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Mutual of Omaha is a Fortune 300 organization providing insurance and financial products across the United States, owned by its policyholders.

• Accelerated the release to production of the modernized institutional fund statement application.
• Led data strategy development within the agile release train, contributing to efficient project management.
• Provided technical guidance for the engineering team, enhancing their skills and performance.
• Delivered an AI-enabled data factory to harmonize incongruous and unstructured census data.

The University of Melbourne is a leading educational institution in Australia, recognized for its high-quality teaching and research.

• Led the data platform modernization initiative for the University Decision Support team.
• Oversaw the technical implementation of the Snowflake ecosystem, enhancing data management capabilities.
• Developed and communicated architecture decisions across a team of 25 professionals.
• Deployed the initial Snowflake environment leveraging Terraform, establishing a repeatable DevOps foundation.

Mutual of Enumclaw offers insurance products through independent agents to protect families, farms, and businesses across several U.S. states.

• Designed Mutual of Enumclaw’s modern data warehouse built on Snowflake.
• Leveraged Matillion and Fivetran to modernize legacy ELT/ETL processes.
• Enhanced the terraform framework for managing the Snowflake environment.
• Mentored team of engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering professional growth.

QuoteWizard is an insurance comparison and marketing tool offering real-time leads and solutions connecting consumers with insurance providers.

• Owned and curated the QuoteWizard enterprise reporting model, ensuring data quality and relevance.
• Guided a small team of senior analysts on analytics workflows, contributing to team success.
• Retired the legacy data warehouse and implemented Snowflake, improving data management efficiency.

Blueprint specializes in cloud and data optimization, offering services such as data governance, analytics, and application development to drive business success.

• Built and maintained data pipelines and data marts on the Azure stack, enhancing data flow efficiency.
• Developed front-end reporting solutions in Power BI, improving data accessibility for stakeholders.
• Implemented the foundational reporting data model for Turn10’s mobile game, Forza Street.

Logic20/20 is a consulting firm providing business and technology solutions to improve client performance through analytics and strategy.

• Provided technical leadership for the BI Platform team, enhancing data-driven decision-making at Microsoft.
• Supported complex Enterprise Data Warehouse, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Led end-of-life support for enterprise reporting in QlikView, maintaining continued service reliability.

Expedia Group is a global travel platform offering a broad range of travel products and connecting partners with travelers worldwide.

• Led the BI discipline within the finance team, advancing financial reporting standards.
• Identified $2M of unidentified labor costs for capitalization, improving financial accuracy.
• Built a data-driven process to support the R&D tax process, streamlining regulatory compliance.