Apr 2023 – Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Detroit Metropolitan Area · Remote

• Led product strategy for an embedded analytics vendor selling into enterprise. Wrote the Gartner MQ submission that produced the 3rd largest vendor improvement in the 2025 quadrant. Sat in enterprise deal rooms on seven-figure opportunities. Rebuilt product marketing from scratch. Spoke at Gartner D&A, Big Data London, Data Council, Coalesce and others.
• This is where I learned how BI vendors actually work from the inside — analyst relations, product launches, enterprise sales cycles, the whole machine.

Dec 2021 – Oct 2022 · 10 mos

• Joined a seed-stage analytics startup and did whatever needed doing; content, demos, sales, CRM setup, marketing, the fight for product-market fit.

Apr 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Founding board member of the AI and Data Analytics User Group, a global user community for IBM technology users including Cognos Analytics, Planning Analytics, all things Watson and Cloud Paks.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos

• I oversee the PMsquare technology and vendor selection to ensure a tech and partner portfolio that delivers and maintains modern, cloud first data and analytics solutions. Cloud and emerging technologies and the teams that deliver them roll up to me.

Dec 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Jul 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• As product manager I am responsible for the overall direction and delivery of PMsquare's Thrive software, including:
• Creating and maintaining product roadmap
• Identifying new features and enhancements
• Working with development leadership to prioritize tasks for sprints
• Working with marketing to develop marketing materials
• Developing and delivering product demos

Jul 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• As a Senior Solutions Architect with a dual focus on pre-sales and strategic consulting I guide clients through the entire analytics lifecycle, including requirements gathering, POC, system architecture and installation, and project design and delivery.
• Software & services pre-sales technical consulting at all phases of sales cycle - from discovery to delivery
• Software Proof of Concept creation
• Services project design and scoping
• Solution architecture for large scale IBM Cognos Analytics deployments
• Strategic consulting for enterprise analytics, including data warehouse, big data, business intelligence and advanced analytics
• Custom content creation for demos, presentations and conferences

Jun 2015 – Oct 2015 · 4 mos · Greater Madison Area

• Cognos Consultant for fast-growing IBM Premier Analytics Partner, working to develop and expand enterprise BI deployments while providing pre-sales consulting as well as original written content for newsletter.
• Pre-sales demo and Proof-of-Concept
• High level executive dashboard development with Active Reports
• Cognos multi-node installation, configuration and security
• Content creation for PMSquare monthly journal

Oct 2015 – Jul 2016 · 9 mos · Greater Madison Area

• Senior Sales consultant focused on Business Intelligence and analytics. Through my unique background in both BI implementation and theater/creative writing, I quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of client needs while positioning Oracle SaaS and PaaS solutions with targeted, clear and compelling content.
• Rapidly comprehend diverse client needs
• Utilize complex or fragmented data in tailored demo or PoC content
• Develop creative, attention grabbing messaging
• Continuously integrate newest technology, methodology into product positioning
• Work with team to develop and execute unified sales strategy
• Respond to RFIs/RFPs
• Expertise in Oracle BI Cloud Service, Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service,OBIEE, Oracle BI Apps, Oracle Data Visualization, Essbase.

Aug 2011 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Madison, WI

• Comprehensive end-to-end enterprise BI development with IBM Cognos, with a particular focus on strategically leveraging Cognos 10 functionality to create a self-service BI culture. I touch nearly every tool in the Cognos ecosystem, including:
• Metadata modeling in Cognos Framework Manager.
• OLAP modeling in Cognos Transformer.
• Standard Report and Dashboard development in Cognos Report Studio.
• Report by Exception development with Cognos Event Studio.
• Cognos 8.4.1 to Cognos 10.2 upgrade
• GIS analytic integration with Esri Maps for Cognos.

Feb 2011 – Aug 2011 · 6 mos

• IBM Cognos BI, Peoplesoft ERP and Blackboard CMS support

Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 · 4 yrs · East Coast, Midwest, etc.

• Founded nonprofit theater company, had a play staged off broadway, wrote reviews for a major publication in Chicago, and generally had a riotous good time.

Jan 2007 – Aug 2007 · 7 mos

• Assisted with and managed all literary office tasks, including 2007 National Playwright's Conference open submission, selection and production. Dramaturg for 2007 NPF selection Ballad of Emmett Till. Organized Young Playwright's Festival for k-12 students modeled on NPF.
• Drank whiskey on the beach at 3AM with the guy who plays Snuffleupagus.