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EXPERIENCE:

3/2014 - Present

SAP MDG Lead Solution Architect

Suncor Inc. – As the Sr. MDG Solution Architect on Suncor SAP MDG project team I developed the functional, technical specifications for the Material and EAM (Equipment, Functional Location and BOM) MDG objects. I worked with the business and architecture groups to position MDG in the Suncor environment. Work products produced during this effort included Complex Configuration Documents, Workflow Design Documents and Enhancement Design Documents for all four objects. Objects designed to be implemented in SAP ECC v7.0. I led a team of developers to to build, test and implement Equipment, FLOC and BOM as part of a newly devloped SAP Solition Extension for EAM objects. Managed the first implementation and go live for the newly released EAM objects.

3/2013 - 3/2014

Associate Partner, MDM/MDG Practice

I directed the delivery of multiple MDM & MDG engagements for IBM clients. Reviewed and audited MDM/MDG deliverables per work orders. I am responsible for managing IBM delivery resources involved in MDM and SAP MDG implementations.

5/2012 - 2/2013

Sr. MDM/MDG Architect

As the Sr. MDM/MDG Architect on Quest MDM product evaluation team assisted them with the identification of MDM requirements including Client/Customer data model, “to be” workflow, data stewardship GUI and architecture patterns. Team performed week long Proof of Concept (POC) with Informatica MDM, Talend (open source) MDM and IBM Advanced Edition MDM Server.Developed and reviewed Master Data Governance (MDG) organization, roles, responsibilities and approach with business SME’s. Assisted team in the identification of business drivers associated with multi domain MDM solution.

9/2011 - 4/2012

Industry: Automotive and Parts Mfg

Sr. MDM/MDG Architect

As the Sr. MDG Architect on GM international SAP ERP implementation configured, prototyped /demo, tested and implemented SAP Master Data Governance (MDG-F) EP 5. Implemented UI/Portal, workflow, edition/change management process and data model (finance, including cost center, cost center group, profit center, profit center group, operating account, group account, cost element and supporting hierarchies) in SAP MDG EP 5. Loaded data from global instance of ECC and synchronized with MDG-F tables. MDG-F used for production financial master data maintenance. SOA based replication configured to support MDG-F to ECC integration. MDG-F technical and business "go live" completed at GM. GM business partners are currently using MDG-F for ECC financial master data creation and maintenance.Configured and demonstrated MDG-M (Material) and MDG-S (Supplier). Worked with GM business to isolate those GM suppliers and SKU's which provide the most potential business value in a data governance model.

5/2011 - 8/2011

Industry: Business Services - Other

Sr Master Data Governance Architect

Mead West Vaco - As the Sr. MDG Architect configured and prototyped SAP Master Data Governance (MDG-F) EP 4 and migrated EP 4 to MDG EP 5. Prototyped/Implemented UI/Portal, workflow, edition/change management process and data model (finance, material and supplier) in SAP MDG EP 5. Loaded data from multiple source systems to support international implementation using MDG distribution monitor.

10/2010 - 4/2011

Industry: Management Consulting Services

Director, MDM Practice Lead North America

Kraft – As the Sr. MDM Architect reviewed the recent SAP Blueprint Phase workflow documentation for product, material, vendor and customer. Provided solution direction related portal design to improve customer experience leveraging existing MDM hierarchies within the four domains (product, material, vendor and customer).Best Buy - As the Sr. MDM Technical Manager provided team with Article Hierarchy guidance to develope BI reports and KPI's.

6/2010 - 10/2010

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Master Data Management (MDM) Architect

As the MDM Architect reviewed the recent Phase 1 SAP MDM implementation to support Supply Chain Management (SCM). Developed a list of Materials, Services and Vendor Master recommendations to be implemented prior to SAP MDM 7.1 Phase 2.Developed the MDM Data Governance Strategy and created master data evaluation tool and templates for Florida Power & Light business executives to leverage in evaluation of master data. Assisted Florida Power & Light business executives in the identification of master data to be governed and managed.

10/2009 - 5/2010

Industry: Travel, Transportation and Tourism

Master Data Management (MDM) Manager/Solution Architect

Amtrak – As the acting MDM Manager developed Master Data Management (MDM) Data Governance Strategy. Created master data evaluation tool and templates for Amtrak business executives.  Assisted Amtrak business executives in the identification of master data to be governed and managed. Developed master data solution architecture for hub and registry style MDM solutions. Provided guidance to Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence groups based on MDM directions. Assisted in leveraging Business Objects Universe design to harmonize key EDW dimensions and aligned them to Master Data domains. I developed MDM requirements and performed gap analysis against existing tool sets at Amtrak. I also leveraged MDM requirements to develop MDM RFP for release to MDM tool vendors.

