Thomas Gehrke
Director Of Data Services at TRIPBAM, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Austin Walker, PCC, ACCC
Tom was a pleasure to work with at Ovation Travel. Tom had the vision, deep technical knowledge and experience to lead a thriving organization amidst constant technological disruption. What I respect most about Tom is that he isn't afraid to have the tough conversations and truly understands how the integration of business and technology are essential for success.
Stephen Courson
Tom was a pleasure to work with while at Ovation. He always had an innovative mind and wanted to push forward in ways to better his company. Working with him at Gartner was great as he always had insightful questions and utilized our services in an ideal fashion as good leaders do.
Austin Walker, PCC, ACCC
Tom was a pleasure to work with at Ovation Travel. Tom had the vision, deep technical knowledge and experience to lead a thriving organization amidst constant technological disruption. What I respect most about Tom is that he isn't afraid to have the tough conversations and truly understands how the integration of business and technology are essential for success.
Stephen Courson
Tom was a pleasure to work with while at Ovation. He always had an innovative mind and wanted to push forward in ways to better his company. Working with him at Gartner was great as he always had insightful questions and utilized our services in an ideal fashion as good leaders do.
Austin Walker, PCC, ACCC
Tom was a pleasure to work with at Ovation Travel. Tom had the vision, deep technical knowledge and experience to lead a thriving organization amidst constant technological disruption. What I respect most about Tom is that he isn't afraid to have the tough conversations and truly understands how the integration of business and technology are essential for success.
Stephen Courson
Tom was a pleasure to work with while at Ovation. He always had an innovative mind and wanted to push forward in ways to better his company. Working with him at Gartner was great as he always had insightful questions and utilized our services in an ideal fashion as good leaders do.
Austin Walker, PCC, ACCC
Tom was a pleasure to work with at Ovation Travel. Tom had the vision, deep technical knowledge and experience to lead a thriving organization amidst constant technological disruption. What I respect most about Tom is that he isn't afraid to have the tough conversations and truly understands how the integration of business and technology are essential for success.
Stephen Courson
Tom was a pleasure to work with while at Ovation. He always had an innovative mind and wanted to push forward in ways to better his company. Working with him at Gartner was great as he always had insightful questions and utilized our services in an ideal fashion as good leaders do.
Credentials
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CompTIA A+
CompTIAJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Tableau Desktop Specialist
Tableau SoftwareOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
PSM 1 Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.orgJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
PSPO 1 Professional Scrum Product Owner
Scrum.orgJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
VFR Certified Private Pilot
Federal Aviation AdministrationMay, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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TRIPBAM, Inc.
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United States
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Internet Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Data Services
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Jan 2021 - Present
Developing and optimizing Business Intelligence solutions primarily on the Power BI platform. Travel Management insight and reporting, Data Management, Data Modeling, Star Schema, DAX, Power BI, SQL, SQL Server, Power BI report optimization. Developing and optimizing Business Intelligence solutions primarily on the Power BI platform. Travel Management insight and reporting, Data Management, Data Modeling, Star Schema, DAX, Power BI, SQL, SQL Server, Power BI report optimization.
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Job for Nevada's Graduates, Inc.
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Las Vegas, Nevada Area
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Director Of Technology
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Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Oversight of all organizational technology needs. Architect and developer of a proprietary Business Intelligence and Interactive Analytics platform using Tableau, Power BI and Microsoft Teams and MS SQL Server. - SQL Server, SSIS and Tableau utilized to create presentations of program metrics to legislators and school officials. - Internal analytics tools and visualizations utilized for managing the program and student participants. - Additional dashboards utilized for… Show more Oversight of all organizational technology needs. Architect and developer of a proprietary Business Intelligence and Interactive Analytics platform using Tableau, Power BI and Microsoft Teams and MS SQL Server. - SQL Server, SSIS and Tableau utilized to create presentations of program metrics to legislators and school officials. - Internal analytics tools and visualizations utilized for managing the program and student participants. - Additional dashboards utilized for analysis of staff performance by management. - ETL processes to build a data warehouse integrating multiple data sources. - Introduction of basic Agile principles, data management, data security and general technology best practices to the organization. - MS Teams and Microsoft 365 Administration - Power BI integration with RLS into Teams - SmartSheet/Teams integration - Vendor relationship management Show less Oversight of all organizational technology needs. Architect and developer of a proprietary Business Intelligence and Interactive Analytics platform using Tableau, Power BI and Microsoft Teams and MS SQL Server. - SQL Server, SSIS and Tableau utilized to create presentations of program metrics to legislators and school officials. - Internal analytics tools and visualizations utilized for managing the program and student participants. - Additional dashboards utilized for… Show more Oversight of all organizational technology needs. Architect and developer of a proprietary Business Intelligence and Interactive Analytics platform using Tableau, Power BI and Microsoft Teams and MS SQL Server. - SQL Server, SSIS and Tableau utilized to create presentations of program metrics to legislators and school officials. - Internal analytics tools and visualizations utilized for managing the program and student participants. - Additional dashboards utilized for analysis of staff performance by management. - ETL processes to build a data warehouse integrating multiple data sources. - Introduction of basic Agile principles, data management, data security and general technology best practices to the organization. - MS Teams and Microsoft 365 Administration - Power BI integration with RLS into Teams - SmartSheet/Teams integration - Vendor relationship management Show less
