Jared Parker

About Jared Parker

SUMMARY• Extensive background managing complex, customer-focused data initiatives using established and novel agile development methods• Passion for data and ensuring its maximum business impact through KPI definition and adoption, scorecard design and monitoring, focused analytics and data science efforts, and educating and empowering customers to self-serve • Successful history of fostering and maintaining positive, productive relationships with partners and stakeholders while driving cross-group efforts• Experience building, integrating, and leading productive teams • Versatile professional career including roles as technical program manager, product manager, analytics manager, and software engineerEXPERIENCE• 16 years in project and program management (PMP Certified) both agile and waterfall• 16 years driving reporting and data analytics projects providing product vision, feature definition and prioritization, storage and visualization guidance, and data analytics• 13 years employee management and professional development• 8 years collaborating with business owners on defining KPIs, data governance, monitoring business performance against targets, and interpreting metrics (DAA Certified Web Analyst)• 7 years as a software developer designing and building SQL Server-Based Line Of Business (LOB) applicationsTECHNICAL COMPETENCIES• BI Visualization Tools: Looker, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, Power BI, Qlikview, Aceyus, SSRS, Adobe Insight, SAP Business Objects, and Excel with Power Pivot, Analysis ToolPak, and SSAS• Cloud/Big Data Storage and Analytics: S3 and Qubole on AWS, Hive on Apache Hadoop, SCOPE on Microsoft COSMOS • Relational Databases/Warehouses: Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake, Redshift, MySQL, Teradata• Web Clickstream Tagging and Reporting: Omniture SiteCatalyst, Webtrends, Microsoft WEDCS

Experience

1. Director, Program Management

   Expedia Group

   Apr 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manage technical program managers across multiple domains, including Data Lake, Service Data, and Last Mile Analytics and Reporting, ensuring each is appropriately scoped, resourced, and supported.• Ensure simple, efficient and consistent processes are adopted and applied across all domains, providing clarity and increased productivity.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Implemented consistent processes for prioritizing, scheduling, developing, releasing, and supporting new data products across multiple teams that had recently been consolidated into a single organization.• Collaborated on new ML model to better identify how specific service experiences may impact the likelihood of a traveler to repeat purchase.• Led effort to standardize self-service KPI that accounted for both traveler/partner success and agent cost avoidance.

Education

• University at Albany

  Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS

• Western Washington University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

• University of Connecticut

  Master of Arts - MA

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Data Warehouse Architecture
• Requirements Analysis
• Sql
• Data Warehousing
• Analytics
• Databases
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Business Intelligence
• Web Analytics
• Agile Project Management
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Data Modeling
• Software Project Management
• Certified Project Manager