Data Quality Project Manager

Ronald A Barr

*** ****** **** ***** ************, GA 30215

770-***-**** ******@*****.***

Leverage 25+ years of experience and success in IT service delivery optimization, technology infrastructure & data quality refinement, team-based value-added project management. To assist enterprise organizational leaders in attaining their goals of: Technology Enhanced Organizational Capabilities, Organizational Efficiency and Data As A Strategic Asset, Using next generation workflow automation building blocks & knowledge management methodologies Results-driven, customer-focused IT professional with a successful track record in the realm of: Enterprise Frameworks

[ TOGAF & Digital Twin modeling], Scaled Agile Framework Value Delivery [SAFe Certified project manager/product owner – project budget & risk management], and Data Architecture/Knowledge Management discipline. Success can be demonstrated by (1) Improved staff efficiency in processing commercial insurance claims via electronic document workflows via a hybrid-cloud hosted data warehouse, aligned with state insurance regulatory requirements & PCI DSS security. (2) Support for digital transformation – data architecture focus – for a US military agency seeking to improve data quality ( ‘data lineage’), adherence to information security classifications and transition to a ‘DataMart’ - API-based ecosystem, using TOGAF for scaled project stakeholder collaboration. (3) Delivery of the closing set of strategic enterprise information integration recommendations to the Atlanta Airport, for improvement of ‘Decision Support’, ‘Situational Awareness’ and ‘Data Quality/Change Management’ for the airport’s portfolio of facilities and asset lifecycle

Professional Experience

Ethio-American Insurance Company / Commercial Vehicle Underwriting Atlanta Georgia Lead Enterprise Architect – July 2022 – Present Project managed adoption of a hybrid-cloud insurance policy/claims data warehouse to enable custom processing /reporting of data from 3rd party ERP policy administration system. Product lead for the alignment of staff, contractors, and 3rd party insurance policy administration platform vendor service delivery. Identified Microsoft Azure Data Factory & Power BI as the data pipeline engine, for integration into existing Azure-based infrastructure. State insurance regulator IT audit & Payment Card Industry (PCIDSS) security architecture & PII data handling compliance. Result: Workflow automation and e-docs. US Air Force Research Lab - Lean Scaled Architects Wright-Patternson AFB- Dayton OH (Remote) Senior Advisor - Sept 2022 – Oct 2023 US military IT contractor to USAFRL ‘Digital Capabilities Directorate (DCD) - Provided value added strategy & design for TOGAF data architecture transformation & SAFe Value Added Project Mgt Practice training to USAFRL staff & contractors. Data Architecture refinement in support of ‘Enterprise Data Mart’ – API based, data repository with a high-quality data catalogue (data lineage, tagging and Qa/Qc processes). Enterprise Architecture meta-model and process/data decomposition – EA/ ITIL /Service capabilities modeling. WSP, Inc / Atlanta Aviation Associates, Inc (Joint Venture)/ Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport Atlanta Georgia Director, IT Infrastructure & Project Management – August 2017 – June 2022 Executive Mandate: improve

‘organizational efficiency’ via data quality & ‘findability’ improvement for cross-discipline stakeholders of airport facilities, assets, with value added indexing in the domain-specific format required for various disciplines.

• Project Team Leadership

• Executive Mandate Alignment

• Project Cost Management/Budget

• Mentoring / Coaching

• Enterprise/Cloud Architecture

• AI Tools - Enterprise Governance

• TOGAF –Digital Transformation

• Vendor/Supplier Management

• Implementation Plan Execution

• Business Value Quantification

• Executive Presentation Skills

• Project Risk Management

(WSP con’t)

