Develop a Data Governance and Security framework, write corresponding policies, procedures and standards and train on implementation and usage.

· Created Azure DevOps (ADO) dashboards, story boards and workflows to enter and track Data Governance issues through completion, including metrics to measure and track risk, compliance, and progress

· Worked with Client to develop their Data Stewards; created materials and conducted sessions to form a Data Governance Committee.

· Created Policy format standard and then wrote corresponding policies including those for Incident handling, Data Classification, Data Security, Data Retention, Data Handling, Auditing and Monitoring along with supporting standards and procedures documentation.

· Developed slides and forms to educate and ease the transition of client to new processes and systems.

· Oversaw the Data Governance (DG) Business Glossary and process leading to creation/changes of Glossary assets.

· Created Wiki pages in Azure DevOps for Policies, Procedures, Terminology and other supporting documents.

Business Analyst and Scrum master for multiple teams across business funstions and systems.

• Scrum master for cross platform team providing upgrades and enhancements to Sales Platform Software
• Scrum master for team developing new Technology Opportunity Manager WEB Application to replace existing application used to create and track cases to engage technical resources.
• Sr. Business Analyst supporting blended HCM and Finance project to enhance co-worker tracking, position management and contractor invoicing.
• BA for team creating and supporting Financial Systems
• Transform Business requests and requirements into detailed specs for use by development team.
• Perform all Scrum artifacts such as Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Grooming, Planning, etc.
• Calculate Velocity and Burndown rates of project and provide direction in budgeting allocated dollars and project time.
• Create TFS Kanban boards, dashboards, and Metrics to track and manage sprints and backlogs.

Held multiiple roles over the years as a Developer, DBA, Scrum Master, Project manager and many other roles.

Delivered projects across multiple Tribune properties including WGN, TMN, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Media Services, Tribune Direct, and Chicago Cubs.

· Led effort to transition department projects to Agile/Scrum,

· Coached product owners to write effective user stories and guided them to effectively develop and groom the product backlog.

· Scrum master as well as DBA and developer for team that designed and delivered a solution to bring the management and billing of 6000 wireless telecom devices in house, saving outside services and mgmt. costs.

· DBA for Datawarehouse combining demographic viewer data with rating data for multiple TV/Radio stations.

· Designed and developed database and supporting procedures, along with Tableau or Power Bi reporting to facilitate reporting of Advertising revenue

· Managed systems for interfacing to Finance and incorporating financial data and reporting into consolidated reporting and dashboards.

· Led 25-member team, transitioning from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum methodologies, in maintaining an IBM mainframe-based circulation manifest system while designing, developing, testing, and installing a new Sun/Unix-based system with improved functionality.

· Developed, tested, implemented, and trained users on an Agile-response application and process. Reduced processing cycle from 7 days to 2 hours with 90% error reduction, enabling company expansion.

· Developed and supported ServiceNow environment. Customized forms and reporting for incident tracking, change management, HR services and others.

· Supported 900 users utilizing the “traffic management” system to sell, manage, and track programming and advertising content for TV, Radio and Cable stations.

· Supported the Program Asset Management system, tracking usage, contracts, inventory, and scheduling.

· Built secure ftp site and managed access across organization. Centralized data and access providing superior speed, availability, reliability and redundancy allowing the removal of 32 legacy ftp servers.

· Migrated 42 TV stations from legacy infrastructure to new servers, domains, email, and applications with zero downtime and no business disruption.

Owner and Principal Consultant for a small consulting firm

Drove and delivered high-profile database, client server development, system design, and programming initiatives for Fortune 500 companies including Ameritech, Sears, San Francisco Giants, Press America, Americom, and other large-cap, mid-cap, startup, and high-growth organizations.

Business-critical initiatives included improving operations, reducing liabilities, and maximizing profitability for clients. Managed relationships with clients and vendors, proposed, designed and managed software, hardware and personnel for multiple applications. Provided post-implementation support and service.

· Led Y2K mitigation effort to convert and test software and hardware across multiple systems, databases and programming languages.

· Designed, developed and delivered a stats tracking and analysis system for several MLB teams.

· Developed and created Enterprise wide Asset Management system

· Led design and development of an intranet--based order entry, tracking, and manifest system. Improved order accuracy while slashing processing times.

· Saved client 1400 consulting man-hours, designing an efficient bug remediation strategy.

· Increased capacity 54% while reducing waste and improving throughput, developing process control, order entry, and inventory system for printing company.

· Replaced growth-limiting technologies, enabling 50% sales increase by developing a mail merge and reporting tool for a large Direct Mail company that accelerated processing speed 6X.

· Built application to import advertising data from 12 variable-format sources into 1 database giving the Sales Department the ability to manage leads and respond to enterprise-wide market trends.