Data Management

PRESTON L FORT

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Preston is an accomplished Business intelligence executive with over 20

years of comprehensive large-scale management, Business Intelligence, and

Data Integration experience in diversified project design. He has a strong

background in program development and quality assurance with an outstanding

history of managing projects from initial conception, through development,

to implementation. Preston brings an unexcelled record of bringing mission-

critical projects in on schedule and within budget, especially skilled at

strategic planning, budget controls and problem resolution. Lastly, Preston

has outstanding communication talents with proven ability to build and lead

highly efficient teams, to train technical personnel, and to convey complex

concepts in understandable terms.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

. Delivery Management . Data Integration . Consumer Product Goods

. Strategic Planning . Data Virtualization .

Telecommunications

. Growth Strategies . Business Intelligence .

Healthcare/Insurance

. Organization Growth . Data Quality . Finance

. Quality Management . Data Governance . Defense

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

TMX Finance . Atlanta, GA 2013 to Present

Director - Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing

Coca Cola Refreshments

Director - Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing is responsible for

building a new Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence environment.

While my primary objective is to keep the current Data Warehousing and

Business Intelligence active and performing optimally the secondary

objective is to build the roadmap for the new system.

. Program Management responsibilities for all Business Intelligence

projects for the 7 current Point of Sales System feeding the Data

Warehouse.

. Build Roadmap for new TMX Finance Data Warehouse which includes all

due diligence in selecting the appropriate tools for loading the Data

Warehouse as well as Business Intelligence tools for Data Presentation.

. Provided industry insight and technology expertise by developing

Corporate Leading Practices and Standards & Guidelines for Informatica

PowerCenter and Informatica Data Services

. Managing a team of 15 (with a projected budget of 10MM for 2013.

Cap Gemini . Atlanta, GA 2010 to 2013

Senior Manager, Business Information Management

Coca Cola Refreshments

Enterprise Information Management Tower Lead for Data Acquisition is

responsible for building a Center of Excellence organization for a Fortune

100 Consumer Products Company. My primary responsibilities include: P & L

Oversight, Account Growth Strategies, Developing Leading Practices, and

Developing the Data Integration Roadmap.

. Program Management responsibilities for all Business Intelligence

projects across Financial, Customer Care and Product Supply Divisions

. Reorganized Financial Reporting structure by creating Management Unit

Paradigm so that information from both Coca Cola and Coca Cola

Refreshments could be managed by 1 entity

. Provided industry insight and technology expertise by developing

Corporate Leading Practices and Standards & Guidelines for SAP Data

Services

. Managing a team of 15 (10 onshore & 5 offshore with a projected

revenue of 5MM a growth of 20% over 2012

. Increased Contribution Margin by creating College Hire Training Class

to Billable Consultant program to quickly move new hires into value add

billable consultants

. Lead Data Services Architect for Central Management Reporting Project

at Coca Cola Refreshments.

. Lead Data Services Architect for Integrated Planning Project at The

Coca Cola Company

. Develop Training for Coca Cola Refreshments Training staff to use SAP

Data Services

Comsys . Atlanta, GA 2009 to 2010

Data Architect

To strategically design and implement data models for U-Verse Data

Warehouses, data marts, and data stores, while ensuring high levels of data

availability. I was also responsible for defining data standards and models

for warehouse architectures. In addition I was responsible for evaluating

and selecting all infrastructure components such as software, hardware,

database management systems, and networking capabilities

. Create and validate Data Models for U-Verse Data Warehouse

. Assisted in evaluating and selecting Data Integration tool Criteria

Informatica - Professional Services . Atlanta, GA 2004 to 2009

Consulting Manager

The Consulting Manager will be responsible for the development of a team of

consulting professionals while also assuring the delivery of quality client

service as a project manager. Consulting Manager will actively manage on-

boarding, enablement, oversight, evaluation and career counseling of

his/her team members. This involves leveraging personal experiences and

providing continuous mentorship and guidance to ensure optimal and

consistent field readiness of direct reports. This individual is an

integral member of the overall management team. This individual is an

integral member of the overall management team.

. Successfully delivered over 30 projects using PowerCenter software,

UNIX scripts using Full Lifecycle Project Management implementation

. Data Migration project wins 2007 Informatica Innovation Award for

Data Migration

. Led Team that created new product for Informatica Professional

Services to assess customer environments which resulted in $200,000 in

additional revenue

. Assisted in revision of telecommunication policy that saved

Professional Services $100,000

. Working with the Informatica Software Sales organization on

opportunities--developing and presenting customer-facing presentations,

identifying solutions,

. Leads performance review feedback, training needs, and certification

attainment with a constant focus towards proactive communication of

consultant issues and career development opportunities

. Audits existing engagements where direct reports are delivering work

products

. Establishing and Maintaining Quality Standards by developing

procedures and processes for Coding and Testing Reviews

Answerthink . Atlanta, GA 2003 to 2004

Data Warehouse Architect

To strategically design and implement data warehouses, data marts, and data

stores, while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is

also responsible for defining data standards and models for warehouse

architectures. The Data Warehouse Architect will in addition evaluate and

select all infrastructure components such as software, hardware, database

management systems, and networking capabilities

. Direct a team of internal and external consultants accountable for

day-to-day support

. Assess and cultivate long-term strategic goals for data warehousing

in conjunction with data users, department managers, clients, and other

key stakeholders.

. Evaluate, recommend, and select data warehouse components, including

hardware, database management systems, ETL (extract, transform, and load)

software, data mining tools, and Meta data management tools.

. Create models for new data warehouse development and/or changes to

existing data stores.

. Design and manage data warehouse improvement and growth projects

. Identify inefficiencies and gaps in current data warehouses and

leverage solutions

Independent Consultant . Atlanta, GA 1999 to 2003

To strategically design and implement data warehouses, data marts, and data

stores, while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is

also responsible for defining data standards and models for warehouse

architectures. The Data Warehouse Architect will in addition evaluate and

select all infrastructure components such as software, hardware, database

management systems, and networking capabilities

. Direct a team of internal and external consultants accountable for

day-to-day support

. Evaluate, recommend, and select data warehouse components, including

hardware, database management systems, ETL (extract, transform, and load)

software, data mining tools, and meta data management tools.

. Install and configure relevant components to ensure data warehouse

access.

. Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes

for modifications to data systems.

EDUCATION

University of Missouri at St. Louis . St. Louis MO 1988

B.S., Business

SKILLS SUMMARY

Category Software Latest Total Years Year

Version Experience Last Used

Database Informatica 9.1 13 2011

Management PowerCenter

SAP Data Services 4.0 3 2012

Informatica 8 3 2009

PowerExchange

SQL Server 2008 4 2012

Integration

Services

Oracle Warehouse 1 2004

Builder

Databases Oracle 10g 12 2012

Teradata 13 2 2012

DB2 UDB 3 2012

SQL Server 2008 6 2012

Programming COBOL 8 1995

Languages

T-SQL 2 2003

PL/SQL 5 2007

Data Modeling Erwin 7 2010

PowerDesigner 2 2002

Reporting Tools Business Objects 1 2002

Cognos 1 2004

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