentation and resolution for all scope or requirement change requests (formal or informal).● Collaborated with Business Development Managers and Practice Leads to expand project or phase of work ensuring continuity for both client and Clarity. Show less

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  GreenEcho, LLC

  Mar 2017 - Aug 2017

  Director Business Intelligence and Analytics Practice

  Responsible for defining the strategy and growing the BI/Analytics practice for GreenEcho, which includes selling and managing client engagements across multiple industries.Primary client has been a mid-tier (>500m revenues) Multi-Level Marketing Travel company where my primary responsibilities have included:● Driving the assessment of current data architecture and Business Intelligence capabilities across the enterprise.● Conducting an analysis on the Membership payment process to understand deficiencies and opportunities to improve retention rates and increase revenue. Show less

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  WorldLink US (Inspired Intellect)

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2024

  Director of Data and Analytics

  Select Clients: Samsung, Citi, Mastercard, Fedex Office, and Texas Capital BankPrimarily responsible for selling and delivering effective and high-quality data and analytics projects to multiple client accounts. This includes overall solution responsibility for the account and associated follow-on work sold.Key Accomplishments● Defined the cloud enablement strategy and executed on the implementation of the cloud solution using AWS and Databricks for the cellular network Performance Management team of Fortune 500 electronics company■ Cloud enablement through transformation efforts from a traditional on-premise relational data management solution to a cloud based enterprise data lake architecture with multi use support for operational reporting, data science exploration, and ML analytics integration.■ Grew account in excess of 1400% from the initial data strategy of quarter $million over a 2yr period.● Delivery lead for establishing Risk & Controls Automation initiative at Fortune 500 bank to comply with regulatory requirements. ■ Delivered highly impactful automation use cases while building out a global team of 100+ resources. ● Conducted an enterprise wide AI/ML Workbench data analytics assessment, gap analysis and defined a future state, cloud enabled architecture and roadmap to bridge the gaps for Credit Card company. Led the definition of the data strategy that was integrated at scale by the client enterprise.● Managed a team of over 20 resources in implementing a data strategy that included building out a new enterprise data platform in the Azure Cloud environment for a Fortune 500 bank.. Grew account in excess of $5 million. Show less