Ginger Victor
Windsor
Summary
Accomplished Data Strategy and Solutions Professional, with expertise in realizing enterprise-wide data and analytics maturity growth, through technology and people enablement, end state strategy focus using defined roadmaps, with an emphasis on customer experience. Extensive proficiency in all aspects of end-to end implementation lifecycle, from project inception through stabilization, successfully delivered in conjunction with strong Business and IT collaboration. Experienced people manager, operates with a strong bias for action, utilizes both analytical skills and effective partnerships to motivate change at all levels of the organization.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Director Data Strategy and Analytics, Office of the CTO
EVERBRIDGE
01.2021 - Current
- Reporting to the Chief Transformation Officer, responsible to build a world-class data organization, evangelize a data focused culture through Data Strategy development and socialization, technology roadmaps, and establishing an active Data and Analytics community
- Conducted a current state assessment including data maturity, organizational competencies gaps, identification of key Stakeholders and Power Users, inventory of key opportunities, and a technology reference architecture
- Developed and socializing the first company Data Strategy, actively gaining alignment on current to future state roadmap, key investment requirements, proposed team structures, and cross-functional agreement on top priorities
- Developed an M&A framework and checklist related to Data and Analytics including guidance on data integration, questionnaire for acquisition company to identify data sharing risks, technology overlap, and working with existing analytics teams on alignment of strategy and delivery roadmaps
- Establishing a data focused community including awareness events on data visualization, showcase of existing analytics solutions across the organization, created a SLACK channel to enable active collaboration and sharing of Industry knowledge and best practices, and forming a Data Advisory Board to align Executive level data owners to drive governance and cross functional prioritization
Director Strategic Transformation Services, Enterprise Data and Analytics
VMWARE
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Reporting to the Chief Data Officer, leading a global team of Architects, responsible for executing data transformation initiatives to realize VMware’s first Enterprise Data and Analytics Strategy
- Define VMware’s first Enterprise Data and Analytics Strategy, in close collaboration with the Reporting and Analytics, AI/ML, and Data Management/Governance teams, receiving buy in from C-Level staff through socialization, industry education and priority alignment, leading to sponsorship for strategic data investments
- Led Design Thinking workshops to align across teams on the next generation Data and Analytics Roadmap and go forward DataOps model to define a scalable data ecosystem and operating model focused on persona experience, resulting in simplified, agile, yet governed operating model, and capability driven Architecture Roadmap
- Establish a Data Advisory Services Board, made up of data domain SMEs, in partnership with IT and Business Architects, to assess and provide strategic recommendations on top company initiatives, using various frameworks such as Risk and Impact Analysis, Capability Assessments, Asset Inventory Discovery, and Value Chain Definition, aligning decision making to the Enterprise Data Strategy and Architecture Roadmap
- Owned the data strategy and led various teams through large scale efforts across top priority company projects including M&A Integrations and the Modern Data and Analytics Ecosystem Roadmap implementation, working directly with Executive sponsors for key decisions and closely collaborating across all business functions to define and validate key data and analytics capabilities
Senior Manager Sales BI Delivery, Innovation Information Center
VMWARE
01.2016 - 12.2018
- Responsible for driving the overall Business Intelligence strategies and analytics road map for the Sales Organization, empowering the enterprise to make more effective and confident decisions based on information insights
- Led the strategy and execution of the BI transformation at VMware to enable the next generation BI Enterprise platform using SAP/HANA and Tableau, comprising of near real-time data warehouse, enhanced data visualization capabilities, standardized metrics and dashboards, and advanced business self-service abilities
- Drive analytics community enablement and adoption through Business Readiness assessment and tracking, general and persona-based trainings, white glove onboarding, and organize and facilitate events to drive excitement for new capabilities including Data Visualization Day, Industry Innovation Using Data, and various Town Halls
- Manage a worldwide Business Intelligence delivery team (+30), focused on creating solutions, innovating new reporting capabilities, and uncovering business insights across Sales (Renewals, Professional Services, Education, Go to Market Strategy teams) positively impacting effective business operations and ultimately providing an enhanced competitive advantage
Manager BI Competency Community, Enterprise Information Management
VMWARE
01.2014 - 12.2016
- Execute on key strategic priorities operating as the BI Center of Excellence, responsible to deliver comprehensive information and analytic capabilities to make Business Intelligence pervasive and relevant throughout the organization, driving an analytics paradigm shift from tactical to strategic
- Lead Tableau Enterprise implementation with a specific focus on business enablement, areas of delivery include the definition of environments, access policies, on-boarding, training, and communication activities, ultimately increasing self-serve capabilities within a governed framework
- Evaluate Industry best practices and tools to drive increased analytical efficiencies, including data preparation, data cleansing, data blending, report cataloging, and data exploration
- Increase Executive level adoption through proof-of-concept exercises, delivering accelerated reporting solutions that answer real business questions, examples include new insights to customer engagement opportunities and product purchase analysis
