DAP CONSULTING, Toronto, Ont. 2017-2024
Private sole proprietorship consultancy company that solves data governance and data management challenges, for NA clients - previously based in London (UK) serving EU market.
Principal Data Governance Consultant
Implemented and executed on DG frameworks and programs, led Agile teams of data analysts to deliver data management practices review, business units use case gathering and definition, scalability and performance evaluations, tools selection, solution architecture design for cloud analytics, data warehousing, data lakes, AI/IoT, data quality/governance, data security & privacy, for various industries clients (finance, insurance, retail, transportation)
- Advised Data Governance director and manager for DQ and MDM strategies by setting up processes, policies, operations, and transformations best practices as per their mandate
- Led the delivery of enterprise-scale data strategy Scrum projects and facilitated collaboration across business and technical teams, to delineate data stewardship responsibilities
- Assisted Data Governance manager defining and refining standards for regulatory compliance, GDPR, data policy, data security, data retention, data metrics, and SLAs to achieve program targets
- Raised DQ and DGO teams’ moral by providing support and arranging meetings with key stakeholders to determine accountability and data ownership
- Provided experience-based comparison documentation and product demonstrations to C-levels (CIO, CDO) for selecting Data Governance products addressing enterprise and business units use cases
- Developed ongoing monitoring alerting schedules of integrated data taxonomies, data dictionary & end-to-end data lineage for critical enterprise data elements
INNOVAPOST (CANADA POST GoC), Toronto, Ont. 2021-2023
The technology subsidiary powering Canada Post's future for real-time cloud and AI with a focus on shipping and logistics operations in Canada and beyond.
Senior Data Architect (2022-2023)
Data Architect (2021-2022)
Successfully progressed to a Senior Data Architect role in less than a year. Provided solution architecture design for new applications & project upgrades within Canada Post’s cloud data warehouse platform.
- Championed new enterprise architecture standards by leading design change releases for 7 projects within Workforce & Operations, and brainstorming with colleagues on new standards and practices
- Improved metadata mappings for 20+ implemented projects to reduce years of technical debt, and revised conceptual, logical and physical data models for Enterprise Architecture
- Coordinated with Data Governance Office (DGO) to simplify and modernize data definitions for IBM IGC integration, recommended metadata best practices for glossary
- Successfully led discussions on new design changes and required technical implementation with Data Integration ETL analysts, QA testing analysts and BI developers for faster project delivery
- Improved Agile project prioritization and productivity by coaching products owners to identify priorities and providing guidance on assessing and analyzing business client requirements
- Enhanced project success and seamless execution by clarifying scrum master’s vision for ongoing projects, providing timely tracked updates and raising project blockers on behalf of development teams
- Improved Impact Assessment documentation by providing a clear and actionable template for internal project teams and Canada Post clients, and reducing bug and rollback risks
ATACCAMA, London (UK) / Toronto, Ont. 2011-2017
Innovative Toronto-based data management company in AI & Data Governance with global customer base.
Operations UK & France (2016-2017)
Senior Data Governance Consultant, North America (2011-2016)
Progressed from Senior Data Governance Consultant to Operations UK & France and reported directly to COO. Cross-functional, in charge of project delivery for key accounts, and pre-sales for UK/France (and Canada/US in Toronto)
- Increased Professional Services revenue by $6 million by delivering 20+ client implementations as project data lead for teams of 2-3 consultants on average, architecting and implementing data pipelines
- Grew NA client base from product demonstrations and PoCs from 1-2 customers to over 30+
- Assessed and developed local French partnership for Ataccama assisting PoC client initiative which led to first France-based licensed client
- Built a new data governance product for exclusive integration partner that addressed internal DQ and metadata business use cases
- Managed Agile project planning, timelines setup, scoping, and resources/delivery estimations to achieve on-time and under-budget delivery
- Released “garage-style” new metadata layer for faster integrated products configuration, benefiting project delivery time to market and beta clients
