Chase Millard

About Chase Millard

I am your guy if your organization:Needs someone to spearhead your data organization and implement a modern, efficient data stack.Wants to onboard Snowflake as your enterprise data warehouse solution.Wants to migrate their enterprise data warehouse into a Snowflake solution.Needs a leader who understands that work-life balance is vital to employee longevity and performance.14+ Years in Data-related roles7+ years Snowflake Cloud Data Platform5+ years team building and leadershipStrong Data Leader with experience with hands-on or overseeing all aspects of the Data Lifecycle: ELT (Azure Data Factory)DevOpsData ArchitectureData EngineeringData WarehousingData GovernanceDatabase AdministrationData ObservabilityAI Agent and Chatbot EngineeringData AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence and Dashboarding Snowflake Cloud Data Platform ExpertMigration to SnowflakeImplementation of new instancesWarehouse and Resource monitoring and tuningSnowflake IntelligenceSnowflake OpenflowPolaris CatalogIceberg table formatSnowflake Marketplace Data Sharing Platform

Experience

1. Director, Enterprise Data Services

   Thrive Pet Healthcare

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Direct enterprise-wide data strategy and operations, including Cloud Architecture, DevOps, Data Engineering, ETL, Data Warehouse architecture & administration (Snowflake), Data Governance, DB Admin, DR/BC- Own and manage the Snowflake Enterprise Data Warehouse; optimized data engineering pipelines (using Azure Data Factory) significantly reducing daily ETL processing time from 12+ hours to under 4 hours (a >66% improvement)- Architected and implemented an innovative, metadata-driven ETL framework that autonomously manages source schema evolution (new tables/columns) without manual intervention. This self-healing process reduced pipeline maintenance effort by over 80%, freeing engineering resources for strategic, value-added development initiatives- Led the successful strategic migration of the enterprise Data Warehouse and ETL infrastructure from Azure SQL Server to Snowflake, enhancing performance, scalability, and analytical capabilities- Managed the selection, onboarding, and implementation of Snowflake, dbt, Monte Carlo, and Sigma to create a modernized, robust data ecosystem- Achieved substantial cost savings through meticulous Snowflake warehouse tuning and governance, maintaining annual spend at less than 50% of budget for both 2023 and 2024 during the migration period; on track for continued budget adherence in 2025 post-migration- Developed the 2026 Snowflake budget forecast incorporating projected business growth and currently lead contract renewal negotiations to secure more favorable rates and longer-term commitments.

Education

• Axia College

  AA, Accounting

  2007 — 2008

• University of Phoenix

  BS, Business and Accounting

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Office
• Forecasting
• Call Centers
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Excel
• Analysis
• Time Management
• Six Sigma
• Oracle Sql
• Sql
• Perl Automation
• Excel
• Accounting
• Sas Programming
• Databases
• Call Center
• Customer Relations
• Proactive
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Higher Education
• Technical Analysis
• Retail Banking
• Microstrategy
• Microstrategy Reporting
• Postgresql
• Greenplum
• Dashboarding
• Sas Visual Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Strategic Planning
• Customer Satisfaction
• Data
• Sas Base
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Big Data
• Big Data Analytics
• Oracle Database
• Data Mining