Experience

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  Various companies

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2008

  Previous experience

  ➤ Principal Business Intelligence Consultant – PwC, Center of Advanced Research San Jose, CA – 11/2007 to 05/2008➤ Principal DBA & Business Intelligence Consultant – PwC, Tampa, FL – 05/2007 to 11/2007➤ Technical Lead/Enterprise Data Systems Architect – Nielsen, Tampa, FL – 05/2006 to 05/2007➤ Principal DBA – Nielsen, Tampa, FL – 05/2001 to 05/2006➤ Senior Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Consultant – Office Depot, Corporate Data Center Delray Beach – 10/2000 to 05/2001➤ Lead, Business Intelligence – Nielsen, Tampa, FL – 08/1999 to 10/2000 Show less

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  Nielsen

  Jun 2008 - Nov 2014

  ➤ Provided architectural and business intelligence solutions to project teams including detailed architecture, specifications, and cost estimates and driving projects from proof of concepts through to completion in SQL Server or Netezza.➤ Engaged and collaborated with program/project teams, stakeholders, product leadership, and C-level executives.➤ Implemented data warehouses and business intelligence projects, ensured timely, accurate completion of assigned duties and responsibilities of team members to meet the project and executive leadership expectations.➤ Drove data management projects including implantation of multi-dimensional and relational database design concepts as well as logical and physical modeling to deliver optimal performance, security, and recoverability.➤ Reviewed Nielsen's potential acquisitions to determine the effort required for compliance, standards, and best practices as well as applied MicroStrategy experience including product installation, configuration, architecture, and integration. Show less ➤ Managed 21 team members including 8 full-time employees with a department budget of over $1.4M.➤ Drove project planning, project scope reviews, requirements gathering, reporting, and analytical requirements while providing estimates, managing projects in Enterprise Project Management, and leading global efforts of 13 offshore team members for the consulting agency.➤ Led efforts for statistical modeling algorithms for TV Silent and On/Off, submitted Invention Disclosure and Patent Harvesting, was recognized in Inventors@Nielsen, and received numerous awards from the Nielsen Excellence Program.➤ Provided direction and guidance to R&D resources for matching and crediting, defined use cases and lab configurations,➤ Led cross-functional and consultant team members assigned during the duration of various projects to ensure timely completion of project deliverables as well as monitored development issues and took corrective action to mitigate risk. Show less ➤ Served as Program Lead with a team of 20+ Global Database Administrators in 7 counties, and more than 2,400 data server instances.➤ Provided guidance within DBA CoE for strategy, standardization, informational requirements, convergence opportunities, and specifications.➤ Conducted SQL Server Deep Dives, reviewed in-flight projects, deployed multiple Clustered SQL Servers, provided high availability solutions for stand-alone or virtual servers to support consolidation efforts.➤ Served as Program Lead for Nielsen's engagement with Microsoft's SQL Server Technology Adoption Program to provide feedback and opportunity to influence future products to include SQL Server 2008 R2.➤ Coordinated and collaborated with 3rd-party professional services and vendors for the global upgrade and migration initiatives. Show less

  • Solutions Architect, Business Intelligence and Orchestration

    Aug 2012 - Nov 2014

  • IT Project Manager, Engineering and Technology

    Feb 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Program Lead, Global Database Administration and Business Intelligence

    Jun 2008 - Feb 2011
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  Ncsolutions

  Nov 2014 - now

  ➤ Leading BI Center of Excellence to include client insights, and data procurement trends. Creating and Communicating Best Practices & Standards, securing sensitive data, conducting Lessons Learned increasing NCS adoptions and skills of 59 content creators to include Marketing and Data and Analytics.➤ Successfully leading the organization's new AI initiative, including Snowflake Cortex implementations leveraging Cortex Analyst, LLM, Cortex Search, Document AI.➤ Coordinating projects with multiple partners, implementing 28 clients, with total revenues of approximately 6.8M➤ Leading Cloud Solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS), expanding on-premise services to a hybrid environment allowing further growth, lower TCO, and increasing flexibility.➤ Interviewing & negotiations with source vendors, building vendor relationships with Executive Account Managers and Customer Success Managers. Defining scope, cost, ownership, reporting, and SLA. Approve vendor, purchasing, and licensing. These include and are not limited to AWS, Tableau, Snowflake, Yellowbrick, RStudio, and training providers. ➤ Developing and preparing strategies for BI processes, performing analysis of organization business processes, and providing relevant results by preparing architecture for data or design strategies and delivering business object solutions.➤ Leading the deployment of RStudio Workbench for Research and Development and cross-functional team. Show less ➤ Created and Leading BI Center of Excellence to include client insights and data procurement trends. Documenting requirements, administering projects, preparing updates, and implementing all phases for the project to achieve all project objectives. Executing migration to Tableau Online, 14 Projects, with nearly 100 users. Leading and Communicating created & shared new Best Practices & Standards, securing sensitive data, conducting Lessons Learned, increasing NCS adoptions and skills of 13 content creators.➤ Interviewing & negotiations with source vendors, building vendor relationships with Executive Account Managers and Customer Success Managers. Defining scope, cost, ownership, reporting, and SLA.➤ Technical Lead coordinating with multiple partners, implementing 28 clients with total revenues of approximately 2.2M. Defining data source definitions, Data Governance to include PII & CCPA compliance, Data quality, and ingestion, including Experian, Nielsen, social media, retailers, and set-top box providers.➤ Providing architectural design and implementation of large-scale data solutions using Data Warehouse Appliances, Cloud Platforms, Big Data, as well as implementing data integration solutions with multiple database management systems.➤ Creating solution requirements and technical specifications based on input from product leaders and senior management.➤ Working with a variety of data analysis tools and information systems to transform data into visualizations and reporting tools that drive decisions related to organizational expansion, continuous improvement, and operational efficiency.➤ Developing and preparing strategies for BI processes, performing analysis of organization business processes and providing relevant results by preparing architecture for data or design strategies and delivering business object solutions. Show less

  • Director of Business Intelligence

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Business Intelligence Lead & Principal Architect

    Nov 2014 - Aug 2021