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Matthew Adkins

Orange,CA

Summary

Data Management Specialist with 16 years' experience in data supply chains, quality, and master data - liaising between business and IT. Majority efforts focused on maintaining data, setting-up Master data, and establishing data quality and governance. Also deeply involved in 3 separate data migration projects as a business analyst for requirements, data analyst for QA, and systems analyst for technical documentation. Analyzing data for business impact and coordination with multi-national, cross-functional teams for resolution.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Systems Analyst, Data Governance

FluidMaster, Inc.
11.2022 - 04.2024
  • Defined / Implemented new Data Governance Operating Model for global manufacturing, removing complexities of decentralized data management
  • Developed comprehensive documentation to support end-users and facilitate future enhancements (Standard Operating Procedures, Delegation of Authority, and Data Quality Metrics using Industry Standards (DMBOK).
  • Configured FluidMaster's ERP (Oracle JD Edwards), Data Quality metrics, Dictionaries, and Lineage
  • Product Hierarchy development
  • Cross-cultural communication in a global manufacturing context, adapting to cultural nuisances and expectations
  • Assessed business requirements to create focused solutions
  • Facilitated communication between technical and non-technical team members, ensuring project alignment across all parties involved
  • Conducted training sessions to empower users with the knowledge necessary to utilize systems effectively
  • Created User Acceptance Testing tests, coordinating a team of over 25 across 7 time zones

Sr. Master Data Steward

Spectrum Brands
03.2020 - 10.2022
  • Domain knowledge in Manufacturing Data and Global Supply Chain for Plumbing & Locks
  • Setting up new Data Quality Dimensions (Conformity, Completeness & Consistency) for KPIs in Customer Master Data Governance (SAP MDG Implementation)
  • Phase 1 of 5-year Data Quality Initiative
  • Data Processing of New-Product Initiatives (Maintaining 98% data quality of work)
  • Creating project workflows in line with supply chain scenarios
  • Extreme attention to details, data quality standards and established governance rules
  • Training employees: The value of DQ, DG, and the proper use of tools and software: Why Data Quality Matters
  • Documenting product hierarchies for all plumbing and locks (finished goods and components): Reference guide with 400+ images for training
  • Data Processing/Entry in SAP
  • Power BI Dashboard design with team for Data Quality reporting
  • Area of interest to develop.

Data Steward / Data Quality (DQ) and Data Analyst

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019
  • Domain knowledge in Credit and Person Data
  • Defined and imported 27 new DQ rules (for KBEs) into Collibra, in collaboration with business stakeholders
  • Created the KPI-thresholds for those KBEs based on statistical analysis in SQL and R
  • Analysis of Tableau operational reports and Informatica scorecards to improve DQ
  • Collaborating with cross-functional, global teams, to identify, resolve, and prevent DQ erosion
  • Validating volumetrics of post migration data for conformity to: DQ rules, KPI thresholds, and strict compliance to government legal standards (FCRA, Metro2, CCPA).

Data Governance (DG) in Collibra (Metadata Management)

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019
  • Created a formal approval process and standardized conventions for data dictionary definitions
  • Used as a template for other data stewards to follow
  • Defined and imported new data dictionaries (200+ unique terms) (logical and physical dictionaries)
  • Established the permissible-use classification assignments for each data attribute
  • Used for security and compliance.

Business Analyst & Project Management

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019
  • Translating business value into data requirements for developers: (1) operational Tableau reports and DQ Informatica Scorecards, (2) ad-hoc data cleaning
  • Project Management (Team Lead) for DQ enhancements for large data migration project
  • Tracking progress, assigning tasks, reporting to various committees
  • Training new team members and acting as DQ Subject Matter Expert (SME) for my domain, liaison between business and I.T.

Business Systems Consultant

Wells Fargo Bank
10.2017 - 12.2017
  • Systems and Data analysis for new tools, financial security compliance requirements and implementations
  • Create process flows, system schematics and other documentation.

Business Systems Analyst

Cignium Technologies
05.2017 - 08.2017
  • Completed data migration project for $50MM telephony system in Medicare Insurance
  • Elicited, analyzed and simplified business requirements
  • Developed schematic which mapped the entire process of business leads pipeline
  • Analyzed systems' use cases to balance development constraints against expected delivery dates.

Sr. Data and Systems Analyst

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
12.2006 - 01.2017

Information Specialist

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
08.2008 - 07.2012

Data Entry Admin

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
12.2006 - 07.2008

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Sonoma State University

Advanced Mathematical Logic, and German Studies -

University of Tübingen

Skills

  • ERPs (SAP, Oracle JD Edwards)
  • Workfront (Project Mgmt)
  • MS Office
  • Informatica Scorecards & Profiles (Data Quality)
  • Collibra (Data Governance)
  • Confluence (Documentation)
  • Jira, TFS (IT Tickets)
  • SQL Server (Basic Queries)
  • Power BI (area of interest)

Data Steward Skills

  • Master Data Management
  • Data Governance
  • Project Management
  • Data Quality
  • Data Migration Analysis
  • Data Processing

Timeline

Business Systems Analyst, Data Governance

FluidMaster, Inc.
11.2022 - 04.2024

Sr. Master Data Steward

Spectrum Brands
03.2020 - 10.2022

Data Steward / Data Quality (DQ) and Data Analyst

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019

Data Governance (DG) in Collibra (Metadata Management)

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019

Business Analyst & Project Management

CoreLogic
01.2018 - 10.2019

Business Systems Consultant

Wells Fargo Bank
10.2017 - 12.2017

Business Systems Analyst

Cignium Technologies
05.2017 - 08.2017

Information Specialist

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
08.2008 - 07.2012

Sr. Data and Systems Analyst

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
12.2006 - 01.2017

Data Entry Admin

Word & Brown Insurance Administrators Inc.
12.2006 - 07.2008

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Sonoma State University

Advanced Mathematical Logic, and German Studies -

University of Tübingen
Matthew Adkins