Irina Stan

Lodi, NJ *****

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Solutions Architect / Program Management

Extensive experience in design, development, analysis and management of Information Technology processes. Implemented and supported Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives as Solution Architect and Project Manager, delivering a wide range of Enterprise Solutions for Fortune 500 companies.

Well-versed in effectively blending technological functionality with business-centric planning to align proposed solutions with ever-changing objectives. Strong ability to inspire individuals to work together toward common goals and accomplish desired results.

Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Modeling (DM) / Data-warehouse (DW) / No-code Architecture

Security and Identity Management (IDM) / Advanced and Predictive Analytics / Data Management Architecture

SDLC - Waterfall & Agile / Policy & Program Development / Team Building & Training

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Business Intelligence:

MicroStrategy, Web and Mobile Analytics, Hyperintelligence and Advanced Analytics

Database and Tools:

Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, SSL/TLS, Web/Mobile technologies, MS Project

Platforms:

Windows, Linux, Active Directory, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Solutions Architect (2019 – present) Unqork, NY

Unqork is an enterprise software company with a no-code platform that digitizes the entire client lifecycle and eliminates dependence on paper for financial services and insurance companies, utilizing each client’s existing product and underwriting rules, layered on top of legacy IT systems.

Serving as a client-facing technical voice, I am part of a team that provides invaluable insight and architectural guidance to customers and engagement teams to help them plan and build new products.

Key Achievements:

Work directly with clients and collaborate with internal teams to serve as the technical architect for new and existing client projects.

Guide enterprise application architectural design for client applications built on Unqork’s drag-and-drop software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology which can be implemented within weeks instead of months.

Provide guidance and assist engagement team in technical integrations.

Collaborate with the engineering and product teams, providing valuable insight as to how the platform can be improved to better serve our customers.

Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager (2017 – 2019) MicroStrategy Inc, NY/VA

Coordinate efforts of business, marketing, development and executive stakeholder in deploying cost-effective solutions that take advantage of the full company’s product suite to create business value.

Key Achievements:

Lead multiple programs to help enterprise customers ensure stability, security, performance and data integrity of their intelligence ecosystem and empower enterprise decision-making. Oversee project execution timelines, budgets and customization analysis in line with client requirements.

Solve business problems at a strategic level leveraging experience, best practices, and methods of abstraction and confidently communicating and influencing customers in challenging and difficult situations.

Develop and manage relationships with customers and partners to identify and capture new programs, actively meet with existing and potential clients to identify new business opportunities and serve as engagement manager for identified pursuits, including proposal development, content creation and responsibilities related to meeting growth targets.

Prepared Enterprise BI Datawarehouse roadmap for several clients based on the findings from the assessment process generating $500k quarterly revenue pipeline.

Principal Consultant (2010 – 2017) MicroStrategy Inc, NY

Experienced professional, trusted adviser to customers and leader in the organization, worked within a global, cross-departmental environment to deliver strategic initiatives and the development of new Professional Services offerings.

Key Achievements:

Led onshore and offshore teams in delivering advanced BI solutions and related processes to enhance and maintain a $20M+ revenue stream across 50 major and strategic customers.

Architected and delivered end-to-end solutions in targeted industry segments. Pioneered state of the art mobile (iOS and Android) BI solutions across multiple industries using MicroStrategy Mobile technology ranked top 3 among similar industry technologies.

Provided content and advisory to the MicroStrategy account sales and pre-sales teams to scope and estimate the engagement as well as shape the solution concept. Facilitated solutions / offerings workshops / speaking engagements.

Identified more than $3M in revenue opportunities for Fortune 500 customers shared across the C-suite.

Sr. Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Consultant (2005 – 2010) Sky Solutions, NJ

Managed client accounts including architecture and implementation of several BI solutions across mid-size and large projects to achieve target goals at a highly successful rate.

Key Achievements:

Advised over 100 customers design and develop several data warehouses and analysis solutions consisting of federated data repositories across multiple industries, following Ralph Kimball data warehouse methodology.

Conducted interviews with various business users to identify and capture business requirements and translate business needs into long-term information architecture solutions.

Designed and deployed an elegant Business Ready Solution for Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution Area consisting of a Performance Management Repository with predefined strategy maps, 300+ KPIs, performance views and over 150 scorecards and dashboards (activity, segmentation, top performers, demographics).

Mentored 15+ team technically to deliver solutions, both internal employees and partners.

Sr. Datawarehouse Architect (2003 – 2005) Rogers Wireless, Toronto, Canada

Responsible for analysis, design, and implementation of the analytical and decision support financial and marketing applications. Communicated regularly with stakeholders and staff as the primary point of contact for briefing preparations and status updates.

Key Achievements:

Liaise with business users to define requirements and facilitate joint sessions for solution design. Created over 50 logical and physical data models, including functional specifications documents and detailed technical design documents.

Effectively articulated reasoning for data model design decisions and strategically incorporated team member feedback to produce the highest quality data models.

Designed and configured corporate wide Enterprise Datawarehouse data integration systems. Seamlessly integrated call data records feed processes increasing ETL performance by 60%.

Grew user adoption for the Billing and Marketing Insights applications by 50% within 3 months by raising awareness of the product new features via demos and webcasts held with departmental stakeholders.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

Degree evaluated as bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at University of Toronto, Canada

Certifications & Professional Development

MicroStrategy Certified Engineer / Developer / Admin v.9, 10 and 2019

IBM Certified Data Architect

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