Ken Brown
Data Management | Data Quality | Data Operations | Data Product Leader
- Role
- Data (VP) at Vinaudit.Com Inc
- Location
- Santa Clarita, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ken Brown
Data and Operational leader with substantial experience curating, designing and implementing a broad range of enterprise data platform initiatives acting as the bridge between business and engineering teams. Demonstrated leadership abilities with excellent communication, presentation and team oriented skills. Key Accomplishments: Strategic Planning and Execution - Developed and implemented an end-to-end solution for automotive taxes and fees data at a national level to power an online vehicle payments engine. This was accomplished utilizing internal resources saving the company $350k+/year in vendor data costs. Data Integration - Led integration of data platforms, acting as the bridge between business and engineering teams, for companies acquired by TrueCar (Dealerscience and Digital Motors) to unite data sets/pipelines and create a single source of truth for vehicle and incentives data across all properties and products. Operational Efficiency - Oversaw transition of fragmented legacy publishing process into a cloud-based solution that streamlined a 72 step, multi-team publishing process from 12 days down to under 1 hour and handled by a single team. Team Development - Guided and mentored multiple direct reports into larger roles within different teams including Data Science and Salesforce Development. Had a 100% track record for developing and promoting from within our own department when new roles opened. Product Innovation - Led development of Model Overview pages for TrueCar to increase SEO traffic. This entailed working with OEM’s and freelance editorial staff to generate unique content resulting in an average 150% page traffic uplift leading to 20% increase in consumer conversion. Skills: Data Strategy | Data Management | Data Governance | Data Quality | Data Analysis | Problem Solving | Team Management | Collaboration | Strategic Roadmap | MS Office | SQL | JIRA | API Integration
Experience
Data (VP)
Jul 2023 — Present · Kirkland, WA, US
Key Accomplishments- Collaborated with development team to increase OEM data coverage by 45%- Led project to analyze source data in order to improve Canadian vehicle model/trim data normalization- Created raw data mapping and API documentation for multiple projects including a unified Canadian lien data product and a Market Listings API product- Implemented various vehicle data improvements including advanced VIN data filtering and assigning normalized color/feature data- Worked directly with large clients to support their integration with VinAudit data.
Education
California State University-Long Beach - College of Business
Bachelor's
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