Skills Summary

Combination of scientific, information technology, and health care skills.

Ability to apply mathematical concepts to summarize data analysis findings.

Experience with SQL, database design and administration.

Design and build tools, both abstract and concrete.

Experience

Senior Data Integration Specialist 2013-2016

Bader Rutter and Associates, Brookfield, WI

Designed and built enterprise business intelligence system on GoodData data visualization platform with Microsoft SQL Server and Vertica databases, from the ground up. Technical lead for project. Built ETL processes for data acquisition from Google Analytics, Google AdWords, YouTube, Facebook, BrightCove, PointRoll and Sizmek. Built metric definitions, report definitions, and provided training to other team members to do the same.

Researched and defined technical solutions and approaches to meet business requirements. Refined and improved those processes. Evaluated implementation versus business requirements. Monitored scheduled data-acquisition schedules and tuned them for optimum performance.

Reviewed others’ technical solution recommendations and provided approval to proceed. Set priorities based on client and internal deadlines and commitments. Documented technical environment.

Directed and assisted establishment of QC processes across data sources.

Represented clients, account teams, business owners, end-users and their needs.

Emergency Medical Technician 2010-2011

Paratech Ambulance Service, Brown Deer, WI

Emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured. Duties and responsibilities include patient assessment, defibrillation (AED), immobilization, CPAP, airway management, hemorrhage control, assisted delivery (childbirth), administration of oxygen and other medications as determined by the State of Wisconsin.

NIMS IS100, IS200, IS300, IS700, and IS800 certifications.

Third Coast Design 1994-2010

Sole Proprietor of contract consulting company, Glendale, WI

Built custom applications for clients based on Microsoft Excel, Word and Access.

Provided IT consulting services: business analysis, database development, programming, application design and development for small and large companies. Developed design documents for new applications and changes to applications.

Process Consultant 1994

Instructions Inc., Glendale WI, and Stratagem, Milwaukee WI (merger)

Process analysis, technical writing, and instruction.

Wrote instruction manuals for manufacturing and software development clients.

Wrote on line help for Windows Help. Automated production of on line help.

Documentation Analyst 1990 – 1994

Deluxe Data Systems, Glendale WI, 1990 – 1994

Wrote instruction manuals for electronic funds transfer systems. Made Tandem system export to IBM system then IBM exported to desktop PC MS Word.

Instructed coworkers in microcomputer techniques and desktop publishing.

Created illustrations, maintained illustration catalog. Automated it so one keypress for “international” and one keypress for “domestic”.

Automated departmental document templates in VBA. Integrated 24/7 mainframe EFT ideas into VBA code.

Built a SGML to MS Word converter in VBA.

Documentation Analyst 1989 – 1990

Computing w/o Confusion, Milwaukee WI, contractor at Deluxe Data Systems, 1989 – 1990

Technical writing and instruction.

Education

M. A., 1985, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Microbiology.

B. S., 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Biology.

National Merit Scholar, 1975.

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