Brendan Speer

About Brendan Speer

I\'m a senior data and analytics consultant with 20+ years of experience helping organizations turn complex data challenges into scalable, high-impact platforms. My work spans data architecture, cloud migration, enterprise planning, and end-to-end solution delivery — with deep expertise across the pharmaceutical, financial services, media, and consumer goods industries.At Slalom, I led and delivered engagements for clients including Takeda, Astellas, Jim Beam (Beam Suntory), Spectrum Cable, and others — ranging from 100s-of-terabytes data migrations to Anaplan commercial planning implementations. As a Senior Principal, I contributed to business development, managed delivery teams of up to 5 senior consultants, and consistently met $2.5M+ influenced sales targets.More recently at Egon Zehnder, I\'ve owned the enterprise data platform strategy end-to-end — standing up a greenfield data platform on Azure Data Factory and SQL Managed Instance covering 1.7M+ people and 200K+ companies, leading migration of 1,700 resources to Avature ATS, and designing Databricks-based ELT pipelines from scratch.I\'m most energized by consulting work: translating ambiguous business problems into clear architectural decisions, partnering with clients to build durable data capabilities, and delivering solutions that actually get used.

Experience

1. Enterprise Data Architect

   Egon Zehnder

   Sep 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Architected and built a greenfield Enterprise Data Platform on Azure Data Factory and SQL Managed Instance, integrating a single source spanning 3 domains, dozens of data files, 1.7M+ people, and 200K+ companies.• Led migration of 1,700 resources from a legacy fat-client execution platform to Avature ATS, supporting a global firm of across 600+ consultants.• Supervised the design of a Databricks-based ELT/ETL pipeline connecting the ATS system to the enterprise data lake.• Developed AI-driven solutions for data quality, classification, and enrichment tasks.• Evaluated and onboarded third-party data providers to expand platform coverage.• Designed and developed custom applications for master data management and third-party data interfacing.

Skills

• Windows
• Vmware
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Integration
• Operating Systems
• IT Outsourcing
• Etl
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Analysis
• Solution Architecture
• Hyper-V
• Disaster Recovery
• Servers
• Business Intelligence
• IT Strategy
• Project Management
• Network Administration
• Data Center
• Consulting
• Databases
• Cisco Technologies
• Iis
• Virtualization
• Server Administration
• Process Management
• Sql
• Active Directory
• Windows Server