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Kenneth O’Haeri

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Business & Technology Leader, Innovator & Strategist

Business systems technical implementation professional with many years of success implementing computing systems and technologies solutions. History of optimizing existing and emerging technologies, working with companies to uncover opportunities, and enabling trailblazing business solutions. Implement technical solutions to improve operations and develop analytics solutions to improve corporate measurements and decisions.

Deep interest in adding value strengthened by intellectual curiosity and grounded in real-world technical experience, providing the foundation for next-generation ideas, development, and implementation. BUSINESS SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED

Enable Digital Strategy & Implementation -Implement Solutions for new: Products Adoption

New Market Development

Implement Corporate Planning Business & Technology Alignment Implement Data Solutions -Build, Mentor & Lead Teams Lead Customer Technology Adoption -Transition Work to Production EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Independent Technical Consultant

June 2021 - Date

Provide remote support for US Bank team on Financial Transaction Management system. Implemented several audit and compliance reports to meet regulatory compliance obligations Completed a book writing project: Published on August 9, 2023 Provide lectures on corporate reporting and executive analytics US Bank, Minneapolis, and New York

Lead Systems Integrator, Real-Time Payment Systems, and Big Data Initiatives November 2018 - 2021

Performed technical leadership, inspired innovation, and drive global scale data integration across enterprise systems of record. Performed compliance advisor and systems integrator roles, provided direction for enterprise data integration, drove user adoption, and enhanced systems performance for enterprise-wide business teams—implemented and optimized executive and product-line management reporting and dashboards.

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Implemented executive dashboards that provide strategic measures of major business initiatives linked to Real-Time Payment initiatives

Implemented dashboards consumed by the Real-Time Payment division and other lines of businesses ranging from consumer loans to wealth management divisions of the bank. Performed hands-on engineering and integration in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP). Led implementation of core IaaS activities (compute, storage, networking). As Solutions Architect performed AWS Administrator role and helped software developers to remain productive by providing them with daily system administration.

Performed scripting and automated various tasks by scheduling them to run at set periods. Automated infrastructure for provisioning and configuration tasks. Implemented infrastructure as code for a trading-partner consisting of AWS CloudFormation that enable the trading partner to securely model and manage their own infrastructure resources in an automated manner.

Managed enterprise source code using such systems as Git or SVN, and used automation orchestration tools like Jenkins or Ansible.

Possesses seasoned experience in planning Disaster Recovery Plans which consisted of implementing, testing and monitoring the plan

Implemented and managed Database Farm concepts consisting of various types of databases, both traditional RDBMS, document databases, Mongo DB, SnowFlakes, MySQL, and PostgreSQL and Analytics query engines such as Presto, Dremio, Apache Drill, etc. Used programming Languages such as Python and Java, and scripting languages such as Unix/Linux Shells for work automation, ETL and data migration Provided vision and direction for Data Brick’s Data Lake implementation to replace homegrown Hadoop clusters. The new system would maintain existing data and capture new data from various banking transaction systems.

IBM

Chief Solutions Architect

February 2015 - October 2018

Oversaw implementation of major customer initiatives ranging from aircraft manufacturers to major national retailers. Orchestrated implementation of major healthcare, financial institutions, and various governmental organizations’ proposals, executed complex contractual agreements worth millions of dollars, and serviced accounts, significantly contributing to annual revenues. Directed activities related to management and support of major enterprise Big Data initiatives, including Cognos Analytics systems through IBM special consulting services, enabling customer 3

adoption of capabilities in performance management tools. Supported existing and new customers in new product deployments, product upgrades, integration, health checks, system performance, and optimization. Cultivated and secured customer confidence in Big Data proposals with IBM and Hortonworks collaboration

Led implementation of a major customer data center implementation Took part in implementing the IBM Watson technology ecosystem, servicing various analytics product executions, and supporting lifecycle management of customer applications. IBM

Lead Architect

March 2008 – December 2015

Orchestrated customer adoption of IBM product stack through onsite implementation, administrative automation of tasks, and integration with customer enterprise systems through IBM special consulting services. Provided plans for customer upgrades and assisted customers in installing and configuring health checks and performance enhancements.

Maintained direct accountability for managing several accounts, exceeding personal and organizational performance requirements and revenue objectives. Recommended architecture designs for scalability, improving existing transactions, and analytics system suites. Partnered with trading partners in integrating IBM products into their products and service offerings.

Spearheaded consulting practice providing infrastructure sizing and architecture designs, performance tuning, and load testing on IBM Analytics and performance management products. Designed and executed the High Availability Service (HAS) model by restructuring existing professional/support services, resulting in a significant margin increase and enabling significant service solution sales.

Contributed to developing and deploying IBM Analytics Systems and capacity management tools for several customers in the US and overseas. The tool enabled customers to effectively stabilize operations by increasing system resources at a time of high utilization and reducing resource consumption during times of less system usage

Led and integrated personnel skill development programs for IBM employees in India and 4

Europe, improving worldwide coverage in customer support, employee effectiveness, and service team’s gross profit margins.

Cognos Incorporated

Senior Consultant

January 2005 – March 2008

Implemented and maintained several enterprise infrastructures and integrated data warehousing technologies for companies like NASA, General Electric, and General Motors. Managed customer infrastructure in production and supported software upgrades of various vendor products. Delivered analytics work products to customers from department levels to central executive dashboards. Enhanced and drove global activities, customized development, network designs, systems integration, quality assurance, and resolution of functionality issues, contributing to worldwide market recognition of the Cognos brand.

Drove customer adoption by publishing several proofs of concept articles and implemented several Cognos products at customer sites in US and Canada. Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Manager, Information Systems

1994 – January 2005

Managed and supervised several internal and external application development and infrastructure teams.

Negotiated and managed strategic partnership agreements with major vendors like BMC, Computer Associates, IBM, Oracle, and EDS.

Participated in selecting and implementing the SAP ERP system, implemented several enterprise reporting systems, and effectively collaborated with several leadership personnel in Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources departments.

Created, restructured, and executed several application enhancements, increased operational efficiencies, and implemented fraud detection algorithms that automatically reviewed specific claims transaction parameters for potential anomalies. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Metropolitan State University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Concentration in Innovation and Management 5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Executive Education Concentration in System Dynamics and Corporate Strategic Planning Minnesota State University

Bachelor of Science Concentration on Mass Communications and Media PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

IBM Data and AI Certification

IBM Hybrid Cloud Certification

IBM Watson Platforms Certification

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

System Dynamics Society

Furthering research into system dynamics and systems thinking

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