Resume
Partner Solutions Architect · Data & Analytics
Experience
November 2025 – Present
Senior Partner Solutions Architect
Anomalo — Remote
- Technical lead for all ISV and SI partnerships, including enablement, onboarding, service package design, GTM strategy, and opportunity coaching
- Primary technical liaison for strategic partnership pursuits
- Developed prototypes for API-based integrations with Snowflake Intelligence and Databricks Agent Bricks to support product launches and differentiate Anomalo within each partner ecosystem
December 2024 – May 2025
Senior Alliances Solutions Architect
StarTree — Remote
- Acted as technical POC for AWS and Confluent partnerships, creating joint demos, providing enablement via workshops, designing GTM campaigns, and activating partner program benefits
- Partnered with Product and Engineering to scope partner integrations and author solution briefs supporting real-time analytics and Generative AI use cases
- Partnered with Marketing and Sales to drive pipeline through partner field events and executive briefings
July 2023 – November 2024
Technology Partner Manager
Starburst Data — Remote
- Owned ISV ecosystem strategy, managing 75% of strategic software partnerships including AWS, Collibra, dbt, and Tableau
- Drove $1M+ ARR in 2024 (as a team of one) through co-sell plays and joint GTM with ISVs
- Built partner onboarding and enablement framework that cut activation time by 25% and scaled partner delivery
- Collaborated on partner certification-style playbooks and training content for partner and field teams
August 2020 – July 2023
Partner Solutions Architect
Starburst Data — Remote
- Partner-facing SA supporting 20+ ISVs and SIs with integration validation, solution design, and GTM enablement
- Contributed to 20% of ARR in 2022 and 2023 via partner-sourced and influenced pipeline
- Authored integration guides, co-sell playbooks, and enablement materials used by global field and partner teams
March 2018 – June 2020
Partner Solutions Architect
Alation — Remote
- Designed and launched Alation's first partner enablement program, driving 29% of ARR in 2019 through ISV and cloud alliances
- Became the primary subject matter expert on Alation's library of APIs
- Enabled Systems Integrators and cloud partners with joint workshops, case studies, and solution briefs
- Scoped and validated API-based integrations with AWS, Snowflake, and Tableau to align with partner GTM priorities
December 2016 – February 2018
Sales Engineer
Alation — Remote
- Joined during Alation's Series A phase as one of the company's first Sales Engineers
- Led pre-sales engagements — demos, PoCs, solution design — becoming a trusted advisor on complex data governance challenges and driving multiple six-figure wins
- Drove 45% of new ARR in 2017 through technical leadership across the full sales cycle
- Partnered with Product and Engineering to refine early-stage features based on client feedback
June 2016 – December 2016
Sabbatical
Took intentional time away to recharge — exploring national parks, deepening a meditation practice, working on music, and spending meaningful time with family and friends.
January 2014 – May 2016
Big Data Sales Engineer
IBM — Chicago, IL
- Quota-carrying SE, achieving 100% of quota in 2014 and 2015
- Built trusted C-level relationships while scoping data warehousing, Hadoop, and streaming architectures
- Acted as the primary technical contact for clients and partners, ensuring solution adoption
April 2007 – December 2013
Director, Architecture, Modeling & Optimization
IRi (now Circana) — Chicago, IL
- Delivered data and analytics programs for Fortune 500 clients in retail and CPG
- Designed audience segmentation, loyalty analytics, and campaign performance solutions informing major marketing strategies
- Built automation solutions that increased data quality scores to over 95% and reduced delivery time by 25%
June 2003 – February 2007
IT Consultant, Technical Architecture
Accenture — Chicago, IL
- Built enterprise SaaS-enabled data systems for healthcare and CPG organizations
- Architected a multi-tool CPG data extraction solution that reduced processing time by 30%, delivered on time with zero defects
- Identified over $4M in billing discrepancies using SQL and PL/SQL analysis of healthcare claims
- Developed automated tools that improved patient management productivity by 150% and reduced care costs for high-risk populations
Education
B.S. Computer Science, Business Minor
Michigan State University
Skills
Partner Solutions & Enablement
Data Stack
Technical
Commercial
Training
Sales: Command of the Message, MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, IBM Global Sales School, TOPO
Technical: Apache Spark (Level 1), Starburst Fundamentals, Netezza Advanced Concepts & Performance Tuning