Improve ‘as-built’ data repository throughout the facility life cycle, across multiple AECO (architecture engineering construction owner) disciplines. Plan supported improved decision support for capital investments, situational awareness for first responders and improved ‘findability’/field mobile access of information for a distributed set of stakeholders – among various agencies. Developed recommended cloud-based ‘building/asset information repository’ as the central point for facility/asset information ‘ontology’, information modeling, data capture (IoT), geospatial visualizations, mobile/field-force information access and change management. Digital Twin as the aspirational enterprise information integration strategy. Design validated by AEC software industry for alignment with their cloud/API based industry transformation (File Sharing -> cloud hosted models) Argyle International Airport / St Vincent Airport Authority St Vincent & The Grenadines Senior IT Practice Consultant / IT Infrastructure Project Manager – December 2016 – August 2017 Served as Technical Program Manager for St. Vincent Airport Authority: bridge between the Taiwanese IT infrastructure installers and the SVG long term airport IT operational & IT security needs. Lead airport IT infrastructure integration, security/operations policies, and configuration management for the newly constructed airport. Lead technical point of contact for telecom service providers /ISP/ equipment vendors and airport customs & border protection information service provider relationships & coordination. (Gov’t of Canada & SITA). Developed job descriptions, employment finalist lists and technical interviews for airport IT staff. At project completion - Facilitated handover of IT operations from construction project stakeholders to permanent IT staff. AT&T Business Services – Enterprise Wireless, Security & IP Data Networking Solutions Atlanta, GA Enterprise Architect/ Professional Services Consultant May 1995 – Nov 2016 Emerging services professional services practice - team engagement leader & solution architect. Lead for extended engagements with ‘Retail Chain

& Transportation industry clients: Aligned executive leadership’s goal for business transformation via technological enablers – applied AT&T professional services engagement practices for: mobility automated customer/operations data capture & analytics organizational change management. Development & implementation of transformation timeline & budgetary plan, delivered to client executives and functional area directors. Provided Tier-3 solutions architect, security & technological transformation strategy support for various ‘named accounts’ in Georgia & Alabama

Education, Certifications & Memberships

Bachelor Of Science: Management Information Science – University of Pittsburgh 1990 Pittsburgh, PA Minor: Economics

• TOGAF 9.2 (I & II) Certified - 2022 - Present

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) - Product Owner / Agile Project Manager- 2023 – Present

• CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional – 2007 – 2023

• Cloud FiOS – Certified Cloud Financial OPS Practitioner (Cost Control & Optimization) 2019 – 2023

• AWS Certified Architect-Associate 2017 – 2021

• Digital Twin Consortium (Member) 2022- Present

• DAMA Association (Enterprise Data Architecture Management - Member) 2018 – Present

• Project Management Institute – Atlanta Chapter (Member) 2018 – Present

• President, University Of Pittsburgh African American Alumni Council – Atlanta Affiliate - Present

Applied Solutions

Architectural (Conceptual) Building Blocks & Solution Elements Document Automation Workflow

• Workflow Automation software

• Document Management Sys.

• Enterprise Index & Search

• OCR Routing

• Network Attached Storage

• Email – MS 365

• Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

• Public Cloud Services

• Online Object Storage

• Identity / Access Management

• Virtualization / Containerization

PCI Compliant Financial Systems

• PCI Security Assessment

• Security Policy

• Internal Systems & Data Handling

• Internet / Firewall Security Policy

• Vulnerability / Gap Analysis

• Security Monitoring & Logging

• PKI Certificates

SAFe Project Engagement

• TOGAF-Based Digital

Transformation Strategy

• Executive Mandate

• Business Requirements

• Data Requirements

• Application Systems Req.

• IT Infrastructure Req.

• Agile – Value Delivery Cadence

• ITIL-based Service Management

Data Architecture / Catalog

• EA Modeling Tools & Practice

• Modeling Quality Standards

• Data Architecture

• Data Catalog

• Data Classification

• Data Modeling

• Data Integration

• Data Governance Practices

• Data Mart

• API Service Management

AI Tools & AI Assisted Workflows - Governance Within Enterprise Env Enable the benefits & value creation from Artificial Intelligence. Apply standard & enhanced Business & IT governance & controls to ensure predictable and quality controlled outcomes

• AI Implementation Committee Standards & Controls

• Rapid development activity for AI Tools & LLM options - volatility

• Support innovation, aligned with predicable outcomes & resilience

• AI Practitioner Guidelines

• Align AI development efforts to traditional business workflow change management - reproducible results

• Data Quality Validation & Controls

• AI Data Generation Tools & Processes controlled with Qa & Qc standards to

• End User Training

• Enterprise IT produces user community with AI tools & services for business activities. Improve level of trust for AI generated content, while supporting employees drive for better productivity tools

• AI Vendor Management / Solution Integration

• Map To Existing IT Interfaces & Business Workflows

• Confirm Solution Résilience & Scalability

• Assess Long Term Viability Of Vendor / Alignment w/ Standards

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