10/2008 - 9/2009

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Solution Partner, Information Management & Analytics

Eli Lilly Inc. – Developed Information Management Strategy and Shared Service capability architectures and technology directions for Lilly US Affiliate. This included MDM (Siperian) and SAP MDM, Enterprise Data Warehouse (Oracle), Data Quality (Informatica & Trillium), Data Integration (Biztalk) and Data Governance. Provided detail plans and guidance in support of multiple POC’s including EDW POC leveraging appliance technologies (Netezza and Teradata) and Columnar Technologies (Vertica). I worked with business strategist to leverage capabilities to meet business strategic vision. JCPenny Inc. – Provided MDM lead services to JCP in support of the Customer Data Integration Project. I evaluated IBM MDM Server version 8.0 (Party/Product), Siperian, Initiate and Oracle MDM products. I developed solution architecture for CDI project. I incorporated existing SAP MDM solution into new architecture. Data Conversions and Integration leveraged Informatica.

2/2007 - 10/2008

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Sr. Manager/Lead MDM Architect/Solution Architect

Pfizer Inc. – Provided MDM lead services to Pfizer in support of the world wide implementation of Oracle ERP/DW. This includes the world wide implementation of MDM utilizing the Siperian and SAP MDM. My responsibilities included development of MDM data governance organization, procedures and methods. Developed Product data model to support the implementation including MDM process identification to create, maintain and share data across the Pfizer organization. I was also asked to assist in management of data cleansing/migration efforts to support the program. IBM Inc. – Provided MDM lead services to IBM in support of the world wide implementation of SAP. This includes the world wide implementation of MDM in support of customer, supplier, business partners, product, finance and contracts. The net effect of this implementation will be the reduction of 100,000 in staff. This will save IBM approximately three billion dollars in expense per year. The technologies involved in this engagement include WebSphere Customer Center (WCC Version 7.4), WebSphere Product Center (WPC), SAP Workflow Manager (used for Finance data domain) and other internal MDM solutions.   Gargill Inc. – Provided solution architecture services to Cargill Inc. in support of Information Model implementation. The information model will be used to support a $1 to $2 billion dollar SAP ECC 6.0 implementation. This included identification of early realization of “Spend Analysis” utilizing an analytical solution which leverages SAP MDM V5.4 and SAP BI. Data Integration and Conversion utilized Informatica. This solution will provide a $ 1 Billion cost savings to Cargill over the next five years.   Caterpillar Inc. – Provided solution architecture services to Caterpillar Inc. in support of Mach 1 implementation. This included use of an SOA based integration hub which synchronized and managed interfaces and conversions to support MDM solutions. The technologies involved in this engagement include SAP MDM, WCC (Version 7.2), WPC, and other internal MDM solutions.

9/1992 - 1/2007

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Managing Partner/Solution Architect

I provided Information Vision Inc. clients with Information Management services including. The design and development of Master Data Management (MDM) architectures, data staging areas, Operational Data Stores (ODS), Data Warehouses and Data Marts. Reviewed On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) based designs and implementations providing direction, requirements and solutions to meet user performance and business requirements. Provide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fortune 100 company. Built and managed a staff of 30 consultants to meet the needs of our clients. Meijer Inc. - Managed a staff of eight data modeler’s and DBA’s in the development of a database to support the Meijer Integrated Distribution System (MIDS). §  Developed data model for multi-year, one hundred and fifty person distribution application project team. Cayenne CASE tool was used for logical and physical model creation. Introduced volume based transaction modeling techniques to DBA’s to assist in physical design of Sybase DBMS. Performed "Hot Spot" analysis resulting in table re-organization and "vertical" and "horizontal" table splits.   §  Managed a staff of eight data modeler’s and DBA’s in the development of a database to support the Meijer Integrated Distribution System (MIDS).   §  Designed a Data Warehouse to support the distribution operation at Meijer. Sybase replication was used to create an operational data store. The tables in the data store were manipulated to support the Data Warehouse schema. Reviewed extensive OLAP requirements designing both application and database solutions to meet demands of high volume reporting needs in a complex environment.   §  Developed data model for multi-year, one hundred and fifty person distribution application project team. Cayenne CASE tool was used for logical and physical model creation. Introduced volume based transaction modeling techniques to DBA’s to assist in physical design of Sybase DBMS. Performed "Hot Spot" analysis resulting in table re-organization and "vertical" and "horizontal" table splits.   §  Assisted in the creation of an approach to large integration development for Meijer. Based on techniques found in Information Engineering, Rapid Application Development and Prototyping I provided consultation to chief technical architects. Development approach was adopted as "Corporate" model for future large scale integration efforts.                       

9/1992 - 1/2007

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Managing Partner/Solution Architect

I provided Information Vision Inc. clients with Information Management services including. The design and development of Master Data Management (MDM) architectures, data staging areas, Operational Data Stores (ODS), Data Warehouses and Data Marts. Reviewed On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) based designs and implementations providing direction, requirements and solutions to meet user performance and business requirements. Provide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fortune 100 company. Built and managed a staff of 30 consultants to meet the needs of our clients.     Navistar International Transportation Corporation § Provided Project Management support to Navistar’s Project Management team during the development of the Product Structure System. Assisted a variety of Project Managers in their efforts to meet deadlines on this $158 million project. Techniques and tools used to accomplish these tasks included critical path analysis, time box techniques and project scope management.   § Conducted reviews with business teams resulting in the development of data and process models (documented in IEF case tool). Models were used for a variety of package evaluations and as technical specifications for customization efforts required on the Product Structure System.

