Jake Ackerman
Plano,TX
Summary
Dynamic data management expert with a proven track record at Wells Fargo, enhancing data integrity and governance through innovative quality assurance and process engineering. Excelled in leading teams to surpass 99.5% accuracy in critical projects, showcasing exceptional technical writing and leadership skills. Specialized in Data Quality Engineering and Analytic Process Improvement, driving significant advancements in data strategy.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
SAVP, Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Wells Fargo
Plano, TX
03.2022 - Current
- Perform QA on Data Dictionaries, Use Case Data Dictionaries, Business Glossaries, Desktop Procedures, and Use Case PDE lineage artifacts.
- Provided training and resources aiding professional growth for junior analysts.
- Ensured production environment integrity by applying various data governance measures.
- Executed quality assurance tasks with various automated techniques leveraging VBA and Python.
- Provided feedback on usability and suggest improvements to the domain teams.
- Created a Library of Sophisticated Artifacts that served as a tool for other analysts to reference for processing procedures.
Data Management Consultant
Wells Fargo
Addison, TX
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Enhanced Data Management and Insights through meticulous quality assurance practices on multiple datasets.
- Confirm data quality standards are met after reviewing gaps.
- Applied diverse automation tools to evaluate conformance of metadata and data lineage.
- Contribute to diverse ad hoc activities for department assessment.
- Oversaw creation and maintenance of essential data source dictionaries.
- Identified gaps in existing data structures and developed solutions to address them.
Senior Data Strategy & Engineering Analyst
Bank of America
Addison, TX
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Established governing controls in previously unregulated production pipelines and UAT settings.
- Worked closely with experts to gather SOO/SOR metadata for data dictionaries.
- Developed data quality control inventory to manage and compute 1000+ controls.
- Remediated faulty data protocols.
- Created comprehensive SOP documentation for monitoring data governance processes.
- Developed and refined templates to improve the accuracy of metadata capture.
Domain Analyst
Wells Fargo
Dallas, TX
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Achieved Team Lead status within 8 months of tenure.
- Analyzed upstream and downstream data flows for essential compliance assessment.
- Successfully completed and obtained QA approvals on over 10 data dictionaries with a combined total of over 20,000 elements
- Implemented standardized inspection procedures for pre-submission metadata ahead of formal QA assessment.
- Ensured systems met the necessary detective and preventative quality assurance standards.
Master Data Management Team Lead
McKesson
Las Colinas, TX
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Lead an 8-member team to meet quality control standards.
- Conducted monthly performance reviews with team members to support their professional development.
- Developed solutions for streamlining workflows.
- Authored SOP documents to safeguard data integrity.
- Queried data and performed comparative analysis using SAP/Vistex.
- Upheld strict quality control measures to achieve over 99.5% precision in drug pricing and information setup.
- Ensured adherence to DEA, DSCSA, and pharmaceutical distribution laws through daily federal reports.
Education
B.S. - Criminal Justice
University of North Texas
Denton, TX08-2014
Skills
- Technical writing
- User acceptance testing
- Data Strategy
- Data Process Engineering
- Data Quality Control
- Data Tracking
- Collibra
- Data Gap Remediation
- Business Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Data Quality Engineering
- Data Governance & Integrity
- Tableau
- JIRA
- Salesforce
- Analytic Process Improvement
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
SAVP, Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Wells Fargo
03.2022 - Current
Data Management Consultant
Wells Fargo
08.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Data Strategy & Engineering Analyst
Bank of America
03.2021 - 09.2021
Domain Analyst
Wells Fargo
01.2019 - 01.2021
Master Data Management Team Lead
McKesson
01.2018 - 01.2019
B.S. - Criminal Justice
University of North Texas