Core Skills

Cloud & Data Platforms
• Design and deploy cloud data solutions using Microsoft TM Fabric (OneLake), Azure SQL and Azure VMs
• Integrate on-premises SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres environments with hybrid architecture

Data Modeling & Warehousing
• Develop star/snowflake schemas, OLAP cubes, and semantic models optimized for performance
• Visio, Lucid Chart, ERD diagrams for designing and documenting models

Data Engineering & Integration
• Build data pipelines in Azure Data Factory and Fabric notebooks for structured/semi-structured data
• Connect and transform data from ERP, CRM, HR systems via REST APIs, SQL, Python, and C#

Data Governance & Security
• Apply RLS, RBAC, sensitivity labels, and data masking across Power BI and workspace environments
• Track lineage and promote certified datasets using Power BI

Business Intelligence & Analytics
• Design Power BI dashboards with Power Query (M), DAX, and modern best practices
• Provide storytelling and usage guidance to drive insight adoption and data literacy

Consulting & Stakeholder Collaboration
• Lead discovery sessions, define requirements, and align technical solutions with business goals
• Manage stakeholder expectations through deliverable reviews, training, and sign-off processes

Professional Experience
Analytics Engineer, Founder
2G Data LLC | Full Time | Sep 2025 – Current
• Contract-based consulting firm committed to helping SMB succeed in the areas of Data Engineering and Data Analytics.

Career Break for Professional Improvement
Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
• Opted for voluntary departure from prior role.
• Obtained Microsoft career certifications in Data Engineering and Data Analyst learning paths.

Director of International Solutions & 3rd Party Vendor Partnerships
Salient Management Company | Full Time | Jan 2024 – Mar 2025
• Partnered with sales, devops, and engineering to define scope, streamline reporting, and prioritize data initiatives.
Established 3rd-party data partnerships, expanding integration capabilities and driving new sales opportunities.
• Analyzed JIRA resource data to boost billable hours YoY, positioning the International BU as 2024’s top performer for
consulting, projects, and licenses.

Principal Solutions Architect (Analytics Engineer)
Salient Management Company | Full Time | Jan 2016 – Dec 2023
• Trusted advisor to c-level decision makers, building relationships while positioning solutions as best-in-class and
differentiated from competitors to drive client success. Hands on relational modeling, development, implementation and
support of interfaces, data pipelines from client source data into data marts used for analysis using Salient ETL, Salient
Dashboards, dozens of client ERP, CRM, HR systems.
• Designed a nationwide data-sharing solution between Coca-Cola and Monster Energy, enhancing visibility into sell-out
data and enabling advanced forecasting and distribution analysis resulting in MM+ revenue growth opportunities for
Monster.

Data Integration Consultant
Glorious Cannabis Companies | 18-month Contract | Oct 2021 – May 2023
• Built ETL pipelines and a data warehouse with Python and SQL, automating ERP–CRM sync via API into dimensional models.
Created Power BI dashboards to visualize product voids, turning the COO’s request into actionable insights. Recreating
HubSpot dashboards in Power BI.

Teaching Assistant
Duke University | 12-month Contract | May 2014 – May 2015
• Coursera: “Managing Big Data with MySQL”. Provided SQL support to students and delivered a data-driven performance
report analyzing student comprehension of course content, exam questions, student success and curriculum
improvements for instructor.

Senior Consultant
Apptio (IBM Company) | Full Time | May 2013 – Apr 2014
• Acted as SME for the Apptio platform, leading implementations for enterprise clients in client success, 50% travel. Built
Apptio application schema, ELT client data, dashboards review with stakeholders at AutoTrader.com.

Application Consultant I, II, Senior
Salient Management Company | Full Time | Oct 2001 – Apr 2013
• Application data mart modeling, ETL pipelines and dashboards, replacing Excel workflows for self-serve reporting.

Certifications
✓ Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate
✓ Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
✓ Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
✓ Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
✓ Workday Basics Series
✓ CompTIA A+, Network+, CIOS

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Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Information Systems – James Madison University – Harrisonburg, VA