Experience

Vertex Computer Systems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Business Analytics Practice Director

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  In her current role as Business Analytics Practice Director for Vertex Computer Systems, Erica frequently engages with clients on a strategic level for BI, BA, Big Data, and Advanced Analytics topics. She is also responsible for establishing strategic partnerships, building client relationships, project delivery excellence, and overall health of the practice, including continuing to move the practice forward into new and expanded market areas, technologies, and competencies. In her current role as Business Analytics Practice Director for Vertex Computer Systems, Erica frequently engages with clients on a strategic level for BI, BA, Big Data, and Advanced Analytics topics. She is also responsible for establishing strategic partnerships, building client relationships, project delivery excellence, and overall health of the practice, including continuing to move the practice forward into new and expanded market areas, technologies, and competencies.



IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SAP BI/BA Project Manager & Strategist

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2013

  Lead Business Intelligence & Analytics projects, work with client leadership to develop strategies and vision, conduct effective stakeholder management with executive leadership to support BI/BA initiatives, strategy, and vision. Manage implementations and project teams with IBM global deployment teams, mentor and coach team members, establish global BI governance and project standards. GBS sales proposal initiatives and follow-up activities. Lead Business Intelligence & Analytics projects, work with client leadership to develop strategies and vision, conduct effective stakeholder management with executive leadership to support BI/BA initiatives, strategy, and vision. Manage implementations and project teams with IBM global deployment teams, mentor and coach team members, establish global BI governance and project standards. GBS sales proposal initiatives and follow-up activities.



IDS Scheer

• Team Lead and (prior) Senior Consultant

  • 2005 - 2010

  Successfully brought live 11 SAP BW project implementations for customers in Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Industrial / Manufacturing, and Financial industries, as lead consultant / team lead on each project. Architected and designed systems, processes, governance, and procedures. Built and managed effective project teams, and delivered high value to each client via a scalable, maintainable, properly configured and documented system, that the client was effectively transitioned to, and properly trained to support. Project Roles included strategist, manager, business analyst, trainer, teacher, mentor, and configurator. - Responsible for additional sales and follow-on engagements with nearly every client. - Received highest annual performance rating each year. Show less



International Paper

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst

  • 2001 - 2005

  Key contributor on a large, company-wide multi-year and multi-million dollar SAP implementation initiative to deliver SAP Global Supply Chain, with SAP BW as the reporting solution. Roles included completing system design and development (backend and frontend), working with business persons to define system requirements, orchestrating deliverables with other project teams, and acting as liaison for and maintaining relationships with internal business contacts and external vendors. Additionally led team of 5 conducting targeted performance testing for SAP BI go-live - Received highest annual performance rating Show less



Informatica

• Analyst

  • 2001 - 2001

  Consulted with government clients to implement Informatica ETL software (PowerCenter, PowerMart, etc.). Assisted with conducting corporate training classes (corporate location and client site), completed training preparations, and updated training materials. Consulted with government clients to implement Informatica ETL software (PowerCenter, PowerMart, etc.). Assisted with conducting corporate training classes (corporate location and client site), completed training preparations, and updated training materials.



Procter & Gamble @ The IAMS Company

• Developer

  • 2000 - 2000

  Designed and created relational database to track IT inventory parts and status. Interviewed 30 people for information to populate database. Independently designed and developed more than 40 queries and 25 automated reports; built an 80-form application to update the database and execute associated reports. Designed and created relational database to track IT inventory parts and status. Interviewed 30 people for information to populate database. Independently designed and developed more than 40 queries and 25 automated reports; built an 80-form application to update the database and execute associated reports.