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Amex GBT Ovation
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United States
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Travel Arrangements
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300 - 400 Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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Oct 2006 - 2018
Ovation Travel Group is a $1B corporate travel management company with 750 staff and over 1K corporate clients. I oversee all technology staff, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and a $5M annual technology budget. I manage multiple technology divisions: - Reporting and Analytics, Data Modeling and Architecture - Application Development - Telecommunications, Omni-Channel, Email - Infrastructure and support - Complex, Multi-Platform Distributed Environment After… Show more Ovation Travel Group is a $1B corporate travel management company with 750 staff and over 1K corporate clients. I oversee all technology staff, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and a $5M annual technology budget. I manage multiple technology divisions: - Reporting and Analytics, Data Modeling and Architecture - Application Development - Telecommunications, Omni-Channel, Email - Infrastructure and support - Complex, Multi-Platform Distributed Environment After accepting the position of Ovation’s CIO, I led a complete transformation of the company’s then outdated and insufficient technology, revamping everything from budgeting to staffing, security, infrastructure, telecom, email, and end user support, through client facing needs such as on-line booking portals and reporting systems. My efforts produced immediate improvements, drastically increasing system reliability and radically improving staff efficiency. Ovation’s systems now run at nearly “six 9s” uptime. I have created many proprietary solutions & integrated many third party systems to transform the company including the introduction of Agile and Scrum to the Enterprise. As a member of Ovation’s Executive Committee, I provide strategic insight across the enterprise. My current efforts are focused creating client facing solutions leveraging the latest iteration of BI & Analytics to create cost savings for Clients, and to set the stage for the incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence into the next generation of internal and client facing solutions. Infrastructure Initiatives: - PCI Compliance - Virtualization | converged Infrastructure - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - VoIP, Email & Omni-Channel Communications - Business Continuity & DR - XaaS implementations - Agile project management - Implementing DevOps| CI/CD pipeline Show less Ovation Travel Group is a $1B corporate travel management company with 750 staff and over 1K corporate clients. I oversee all technology staff, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and a $5M annual technology budget. I manage multiple technology divisions: - Reporting and Analytics, Data Modeling and Architecture - Application Development - Telecommunications, Omni-Channel, Email - Infrastructure and support - Complex, Multi-Platform Distributed Environment After… Show more Ovation Travel Group is a $1B corporate travel management company with 750 staff and over 1K corporate clients. I oversee all technology staff, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and a $5M annual technology budget. I manage multiple technology divisions: - Reporting and Analytics, Data Modeling and Architecture - Application Development - Telecommunications, Omni-Channel, Email - Infrastructure and support - Complex, Multi-Platform Distributed Environment After accepting the position of Ovation’s CIO, I led a complete transformation of the company’s then outdated and insufficient technology, revamping everything from budgeting to staffing, security, infrastructure, telecom, email, and end user support, through client facing needs such as on-line booking portals and reporting systems. My efforts produced immediate improvements, drastically increasing system reliability and radically improving staff efficiency. Ovation’s systems now run at nearly “six 9s” uptime. I have created many proprietary solutions & integrated many third party systems to transform the company including the introduction of Agile and Scrum to the Enterprise. As a member of Ovation’s Executive Committee, I provide strategic insight across the enterprise. My current efforts are focused creating client facing solutions leveraging the latest iteration of BI & Analytics to create cost savings for Clients, and to set the stage for the incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence into the next generation of internal and client facing solutions. Infrastructure Initiatives: - PCI Compliance - Virtualization | converged Infrastructure - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - VoIP, Email & Omni-Channel Communications - Business Continuity & DR - XaaS implementations - Agile project management - Implementing DevOps| CI/CD pipeline Show less
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Daley-Hodkin
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Greater New York City Area
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Chief Information Officer
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1994 - Oct 2006
Director of IT becoming CIO. Architect of highly advanced and tightly integrated data systems which led the industry and redefined the processes of Inventory and Machinery & Equipment research and analysis. Director of IT becoming CIO. Architect of highly advanced and tightly integrated data systems which led the industry and redefined the processes of Inventory and Machinery & Equipment research and analysis.
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Education
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Applied Music -
2020 - 2021
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science, Data Management/Data Analytics, Data Management & Analytics -
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Applied Music, Computer Science, English Composition
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