BRIAN W. FISHER

Greater Minneapolis, MN ***** 952-***-****

adbs5o@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/brianfisher-MN Director of Analytics and Data Sciences Senior Manager of Analytics Director of Business Intelligence Digital Product Manager Director of IT Business Architect Technology Consultant

‘Improving Competitive Advantage through Collaboration, Cultural Transformation, and Modern Data Architecture’ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A transformational Information Technology leader with strong accomplishments in creating and implementing strategic and cost-effective technical solutions that drive profitability. Expertise in modern data architecture, analytics and data governance. Committed to knowledge transfer to increase customer’s decision-making ability and confidence in technology and operations. A clear and dynamic communicator who presents complex scenarios in easy to understand terms, visuals, and artifacts. Consistently unites teams around a common vision/mission, and develops, mentors, and coaches team members to achieve organizational goals. Acknowledged for excellence in building relationships, developing innovative solutions, and exceeding expectations.

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Planned, organized and delivered first analytics hackathon at Life Time including 55 particpants, 7 external sponsors and 6 executive judges.

Established data governance practice and principles, including implementation of first customer golden record using master data management.

Created internal community of data scientists and analysts, improving collaboration and maturing the use of data and data science.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Strategic Planning and Execution – Business Analytics – Business Intelligence – Process Improvement Creative Problem Solving – Data Governance – Data Quality – Master Data Management (MDM) – Presentations Project Management – Program Management – Program Roadmaps – Solution Architecture – Technology Roadmaps Cross-Functional Team Leadership – Team Development – Coaching – Mentoring – Vendor Selection – Vendor Management TECHNOLOGY

Alteryx – IBM Cognos – IBM Infosphere – Microsoft Power BI – Microsoft SQL Server – Microsoft Office PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LIFE TIME FITNESS, Chanhassen, MN

Premiere health and fitness operator offering full service spa, casual quick dining, ecomerce shopping. $2B in revenue, 150 locations across the U.S. Canada, and 1.5M customers. Senior Digital Business Architect, Senior Director of Business Intelligence 2015 – Oct 2019 Organized Life Time’s data and technology with a customer centric view, making customer insights seamlessly and securely available for the enterprise. Maintained numerous program roadmaps to build a highly efficient marketing and data ecosystem across different functions to ensure reuse across various business and technology functions. STRATEGIC PLANNING ORGANIZATION & CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION

Established data governance practices including a customer master data management algorithm, data quality/standardization practices, and data stewardship & process ownership.

Created vision and strategy for analytics, data and marketing capabilities.

Created core artifacts for digital marketing/personalization program, including executive summaries, 3-year program roadmap, architecture diagrams, business capability inventory, and business maps.

Designed enterprise taxonomy including customer, product and content domains by working with numerous executives across the organization.

Facilitated the readiness for privacy project for California Consumer Privacy Act including vendor selection and data mapping/inventory/classification.

Gained budgetary approval through the creation of business cases and return on investment research.

Grew and matured use of Alteryx Designer from 4 to 40+ analysts including on-going training programs and automation of Alteryx workflows using Alteryx server.

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Successfully managed a portfolio of several on-going initiatives related to marketing, technology, and data.

Created and managed vision and roadmaps for enterprise programs including Customer 360 (customer experience).

Partnered with Marketing and Technology business units to create first data lake for consumer click-stream data.

Led the review and selection of a new digital asset management system for internal Life Time creative agency.

Enabled the enterprise to segment 1.5M customers by leading a team in creation of the first customer-focused data warehouse to understand and segment customers.

Led Marketing Automation request for proposal and vendor selection. Documented and socialized detailed use cases, managed vendor relationships, communication, and created final selection scorecard including overall fit and total cost of ownership.

Developed data governance request for proposal and vendor selection including documented and socialized detailed use cases.

Conducted numerous software contract reviews and prepared proposal statements of work.

Sourced technology solutions through vendor selection and negotiations (10+ software vendors and consultants). TEAM LEADERSHIP TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Established first analytics community of 40+ analysts and data scientists from across the enterprise.

Demonstrated knowledge of company's mission, purpose, goals, and the ability to help employees successfully achieve them.

Performance management - Led, mentored, and coached a 14-member team of Developers and BI Professionals.

Sourced, interview and hired technical staff.

Director of Technology, Accounting 2011 – 2015

Led technology team in multi-year / multi-phase Workday Financials implementation including procurement, general ledger and bank reconciliation. Reported to SVP and Corporate Controller.

Automated daily Bank Reconciliation process.

Led creation of updated financial data warehouse and product-level financial packages.

Provided leadership, mentoring and coaching for a seven-member IT team.

Assisted in creating an updated chart of accounts that led to improved financial reporting and visibility.

Negotiated a $300K reduction in software license and maintenance costs.

Improved business readiness, daily operations, and regulatory compliance by developing a responsibility matrix template. Manager of IT Applications and IT Business Liaison 2003 – 2011 Managed new procurement platform migration and implementation. Improved service level provided to customers by creating documentation standards for various technology solutions.

Implemented improved workforce schedule and optimization platform.

Provided administration and support for SageFAS fixed asset software platform and Cognos and Hyperion financial planning software platform.

Project managed physical data center migration of 70+ physical devices with less than 12 hours of downtime and zero data loss.

Led creation of documenting standard operating procedures and internal controls related to IT change management. Resulted in passing numerous SOX audits.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Information Technology Management - WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY, Salt Lake City, UT Associate in Science - Business Management - NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Brooklyn Park, MN NHCC Scholar, 4.0 GPA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Leadership Development, Performance Management, 7 part Leadership Series, Best Practices with Predictive Analytics Data Governance Best Practices

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