Henry Wu

Associate Director with 20+ years of experience in data or software engineering, data platforms, data architecture, or enterprise data management, including 8+ years in leadership roles, driving team efficiency improvements of 50%+. Expertise in database and data architecture, building, modernizing and operating enterprise data platforms and large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines, quality, and code management, and modern data architecture (cloud data platforms, data lakes, data warehouses). Strong understanding of data governance, data quality frameworks, and metadata management.

Experienced in managing batch and streaming data pipelines, Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices. Proficient in SQL/T-SQL, SSIS/SSAS, ADF, B2, Oracle, Power BI Report, SQL and NoSQL databases, Python, APIs, JSON, Snowflake, SQL stored procedures, Databricks, and Spark, with exposure to AI/ML technologies. Strong insight into leveraging AI to enhance support for 24×7 mission-critical services with strict SLAs and maintenance, using automation, predictive analytics, and smarter decision-making.

Proven track record of leading enterprise data initiatives, optimizing performance, reducing costs, and delivering solutions on time and within budget.

Associate Director - Trade Data, CM Application Delivery - BMO (BANK OF MONTREAL) - CAPITAL MARKETS - Toronto, ON

(2022-09 - 2026-03)

• Managed multiple onshore and offshore teams across various business lines, ensuring effective collaboration and service delivery while designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, establishing branching strategies, and ensuring automated testing, code quality checks, and security scanning
• Directed enterprise data platform architecture, development, and operations for the AutoSys Workload Automation platform, ensuring strong governance, reliability, and SLA compliance
• Managed data request intake, prioritization, estimation, and fulfillment; led enhancements and project delivery, including data monitoring dashboard initiatives that increased decision-making capacity by 80%
• Led incident resolution, development release delivery, and performance optimization for AutoSys job streams, ETL data loads, report generation, and file transfers, ensuring successful end-of-day batch completion within SLA targets
• Managed cross-functional teams including development, production support, business analysts, and vendors like Broadridge to resolve incidents, deliver enhancements, and implement failed-job alerting, improving platform stability and performance
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to resolve production issues and provide 24x7 support for mission-critical services under strict SLAs, including root cause analysis and problem diagnosis
• Led development team to design and implement data solutions using SQL, PostgreSQL, PL/SQL, Python, Java, PowerShell
• Reviewed architecture and led cloud transformation initiatives to migrate data platforms from legacy systems to AWS Cloud
• Identified training and development needs, managed team performance, and executed employee development plans based on surveys and feedback
• Modernized data engineering practices through automation and continuous improvement, reducing manual processes by 50% and lowering costs by up to 30%
• Defined and executed Data Engineering strategy and roadmap aligned with broader Data & AI organizational objectives
• Rebuilt and optimized team structures, improving overall efficiency by over 50% while reducing expenses by 30%
• Provided mentorship, coaching, and talent acquisition leadership, including hiring and onboarding new team members
• Led cost-benefit analysis, budget oversight, and resource allocation to deliver projects on time and within budget

Sr. Business Analytics Analyst/Sr. Manager - Finance Data - OMERS - FINANCE DATA, CAPITAL MARKETS - Toronto, ON

(2021-08 - 2022-09)

• Gathered requirements, drove alignment, and translated business needs into data models using SQL
• Guided the migration of legacy data to Azure using Azure Data Factory, improving data retrieval by 60%, reducing maintenance costs by 30%, increasing stability by 30%, and enhancing performance by 35%
• Supervised risk model initiatives to deliver Risk Management Project, increasing data handling capacity by 80%
• Managed the development of web applications, APIs using C#.NET, JavaScripts, Node.js, PowerShell and Python
• Led distributed ETL implementation, overseeing scalable ingestion pipelines and automating financial Power BI reporting controls—improving data accuracy by 35% and report performance by 80%
• Performed data analysis on vendor-supplied data from Broadridge Financial Solutions to validate accuracy, identify issues, and support business reporting and operational decisions
• Mobilized resources for creating, updating, and optimizing data models, stored procedures, and indexes using SSIS, resulting in a 35% improvement in generating financial reports
• Set guidelines, standards, and practices for new project initiatives on both the business and technical sides, promoting data engineering best practices

Project Manager/Lead Data Engineer, Business Transformation & AI - MUNICH RE - LIFE AND HEALTH REINSURANCE CANADA - Toronto, ON

(2020-01 - 2021-08)

• Led meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements, drove alignment, analyzed and summarized, translated business needs into project requirements, and subsequently worked out the details for project delivery
• Managed multiple teams across various business lines, ensuring effective collaboration and service delivery while designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, establishing branching strategies, and ensuring automated testing, code quality checks, and security scanning
• Implemented cloud initiatives to migrate data from legacy to modern cloud-based data platforms, decreasing the maintenance budget by 35% and increasing stability and performance by 30%
• Led development team to design and implement data solutions using SQL, PL/SQL, and Python
• Managed data governance for a 10 M+ project, led all aspects of the MDM process from strategy to execution, and achieved a 35% to 45% improvement in data accuracy and completeness, saving 30% in expenses
• Introduced AI algorithms to enhance predictive modeling, improving outcomes by 50%
• Participated in data management requirements to support Data and AI needs of business
• Led the design and building of ETL processing for all data ingestion with scalable and usable pipelines, and automated the data processes and the reports, resulting in a 30% increase in accuracy and an 80% improvement in performance
• Cultivated data warehousing methods, created, updated, and optimized conceptual, logical, and physical data models, including reference/MDM and data dictionaries, resulting in a 30% increase in data stability
• Provided mentorship and coaching to team members and hired new team members

IT Manager Level Advisory PA - Scotiabank - Toronto, ON

(2018-03 - 2020-01)

• Managed development team to design, develop web applications, APIs using C#.NET, JavaScripts, and Python

Project Lead/Lead Developer(Sr. TSA) - RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) - Toronto, ON

(2015-02 - 2018-03)

• Guided the design, implementation, and delivery of the e-payments (ePAS) operations system

Project Lead/Lead Developer - TD Securities - Toronto, ON

(2009-03 - 2015-02)

• Implemented ETL for the automated data processes, applications development and the Stress Testing reports

Team Lead/Technical Lead - Qualicom Innovations Inc. - Markham, ON

(2007-02 - 2009-03)

• Led development team to develop customized application and cultivated data warehousing methods, created, updated, and optimized data models, including reference data and data dictionaries, resulting in a 40% increase in data stability

Postsecondary Diploma - Computer Programmer with Honors - Humber College

Master's Degree - Engineering - Tianjin University

Bachelor's Degree - Engineering - Tianjin University