9/1992 - 1/2007

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Managing Partner/Solution Architect

I provided Information Vision Inc. clients with Information Management services including. The design and development of Master Data Management (MDM) architectures, data staging areas, Operational Data Stores (ODS), Data Warehouses and Data Marts. Reviewed On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) based designs and implementations providing direction, requirements and solutions to meet user performance and business requirements. Provide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fortune 100 company. Built and managed a staff of 30 consultants to meet the needs of our clients.                           South Dakota Department of Revenue – Assisted the Department in the clarification and supporting approach to the design and development of a Data Warehouse to be used to evaluate tax compliance and audit target identification. A large number of sourcing systems will be used to populate Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse has extensive integration and reporting requirements between the Department and other Departments in and outside the State of South Dakota.   South Dakota Department of Transportation – Provided South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) and Bureau of Information and Telecommunication (BIT) with Program Management and architectural guidance on a variety of projects. I identified business requirements by using a combination of existing methodologies and RUP methods. Conducted business re-engineering efforts using techniques such as value/non value added process analysis, swim lane analysis to identify organizational weaknesses, etc. I performed data modeling activities in support of business requirements. I also was selected to manage the C2C Project one of the largest if not the largest project undertaken by SDDOT.   §  Planned and designed ODS to support C2C Program. This included the incorporation of COTS software with custom developed software operating on the ODS database platform. Reviewed OLAP requirements and provided design/development solutions to meet business requirements.   §  Managed a staff of BIT and consultants in the development and acquisition of software to support a variety of business functions at the Department of Transportation.   Old Kent Mortgage Company - Developed data model and schema in Erwin data modeling tool for "Enterprise" Operational Data Store (ODS). ODS was implemented on SQL Server 7.1/7.2 prior to application implementation based on design requirements and prototyped into production. I developed OLAP base designs for implementation team.   §  Designed a tool to support the ODS population. Provided a mechanism to map field level information (metadata, conversion rules, etc.) from legacy systems to ODS.  

9/1992 - 1/2007

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Managing Partner/Solution Architect

I provided Information Vision Inc. clients with Information Management services including. The design and development of Master Data Management (MDM) architectures, data staging areas, Operational Data Stores (ODS), Data Warehouses and Data Marts. Reviewed On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) based designs and implementations providing direction, requirements and solutions to meet user performance and business requirements. Provide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fortune 100 company. Built and managed a staff of 30 consultants to meet the needs of our clients.                           Nationwide Insurance – Provided Program Management and Data Warehouse Architecture services to Nationwide Business Intelligence (BI) department. My focus was on architecting Party/Customer MDM solution (Foundation) leveraging the IAA models, Customer Data Mart (CDM), Agent Gateway Quote & Bind Data Warehouse (AG Q&B DW), Producer Warehouse and Pricing Data Mart. Worked with enterprise architects to develop ETL, data and presentation layers appropriate for each project. Technologies involved in each project included ETL Layer (Informatica), Data Layer (Logical/Erwin & Physical/Teradata) and Presentation Layer (Micro Strategy and Hyperion).                           Department of Defense – Provided Program Management and MDM architectural guidance (SAP ECC 5.0) in support of  MDM/Data Warehouse Architecture services to DOD. MDM, Data Warehouse and supporting Dimensional Marts are to be used by a application which will the largest application of its type in the world. Architecture driven from business requirements which included a combination of complex sourcing applications which used very large volumes of data in a large matrixed reporting structure demanding quick access. The project is considered “secret” and therefore details must be limited.                         

3/1989 - 8/1992

Industry: Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Project Manager & Enterprise Data Architect

        _              Managed multi-year $25 million Distribution development project. I directed efforts of approximately fifty people. Project provided mechanisms to re-deploy over ninety FTE’s based on procedural process improvements and technical solutions. Effort reduced risks associated with FDA audits due to increased product tracking capabilities.         _              Project Manager assigned to the development of a Distribution Application. Based on findings from Corporate Data Architecture project directed and consulted team in logical and physical database design using corporate data usage models (documented in ADW). I provided guidance to team in the areas of business process simplification and redesign.

5/1983 - 3/1989

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Consultant/Sr. Consultant

          _              Assisted in the development of a Corporate Data Architecture for Eli Lilly & Company. Using Information Engineering techniques (documented in ADW) conducted data and process model reviews with many business teams. I delivered a plan which was used as a "roadmap" for future development across IT.         _              Developed data models in ADW case tool for ADMIN/LIMS, Payroll and Human Resource projects. Data models were used as package evaluation criteria on projects.

EDUCATION:

12/1985

Master's Degree

5/1983

Bachelor's Degree

Management Information Systems (MIS) minor Computer Science

CERTIFICATION:

4/2008

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