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Jordan Cheeks

Jordan Cheeks

Maricopa,AZ

Summary

Proficient crafting, data transformation, and overseeing data-driven solutions, showcasing a diverse range of professional competencies and a demonstrated capacity for delivering impactful, high-caliber outcomes. A decade-plus track record of successful leadership in data and 3 plus years of management experience.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engineering Manager, Data Analytics

General Motors, GM
10.2020 - Current
  • Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
  • Addressed design challenges and evaluated alternative design models to meet project requirements.
  • Coordinated engineering team for projects in commercial and industrial development.
  • Managed design and manufacturing teams to build device level analytics within aggressive cost and time constraints.
  • Designed and managed project digitizing paper processes for GM, enhancing productivity for GM plant users. Introduced ChatGPT Open AI Bot. This effort saved group leaders at GM 90 minutes of productivity each day globally.
  • Managed 10+ projects per year, each with multi-million dollar in annualized benefits at General Motors in the areas of Manufacturing, Workplace Safety, and Sustainability & collaborated with multiple data stewards to achieve success.
  • Managed team of 20+ developers for 3 years at General Motors with excellent people leader rating.
  • Managed resource allocation, capacity planning, incident response, budgeting, and forecasting for General Motors.

Solution Architect

General Motors, GM
03.2019 - 10.2020
  • Presented and developed technology roadmap for data analytics team and consisted of data engineering tools, business intelligence tools, and data science tools
  • Gathered, defined and refined requirements, led project design and oversaw implementation.
  • Designed internal process improvements to automate repetitive tasks, shortening data delivery times.
  • Designed data models for complex analysis needs.
  • Migrated numerous legacy systems to newer technologies, reducing costs and enhancing efficiency of computing tasks.
  • Generated customized architecture specifically optimized for several database technologies.
  • Designed data mesh architecture in order to deliver real time stream analytics to our customers for enhanced visibility

Senior Data Engineer - Team Lead

General Motors, GM
03.2017 - 03.2019
  • Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision.
  • Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with external teams and developers for integrations.
  • Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements
  • Built databases and table structures for web applications.
  • Developed big data pipelines on GM's Enterprise Data Warehouse Hadoop through use of custom python scripts and Apache Spark.
  • Configured and built Apache Hive tables to read from S3, Elasticsearch and Hadoop
  • Developed and trained junior data engineers in Scala and Python to build out fault tolerant system through Spark Streaming, Apache Kafka and Kubernetes for containerization
  • Trained junior developers in Java on Spring Framework to be able to leverage parallelism in pivotal cloud foundry cloud

Senior Data Engineer

General Motors, GM
03.2014 - 01.2017
  • Developed Data Pipelines with use of PL/SQL, SQL, Unix, Python, Rest API's, Java through ETL platforms in IBM DATASTAGE, SSIS, IBM Integration Bus and SEEBEYOND for multi-million dollar projects.
  • Collaborated on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, maintaining data integrity and verifying pipeline stability.
  • Prepared documentation and analytic reports, delivering summarized results, analysis and conclusions to stakeholders.
  • Scripted and developed business logic on RBMS databases Oracle, MYSQL and Sql Server

HP Enterprise Software Consultant

ResultsPositive, HP
01.2012 - 03.2014
  • Designed complete solution architecture tailored to specific end-user needs.
  • Proctored training via in-person and online venues for HP Project & Portfolio Management, HP Application Portfolio management and HP Executive Scorecard
  • Provided knowledge and leadership on technical issues for strategic business solutions and tactical results
  • Generated an ETL process and custom batch jobs for Excel, XML, and flat files using SAP BODS
  • Performed software demonstrations for potential clients, highlighting strengths of HP Business Service Manager, HP SiteScope, HP CMDB, and HP NDM
  • Configured custom KPIs, Metrics, and SQL views to import into executive scorecard contexts

Disney College Program Intern

Walt Disney World
08.2010 - 12.2010
  • Maintain brand standards and integrity in all areas of visual display
  • Developed and maintained relationships with key internal stakeholders.

Robotics Engineer Intern

City of Phoenix
06.2009 - 08.2009
  • Manufactured high quality machined parts in space-age alloys of titanium, as well as steel & aluminum
  • Constructed measurements for robots using AutoCAD to design effective robots

Systems Engineer Intern

Honeywell Aerospace
06.2008 - 08.2008
  • Developed scripts based on requirements and documents management using Doors and TEAMCENTER
  • Modified software written using TCL scripting language
  • Documented code and scripted based on company stanards

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

Grambling State University
Grambling, LA
12.2011

Skills

  • Java, PL/SQL, NoSQL, SQL, C, HTML, JavaScript, SOAP, JDBC, Unix, Python, Scala, Net, C#, Lucene, Regex, Kustos, ABAP, Pandas, Digital Transformation, Data Transformation, Data Mesh, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, Data Management, Innovation, Coaching, People Management, Data Architecture, Leadership, Problem-Solving, Big Data, Data Warehousing
  • Power BI, Tableau, Apache Kafka, Spark, ELK, Spring Boot, DataStage, Pulsar, Cognos, IBM IIB, Databricks, Hadoop, Teradata, Voltage, Azure DevOps, Akka, , Helm, Docker, Azure Synapse, AWS S3, Unity, Jupyter, Nifi, StreamSets, Knime, Dremio, ChatGPT4, Open AI, Cosmos, Mongo, Yugabyte, Neo4J, Reddis, Cassandra, Microsoft Fabric, PCF, API
  • Business Intelligence Tools
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Relational Databases
  • Data and Analytics
  • Trend Data Analysis
  • Executive-Level Presentations
  • Linear Regression

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, Microsoft, 2023
  • ITIL V3 Foundation, PeopleCert, 2014
  • HP Project Portfolio Management, HP, 2013

Affiliations

  • Strong TIES (STEAM) non-profit, Board of Trustee, hosted & ran Hackathon sessions with 200 plus kids, taught multiple kids how to code in Python, Unity, and JavaScript

Accomplishments

  • BEYA: Black Engineer of the Year Award 2017
  • Excellence IT Team Award: Development Lead at General Motors
  • Critical Retention Award at General Motors

Work Availability

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Quote

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney

Timeline

Engineering Manager, Data Analytics

General Motors, GM
10.2020 - Current

Solution Architect

General Motors, GM
03.2019 - 10.2020

Senior Data Engineer - Team Lead

General Motors, GM
03.2017 - 03.2019

Senior Data Engineer

General Motors, GM
03.2014 - 01.2017

HP Enterprise Software Consultant

ResultsPositive, HP
01.2012 - 03.2014

Disney College Program Intern

Walt Disney World
08.2010 - 12.2010

Robotics Engineer Intern

City of Phoenix
06.2009 - 08.2009

Systems Engineer Intern

Honeywell Aerospace
06.2008 - 08.2008

Master of Science - Computer Science

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

Grambling State University

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