Experience

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  Uplight

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Director Professional Services Solutions

    • Feb 2023 - Present

  • Principal Solution Architect

    • Nov 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Technical Solutions Architect

    • Jul 2019 - Nov 2021

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  FirstFuel Software

  • Technical Solutions Manager

    • Feb 2016 - Nov 2021

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  Collaborative Consulting

  • Burlington, MA

  • Senior Principal Consultant

    • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
    • Burlington, MA

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  FirstFuel Software

  • Lexington, MA

  • Technical Project Manager

    • Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Lexington, MA

    Contracted to spearhead Technical Project Management for a new partnership with a California based utility software development company and a large utility provider. As a Technical Project manager was primarily responsible for ensuring that requirements were understandable, unambiguous, clear, measurable such that the customer need was met and that the Product intention was maintained.

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  Self Employed

  • Experienced Project/Product manager

    • Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

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  RGI Informatics, LLC

  • Director, Project/Product Manager

    • Dec 2011 - Jul 2014

    As a member of the senior leadership team charged with overseeing efforts related to product definition and project management used to implement product releases – concept through implementation. Quarterly product releases provided using hands-on leadership work ethic. Tapped to define product roadmaps, customer personas, and product requirements documents via use cases and prioritization process.

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  Gurnet Consulting

  • Associate Consultant

    • Oct 2010 - Nov 2011

    Contracted to spearhead all project management efforts involved in building a commodity data warehouse in addition to implementing Microstrategy reports for a client company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing parts used in the energy, aerospace, and industrial markets. Managed an international team of up to 12 individuals located across the United States, Germany, Italy, China, and India.

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  Sun Life Financial

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • IT Solutions Architect

    • 2010 - 2010

    Transitioned into technologist position to define IT solution for data needs based on business requirements. Provided insight during design reviews to ensure design approach was followed and evaluated BI solutions to provide leadership team with recommendations (Qlik Tech, Pentaho, LogiXML, and Crystal Reports).

  • Systems Officer

    • Nov 1999 - Dec 2009

    Promoted from Senior Manager (2003 to 2004) to manage the Data Services organization charged with guiding activities for operational data stores, data warehouses, and Business Intelligence across 3 business lines. Project managed projects requiring the addition of data to the warehouse or requiring data curation for reporting, all while following direction from the PMO. Defined scope, budget, and tasks while managing the people and dependencies. Created the strategy and management needed for Operational Data Stores (ODS), data warehouses, cubes, and reporting across all business lines.

  • Systems Manager

    • Nov 1999 - Dec 2002

    Joined as Permanent staff. Responsible for the support of a major COBOL/VSAM administration system, Cyberlife.

  • Consultant

    • Feb 1999 - Nov 1999

    - Y2K development and implementation COBOL/VSAM/DB2- Designed solution to de normalize loan information to improve performance of the batch cycle and to enable the addition of loan types.

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  MetLife

  • Warwick, RI

  • Consultant

    • Apr 1998 - Nov 1998
    • Warwick, RI

    Development and implementation of COBOL/VSAM logic to support Y2K

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  Fedsure

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Consultant

    • Oct 1993 - Mar 1998
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Worked on many projects within Fedsure and was a recognized team leader.

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  EMI Music

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Consultant

    • May 1993 - Oct 1993
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Analysis, design, develop, test and implement a Sales Forecasting System and Material Requirement Planning system using IDEAL/DATACOM

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  Fedsure

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Systems Consultant

    • Feb 1988 - Aug 1992
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

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  Liberty Life

  • Programmer

    • Jan 1983 - Jan 1988