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John Larson

John Larson

Ann Arbor,MI

Summary

Experienced Director of Data Services with 10 years of IT leadership experience including oversight with infrastructure, data management, and daily operations. Analytically driven to provide maximum potential out of data driven products and services. Enthusiastic about improving junior staff members to improve business outcomes. Advocate for leading digital transformations to enable cost-effective business systems.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Technology

Gainwell Technologies
04.2021 - Current
  • Lead teams on data center migration project migrating over 600 TB of data. Migration of data center to reduce costs by over $5 million dollars in annual savings.
  • Saved company over $600,000 in annual renewal costs for vendor maintenance contracts.
  • Reduction of incidents by 21% and outages by 10%
  • Performed regular audits and tests of infrastructure to comply with HIPAA, HITRUST, and CMS audits.

Senior Database Manager

HMS
12.2018 - 08.2019
  • Migrated database infrastructure merger and acquisition that added additional $50 million in revenue.
  • Deployed new monitoring tools for SQL Server which reduced operational impacts by 61% and reduced revenue loss by 30%.
  • Created database score cards to indicate key performance metrics on how well databases were developed and what key problems to focus on for database developers.
  • Implemented year in review KPIs to help report for health of infrastructure.

Database Manager

HMS
06.2016 - 12.2018
  • Assisted Finance department in data analysis of multiple years of historical data for financial audit. This lead to Galen D Powers award.
  • Improved client data load process by 400% enabling business partners to see additional revenue by getting data to their users faster.
  • Developed mentoring and training materials, fostering new best practices for database usage and operational excellence.
  • Implemented new operational reporting for SQL Server monitoring and performance metrics.

Senior Database Administrator

HMS
12.2012 - 06.2016
  • Created custom monitoring tool suite for SQL Server using PowerShell and SQL Server Reporting Services. Metrics included year over year storage growth and capacity planning models. E
  • Developed and deployed policies and procedures for SQL Server backups, security, and data usage.
  • Administer and maintain production MSSQL clusters and other noncritical MSSQL Servers.
  • Develop training courses and train users on key software and on procedures for using MSSQL.
  • Develop and deploy monitoring solutions for MSSQL performance and troubleshooting using PowerShell.

Database Administrator

Ameristar Casino
03.2006 - 12.2012
  • Administer and maintain 24/7 production MSSQL clusters that ran casino floors as well as other noncritical MSSQL servers.
  • Maintain and execute disaster recovery for production server downtimes.
  • Develop and implement SSIS solutions for third party data mart vendors and other ETL needs.

Database Administrator

Schweser Study Program
07.2003 - 07.2005
  • Created and maintained inventory management system built with Visual Basic and SQL Server 2000.
  • Worked with staff to implement new features into inventory management system that replaced MS Access database.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Management Information Systems

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

Skills

  • Technological Alignment
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Change Management Process
  • Data Center Migrations
  • Database Administration
  • Database Architecture, Design, Development
  • Data Tuning
  • Data Management
  • Business Unit Collaboration
  • Strategy Implementation
  • Operational Improvements
  • Digital Transformations

Accomplishments

Awarded the highest company award in 2017 at HMS which recognizes the winner as someone who displays all the company values, customer focus, integrity, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and operational excellence.


Completed two years of leadership development training. Learned about how to maximize strategic thinking, guiding team members on improving emotional intelligence, and how P&L impacts the team.

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Timeline

Director of Technology

Gainwell Technologies
04.2021 - Current

Senior Database Manager

HMS
12.2018 - 08.2019

Database Manager

HMS
06.2016 - 12.2018

Senior Database Administrator

HMS
12.2012 - 06.2016

Database Administrator

Ameristar Casino
03.2006 - 12.2012

Database Administrator

Schweser Study Program
07.2003 - 07.2005

Some College (No Degree) - Management Information Systems

Minnesota State University - Mankato

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