- Develop guidelines, training, and policies to support self-service reporting within the organization, providing awareness on information availability, consultation on proper tool usage, and directing users to the right solution based on intended use
Manager Business Analytics, Field Automation and Services
VMWARE
01.2012 - 12.2013
- Manage a global team of Business Analysts focused on the delivery of company-wide reporting solutions, user enablement and adoption, and internal process efficiencies
- Partner with IT and Business Stakeholders to define the BI portfolio, utilizing a prioritization framework to determine scope, benefits, priority, and complexity, enabling a fair and consistent project selection process
- Manage the plan and execution of BI projects in alignment with organizational initiatives and system implementations, activities include project plan definition, resource management, stakeholder communication, status tracking, risk identification, escalation management, and end user readiness
- Define and oversee internal initiatives with emphasis on Stakeholder engagement and efficiencies, including the facilitation of BI forums to enable proactive strategic planning, communication and awareness, report usage analysis to identify adoption and report consolidation opportunities, and the delivery of role based training modules to provide increased awareness and skill development to all levels of the organization
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Field Automation and Services
VMWARE
01.2010 - 12.2012
- Implemented reporting solutions, defined measurement metric frameworks, and drove user adoption activities to eliminate manual efforts to compile data and reports, standardize metric definitions, and enable efficient use of reporting for the Sales Operations and Technical Services Organizations
- Develop reporting roadmap to transition legacy applications to an Enterprise Data Warehouse, driven by report usage, business priority, common data sets, and IT resource requirements, leading to increased efficiency, data consistency and reliability
- Manage and deliver Success Metrics for a top priority, company-wide project which consisted of the collaboration with multiple business functions to define a core set of metrics for quantifiable evaluation of success, and provide the ability to monitor key stabilization indicators, enabling identification of failure points, analysis of resource utilization, and improvements to operational efficiencies
- Partner with IT to complete Functional Requirements Document (FRD) and Logical Data Model, validating report requirements and database design principles are represented in solution
- Build dashboards and reports, defined through Business Requirement Document (BRD) and interactive working sessions with key stakeholders, ensuring high value reports are delivered to the business
- Drive user adoption through BI forums, interactive training sessions, recorded functionality walkthroughs, and report metadata documentation
IT Architect, Training and Service Delivery
WESTWOOD COLLEGE
01.2009 - 12.2010
- Deployed reporting, training, and service delivery strategies for Westwood College, in order to streamline and increase use of repeatable metrics and system processes throughout the company
Business Solution Architect, BI and Reporting
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
01.2006 - 12.2009
- Implemented OBIEE application as the foundation for Sun’s future Enterprise Data Warehouse solution in conjunction with Oracle ERP implementation, which was established to consolidate and eliminate disparate transaction applications and data warehouses throughout the company
Education
MS - Database Technologies
Regis University Graduate Program
BS - Computer Science
Regis University
Skills
- Data Architecture and Strategy
- BI and Reporting
- Technology Assessment and Optimization
- Business/IT Partnership and Planning
- Vendor Management
- Adoption and Change Management
- Project Management and Execution
- SAP (HANA/BOBJ)
- Tableau
- Collibra
- Troux Enterprise Architecture Software
- Snowflake
- Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)
- SalesForce
- Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS)
- Microsoft Access
- SharePoint
- Microsoft Office
Accomplishments
- Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
Professional And Technical Expertise
Data Architecture and Strategy, BI and Reporting, Technology Assessment and Optimization, Business/IT Partnership and Planning, Vendor Management, Adoption and Change Management, Project Management and Execution, SAP (HANA/BOBJ), Tableau, Collibra, Troux Enterprise Architecture Software, Snowflake, Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), SalesForce, Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS), Microsoft Access, SharePoint, Microsoft Office
Industry Endeavors
- Tableau, Invited to present at the 2015 Tableau Conference on tour in Melbourne, Australia to share VMware's journey of Empowering Self Service while moving to a Managed Enterprise Environment.
- Tableau, Featured on Tableau Customer Website as key partner for Tableau Drive.
- Tableau, Conducted World-wide webinar A New Era of User-Driven Business Intelligence at VMware.
- TDWI, Submission contributor which won VMware the 2015 Global Business Intelligence and Analytics award from TDWI for thought leadership in Enterprise BI strategy and implementation.
Timeline
Director Data Strategy and Analytics, Office of the CTO
EVERBRIDGE
01.2021 - Current
Director Strategic Transformation Services, Enterprise Data and Analytics
VMWARE
01.2018 - 12.2020
Senior Manager Sales BI Delivery, Innovation Information Center
VMWARE
01.2016 - 12.2018
Manager BI Competency Community, Enterprise Information Management
VMWARE
01.2014 - 12.2016
Manager Business Analytics, Field Automation and Services
VMWARE
01.2012 - 12.2013
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Field Automation and Services
VMWARE
01.2010 - 12.2012
IT Architect, Training and Service Delivery
WESTWOOD COLLEGE
01.2009 - 12.2010
Business Solution Architect, BI and Reporting
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
01.2006 - 12.2009
BS - Computer Science
Regis University
MS - Database Technologies
Regis University Graduate Program
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