TDWI Boston Chapter

Chapter Officer

Supports Boston-based TDWI user group that enables peer-to-peer networking and exposure to emerging trends, best practices and case studies.

Athena IT Solutions

Managing Partner

Athena IT Solutions is a Boston-based consulting firm that provides business intelligence, data integration and data warehousing consulting, training and vendor services. Our customers are in a variety of industry groups and are organizations of all sizes from SMB (small to medium size) to large enterprises.
- BI, DW and data architecture - consulting & advisory services
- BI, data integration & DW - design, development & implementation services
- Offer customized, onsite training
- Vendor services: Marketing services such as writing white papers and thought leader in seminars, webinars and podcasts
- Vendor Services: Conduct engineering or product marketing reviews of vendor's BI, data integration or DW-related products.

Have a unique perspective of being able to help both large corporations and small companies build cost-effective BI/DW solutions. Work with firms ranging from $10M to $100B.

Help enterprises establish data governance programs, BI COE, Integration Competency Centers (ICC). Renovate or replace data shadow systems or spreadmarts.

Industries: financial services, insurance, technology, life sciences, health care, social media, retail, consumer products, industrial products, others

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting

Director

- Managed the BI & DW & BI consulting practice for New England with several dozen consultants. Brought in industry-specific practice’s consultants as appropriate. The practice was involved in many customer engagements simultaneously.
- Managed profit and loss (P&L) for my practice. Compensated based on performance metrics: profitability, revenue, and utilization. Bonus metrics: personal billings & thought leadership (speaking appearances & published writing.)
- Worked as senior architect and/or project advisor on projects with key clients while managing the overall group.
- Mentored many in consulting practice and customers’ staff while working on engagements.
Our clients were Fortune 1000 companies in financial services, technology, retail, consumer products goods, insurance, industrial products and utilities industries located in New England.

Northeastern University

Adjunct Professor

I teach courses in BI, DW and data integration for a master's program in Northeastern University, Graduate College of Engineering. These courses range from fundamentals to more advanced topics.
Courses are a combination of lecture, case studies and workshops using databases, data integration, BI, data discovery and data visualization tools from a variety of vendors. This augments my consulting experience and keeps me hands-on with emerging technologies and products my customers might not be currently using.

Minerva Solutions, Inc.

President

Performed architectural and design consulting in data warehousing, data integration and business intelligence for companies in financial services, life sciences (biotech, pharma, and medical devices), health care providers, insurance, media, technology, agricultural products, industrial, retail, and consumer product goods.
Typically role was lead architect or project manager. Often serviced as my customer's advocate while jointly working with large systems integrators or consulting firms.

Business Intelligence Guidebook: From Data Integration to Analytics

Morgan Kaufmann/Reed Elsevier

Between the high-level concepts of business intelligence and the nitty-gritty instructions for using vendors’ tools lies the essential, yet poorly-understood layer of architecture, design and process. Without this knowledge, Big Data is belittled – projects flounder, are late and go over budget. Business Intelligence Guidebook: From Data Integration to Analytics shines a bright light on an often neglected topic, arming you with the knowledge you need to design rock-solid business intelligence and data integration processes. Practicing consultant and adjunct BI professor Rick Sherman takes the guesswork out of creating systems that are cost-effective, reusable and essential for transforming raw data into valuable information for business decision-makers. "… I recommend this book for every professional's desk." Bill Inmon, President and Chief Technology Officer, Forest Rim™ Technology LLC. Best known as “The Father of Data Warehousing" “… educating the market on best practices is so important, and why Forrester encourages reading and studying books that arm people with the knowledge they need to tackle the myriad challenges of implementing BI projects. This book, particularly, confirms Forrester’s position that data is a vital tool and a corporate asset that should have direct impact on enterprise top and bottom lines, as well as balance sheets.” Boris Evelson, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc. “I highly recommend this book to anyone just starting out in BI, who has a legacy environment that needs renovating, or just wants to understand the entire implementation picture from start to finish...” Claudia Imhoff, President of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. and Founder of The Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust “… a useful primer for those new to Business Intelligence as well as a great reference for more seasoned pros.” Howard Dresner, Chief Research Officer of Dresner Advisory Services, LLC

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP

Boulder Business Intelligence Brain Trust

Member

TDWI Boston Chapter

Officer, Chapter VP