About
Highly accomplished Senior AI & IT Strategy & Transformation leader with over a decade of progressive experience in driving complex data, software, and AI initiatives across diverse industries. Proven expertise in architecting cloud migrations, optimizing data pipelines, and implementing advanced analytics solutions that consistently deliver substantial business value and cost savings. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, managing multi-million-dollar budgets, and championing technological innovation to achieve enterprise-wide strategic objectives.
Work
Brightspeed
|Sr. Manager, AI/IT Strategy & Transformation
N/A, N/A, US
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Summary
Leads AI/IT strategy and transformation initiatives, overseeing large-scale AI enablement, financial portfolios, and operational efficiencies for Brightspeed.
Highlights
Spearheaded AI enablement across 8+ business units, developing comprehensive governance and ROI frameworks for use case intake and prioritization.
Managed a $2M+ AI/automation investment portfolio and oversaw a $200M IT budget, delivering $700K/year in cloud savings through autoscaling and spend governance policies.
Led design of a unified LookML semantic layer, enabling governed self-service analytics and reducing manual report cycles by 60%.
Championed development of an MLOps framework with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Datafold, increasing model deployment velocity by 80%.
Developed LLM-based prototypes using Vertex AI/Gemini for critical telecom agent assist and network triage applications.
Moore
|Sr. Director, Software & Data Engineering
N/A, N/A, US
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Summary
Directed cross-functional software and data engineering teams to deliver mission-critical platforms, driving significant improvements in data science workflows and financial reporting.
Highlights
Orchestrated and mentored cross-functional software & data engineering teams, delivering two mission-critical platforms within eight months.
Developed a SaaS solution automating end-to-end data science workflows (model generation, validation, and scoring pipelines), slashing deployment time from weeks to hours.
Built a Snowflake-based DaaS layer, consolidating four subsidiary datasets into a unified, role-based financial reporting system for secure, portfolio-wide visibility.
Championed CI/CD modernization and Kubernetes adoption, boosting team efficiency by 30%.
Designed and executed an identity-resolution program, enabling granular customer segmentation and improving targeting accuracy by 25%.
Bagel Brands Restaurant Group
|Director, Data Architecture & Engineering
N/A, N/A, US
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Summary
Architected and executed cloud migration strategies, enhancing data platforms for multi-million-dollar operations and improving forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency.
Highlights
Architected cloud migration strategy, transitioning on-premises data platforms to Azure, enabling multi-million-dollar scale operations and 99.9% availability.
Partnered with Finance and Operations to design ML-ready data repositories, improving forecasting accuracy by 20%.
Streamlined governance processes and standardized ETL/ELT pipelines (PowerBI, Azure Data Factory), reducing reporting variance by 30%.
Oversaw a comprehensive portfolio of technical initiatives, delivering end-to-end BI modernization and advanced analytics capabilities.
WilmerHale
|Sr. Business Intelligence Architect
N/A, N/A, US
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Summary
Developed and optimized data migration frameworks and ETL processes, ensuring data quality and compliance for legal and financial data.
Highlights
Developed and governed a data migration framework, normalizing legal and financial data across Court Alert, Foundation, and Elite 3E platforms.
Optimized ETL performance, reducing data-processing time from 5 days to 4 hours through automation and parallelization.
Implemented robust data-quality pipelines, automating cleansing, deduplication, and business-rule enforcement to ensure compliance.
Clif Bar & Company
|Manager, Business Intelligence
N/A, N/A, US
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Summary
Built and led a Business Intelligence team, driving significant improvements in report generation and analytics adoption for a global CPG portfolio.
Highlights
Built and led a BI team (SQL, data engineering, SharePoint) for a global CPG portfolio.
Migrated legacy reports to Power BI, cutting report generation time by 50%.
Designed integrated data warehouses (POS, HR, manufacturing, retail), enhancing cross-department insights.
Unified siloed data verticals, driving a 15% increase in analytics adoption.
Education
University of Michigan
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Business Administration
University of Michigan
M.S.
Computer and Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A.
Business Administration
Certificates
ITIL-4 v4 Foundations
Issued By
N/A
Google Cloud Certified - Cloud Digital Leader
Issued By
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
Issued By
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Issued By
Microsoft
Snowflake: SnowPro Core Certification
Issued By
Snowflake
Skills
Cloud Platforms & Services
GCP, Azure Cloud, Vertex AI, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, GitHub Actions, Azure Data Factory.
Data Warehousing & Databases
BigQuery, Snowflake, dbt, SQL Server, PeopleSoft.
Business Intelligence & Analytics Tools
Looker/LookML, PowerBI, Grafana, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS.
Programming & Scripting
Python, Spark, Angular.
Data Streaming/Messaging
Kafka.
Collaboration & Enterprise Tools
SharePoint, Nielsen.