Dennis Rook

Experience

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  Accenture

  Nov 2000 - Jan 2003

  Senior Programmer/Analyst

  Collaborated with key stakeholders to clarify business requirements and propose systems modifications and enhancements. Implemented technical solutions using industry standard software development life cycle techniques. Provided primary on-call support to meet all defined service levels.

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  Arizona Airspeed

  Jan 2003 - Oct 2005

  USA 8-Way National Skydiving Team

  Developed coaching techniques in a competition setting such as effective goal setting, developing proper training plans, team building exercises, overcoming obstacles and executing to achieve a desired goal.• World Champion, 2004.• United States National Champion, 2003-2005 and 2007-2009.

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  Accenture

  Oct 2005 - Apr 2012

  Established a development factory consisting of 10 onshore and ~50 offshore resources reducing development costs and improving the quality of deliverables, saving the client millions of dollars annually.• Strengthened the client's processes that defined the development factory interactions leading to increased factory efficiency and faster delivery to end users.• Directed all Business Intelligence development work on the client’s SQL Server and IBM Cognos platforms, validated requirements, provided work effort estimates, reported performance and ensured the factory delivered quality work on schedule. Show less Oversaw 2 key engagements, both recognized for exceeding expectations.• Sales Reporting Enhancement Project - Enhanced the client’s US-based sales force IBM Cognos reporting solution, providing ongoing visibility to all open orders on mobile devices, providing run rate metrics, and reducing operating costs by ~$100K annually.• Sales Reporting Uplift Project - Managed a virtual team of 7 resources to upgrade the client's SQL Server hardware & software, as well as implementing performance enhancements to the application; reduced daily processing time ~60% from 22 hours to 8 hours when the requirement called for a 35% decrease. Show less Chosen to design the consolidation of two SQL Server data warehousing solutions when our client merged with a competitor. Led the team of 5 onshore and 11 offshore resources managing the development and implementation using Accenture’s SDLC methodologies, in a highly regulated FDA environment.• Managed the defect queue and prioritized and assigned work items to the team. Provided solution design guidance, led the triage and closure effort for all issues during the stabilization period, and successfully closed out the stabilization a month early. Show less

  • Manager, Data Warehouse Delivery

    Aug 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Solution Architect

    Nov 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Team Lead

    Feb 2006 - Nov 2008

  • Senior Programmer/Analyst

    Oct 2005 - Feb 2006
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  Laureate International Universities

  May 2012 - May 2020

  Led Corporate Business Intelligence team with expanded role leading Corporate Finance Reporting team responsible for Oracle EPM and OBIEE reporting and corporate-wide Qlik environments.• Re-architected the IBM Cognos student reporting system in Peru replicating data with Alooma into a 36 TB AWS Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse serving 500+ consumers eliminating time to insight from 4 hours to near real time.• Controlled a $3.7M budget leading a geographically dispersed team of 24 responsible for global corporate finance & university operational reporting in the US, Europe & Peru serving 700+ consumers. Show less Guided the Business Intelligence team on a transformative journey to the SAFe Agile framework; and, matured capacity planning by creating accurate resource forecasts resulting in budget targets being met.• Implemented a visualization center of excellence within the business intelligence team, while building out a community of practice throughout the organization accounting for 250+ developers, supporting 3,000+ consumers across 50+ universities utilizing Tableau and Alteryx.• Provisioned external data sets in Hadoop, consisting of 300M+ customer profiles, allowing for enhanced data science models to increase the quality of leads and improve student retention.• Assumed role of Product Manager for BI during the transition to Agile, ensuring business goals were met in a timely and iterative manner, providing a quicker time to market.• Evaluated Snowflake, Azure & Redshift cloud data warehouses, deciding on Snowflake as the superior tool. Show less Designed and directed the integration of various reporting solutions to support student success in Laureate's network of worldwide institutions.• Created IBM Cognos reporting solutions using a custom-built SQL Server Enterprise Data Warehouse for student life cycle management, academic integrity tracking and dissertation progress reporting.• Transitioned into leadership role, managing $5M Global Business Intelligence team budget, resource capacity planning of 30+, and determining the next generation technology for Business Intelligence consisting of Hadoop and tools empowering self-service. Show less

  • Head of Business Intelligence | Corporate

    Mar 2019 - May 2020

  • Senior Director, Business Intelligence | Laureate Online and US Campuses

    Nov 2013 - Mar 2019

  • Data Architect / Team Lead, Business Intelligence

    May 2012 - Oct 2013
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  Rook Pastures, LLC

  Jan 2021 - now

  Founder, Owner and Farmer