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Skye Goodrich

Santa Fe,NM

Summary

Proven leader in data engineering, adept at driving significant data conversion and migration projects with Thomson Reuters Elite. Expert in SQL, ETL tools, and data analysis, complemented by strong leadership and team development skills. Achieved seamless data transformations, ensuring project delivery on time and within budget, leveraging advanced technical knowledge and strategic partnerships.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Data Engineering Manager

Accenture Federal Services
05.2024 - Current
  • Lead Data Conversion teams across domains
  • Oversee Data Conversion Processes
  • Advanced Knowledge of SQL database
  • Provide Advance Knowledge of ETL Tools and process creation
  • Supports Data Analysis techniques to assess data structures, data mapping, and data transformation
  • Supports Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading processes

Principal Data Conversion Analyst

Elite Technology
01.2024 - 05.2024
  • Work with clients to extract and transform data from legacy systems.
  • Validate, load and balance data with MS-SQL Server, T-SQL, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and proprietary tools.
  • Work with the clients and team members to resolve technical issues.
  • Manage multiple data conversions simultaneously and prioritize effectively to ensure go-lives occur on time, to expectation.
  • Provide accurate progress and issue identification to the Project Manager.
  • Provide guidance on industry best practices related to data transformation.
  • Manipulate test and live data in databases using best practices for maintaining data integrity.
  • Demonstrate the ability to leads meetings with clients to share progress, resolve issues, and discuss conversion results.
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time and budget using frequent and clear communications to all internal parties as well as customer stakeholders.
  • Maintain the centralized conversion code base.

Principal Data Migration Standards Manager

Thomson Reuters Elite
12.2022 - 01.2024
  • Served as a key member of the Service Delivery Excellence (SDX) Team, an exclusive team of experts tasked with setting best practices and improving processes
  • Worked directly with Customers, Project Management, Application Consulting, Commercial Assurance (Contracts), Product, Sales, Data Conversion, and Technical Consulting to answer questions and provide updated guidance on project plan tasks, contracts, scope, and best practices procedures
  • Established the Data Extract Overview, to review data extract formats vs front-end application for new projects
  • Lead several weekly internal meetings with delivery teams to learn current issues, and provide feedback on strategic direction
  • Supported client meetings as company SME
  • Resolved requests entered into the SDX Ticketing system
  • Ensured that all written documentation including guides, knowledge base, written procedures, training decks, etc., are developed, stored, linked, and updated
  • Ensured appropriate training is in place to support best business practices

Project Manager

Source Consulting Group
06.2022 - 12.2022

Provide Project Management and Consulting assistance to Law Firms and other clients of Source Consulting Group.

Consulting Director

Helm360
09.2019 - 06.2022
  • Led the Americas Consulting Services Team (over 30 employees) to deliver quality IT Solutions to the Legal Industry
  • Created a new Americas team by hiring and developing an Application Consulting Team, a Project Management team, and Data Engineering team to deliver services, reporting to me
  • Supported on-prem and cloud web-based legal billing applications and supporting software
  • Ensured project and personnel billable revenue and profitability
  • Worked to develop each individual team member's technical skills, communication and leadership abilities
  • Assisted the Sales team in quoting, statement of work, pre-sales and presentations, help close sales, and improve customer experience
  • Led, staffed and developed 35 team members
  • Expanded the Data Engineering team to include Data Extraction work
  • Forged relationships with new and existing partners to extend service offerings
  • Created project plans, deliverables, and timelines to meet customer needs
  • Worked to extend our resource pool

Conversion Manager, North America

Thomson Reuters Elite
12.2014 - 09.2019
  • Oversaw team of 14 Conversion Analysts (each with 3-4 projects)
  • Responsible for successful conversions on NA implementations for Global Web-based Legal Billing Applications
  • Helped design and setup the ECE conversion tool, used by all conversion analysts to perform 3E conversions
  • Served as escalation point for Conversion-related activity
  • Hired and developed Conversion Staff
  • Ensured that Conversion code and tools have the latest code
  • Maintained Conversion documentation and procedures
  • Coordinated with Sales on new contracts
  • Coordinated with other teams to ensure smooth inter-connectivity
  • Presented presentations and trainings to four world-wide legal conferences


My team was responsible for the converting entire firms’ legacy legal applications via MS-SQL and ETL tools, involving all ERP aspects such as Master Tables, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Account Payable, General Ledger, Trust, Conflicts, Collections, Records, Imaging, from and older Source Legacy ERP system to a newly installed ERP application.

Conversion Team Leader

Thomson Reuters Elite
10.2013 - 12.2014
  • Managed US and Global Data Conversion projects for large law firms in US and abroad
  • Worked remote and onsite with several large and medium law firms
  • Directed offshore programming resources in Argentina and India
  • Converted entire firms’ legacy legal data base(s) to MS SQL, including general ledger
  • Balanced firms’ Work in Process (WIP), AR, AP, Trust, and GL
  • Reported and presented comprehensive data conversion results
  • Extensive experience writing MS T-SQL and managing SQL databases
  • Experienced using Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Senior Data Conversion Analyst

Thomson Reuters Elite
07.2007 - 09.2013
  • Worked remote and onsite with several large and medium law firms (global and regional)
  • Worked with offshore programming resources in Argentina and India
  • Converted several entire firm's ERP systems with MS SQL
  • Balanced firms’ Work in Process (WIP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Trust, Conflicts, and General Ledger (GL)
  • Reported and presented comprehensive data conversion results
  • Tracked project issues and resolution
  • Managed database instances and tables and wrote T-SQL, in Microsoft SQL 2005, 2008 Server

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computing And Informational Sciences

Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
05.1988

Skills

  • Data Transformations, Data Mapping, Data Validations
  • SSMS, SQL Server, T-SQL, C, VisualBasic, Objective C, Forth, Pascal, Rexx
  • Linux, Windows, Remote Desktop
  • MVS/JES3, ISAM/VSAM, Intercomm (like CICS)
  • Classes in Java, Python, Azure Data Factory/Bricks/Lake, Leadership
  • People Leadership and Management

Hobbies

  • Astrophotography
  • Electric Guitar
  • PC Building and Gaming

Timeline

Data Engineering Manager

Accenture Federal Services
05.2024 - Current

Principal Data Conversion Analyst

Elite Technology
01.2024 - 05.2024

Principal Data Migration Standards Manager

Thomson Reuters Elite
12.2022 - 01.2024

Project Manager

Source Consulting Group
06.2022 - 12.2022

Consulting Director

Helm360
09.2019 - 06.2022

Conversion Manager, North America

Thomson Reuters Elite
12.2014 - 09.2019

Conversion Team Leader

Thomson Reuters Elite
10.2013 - 12.2014

Senior Data Conversion Analyst

Thomson Reuters Elite
07.2007 - 09.2013

Bachelor of Science - Computing And Informational Sciences

Oklahoma State University
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