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Jeffrey Rathburn

Minneapolis,MN

Summary

Technology Executive offering 20+ years history of leading strategic and tactical business & technologies initiatives. Proven expertise in large-scale transformations and change management to consistently drive business outcomes. Offering strategic thinking, effective communication, team building and a commitment to our company vision while building professional culture rooted in trust and mutual respect.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr.Director, Health Architecture & Data Platform

Best Buy Health
Minneapolis, MN
03.2021 - Current
  • Provided technical leadership and coaching for diverse staff (approx. 80 employees) and fostered a culture of continuous improvement while delivering on business goals/objectives
  • Realized 65% reduction in rates thru strategic vendor sourcing
  • Drove data based decision making avoiding potential recall (J6)
  • Lowered cost to serve on data platform thru cloud strategy
  • Delivered on compliance requests supporting CPA, FCC, HITRUST
  • Evaluated partnerships and/or pilots with Humana, Mayo, and UHG, Microsoft (inclusive of Pilots and joint ventures).
  • Developed a future state architecture to lower our overall technology spend.

Sr Director - Enterprise Architecture

Best Buy
Minneapolis, MN
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • M&A - Responsible diligence on 10+ potential companies resulting in approximately 1B of successful acquisitions.
  • Responsible for proposed technology budget and prioritization of work across senior leaders (300-400M).
  • Served as a critical member of the digital transformation leadership team enabling cloud-based technologies across our digital channels.
  • Set technology direction for business transformation initiatives to drive performance, profit optimization and growth opportunities. (e.g. Customer, Supply Chain, Retail, Services).

Director, International Delivery

Best Buy
Minneapolis , MN
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • Responsible for delivering a stand-alone global platform supporting expansion of stores in Mexico, turkey, China and London.
  • Managed partnerships with SAP, Oracle and Accenture to enable rapid expansion

President

Rathline Consulting
Minneapolis, MN
01.2004 - 01.2010
  • Partnered with clients to lower inventory carrying costs and optimize supply chain by leveraging modern SaaS software.

Sr. Manager

Accenture
Minneaplis, MN
01.1997 - 01.2003
  • Established oracle retail delivery center in Philippines, grew team to 300 employees supporting various clients off-shore. Responsible for development, design, and implementation custom SaaS solutions for Fortune 500 clients.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business And Managerial Economics

Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, MN
09.1993 - 04.1997

Skills

Strategies and goals

Collaborative Leadership

Merger & Acquisitions

Technical Architecture Design

Budgeting

Strong verbal and written communicator

Transformations

Strategic planning

Talent Development

Global Delivery

Technology Trends

Cloud

Agile Practices

Product

Contract Management

Timeline

Sr.Director, Health Architecture & Data Platform

Best Buy Health
03.2021 - Current

Sr Director - Enterprise Architecture

Best Buy
01.2015 - 01.2019

Director, International Delivery

Best Buy
01.2010 - 01.2012

President

Rathline Consulting
01.2004 - 01.2010

Sr. Manager

Accenture
01.1997 - 01.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Business And Managerial Economics

Gustavus Adolphus College
09.1993 - 04.1997
Jeffrey Rathburn