Michael Stead

About Michael Stead

I am an enthusiastic individual who enjoys finding, analyzing, and communicating the underlying trends and patterns of a business through their data. I have even taken this to greater lengths in my personal life by analyzing health, exercise, and even beer consumption! In addition to the technical passions I enjoy, I love coaching football and any physical activity to enjoy the outdoors. Being a product of personal investment from others, I am passionate about people development through mentorship and discipleship. I have been complimented in my abilities to learn quickly, creatively problem solve, lead, and interact with clients.Decisive Data:My efforts are focused on: · Developing Go-To-Market Strategies for data preparation, automation, and analysis projects · Align sales, operations, and delivery teams for excellence with process improvement initiatives to reduce time to value for customers. · Managing a dedicated team of 3 and enabling a cross-functional team of consultants to execute on analytic projects · Leading clients in data strategy by identifying and filling gaps in their analytic environment and implementation process using a self-service analytics framework. · Creating and sharing internal best practices for addressing common data challenges of clients · Leading discovery, requirement gathering, and recommended next steps with customers to solve root causes of their technical and analytical roadblocks. · Hands on development in ETL/ELT solutions, building repeatable analytical processes, and prepping data for visualization

Experience

1. Senior Value Engineer - Finops

   Snowflake

   Jun 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   My goal is to show with hard figures the value our customers have generated with Snowflake and ways to continue to use the platform at its peak performance.

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering/Mechatronics

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Matlab
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Minitab
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Tableau
• Power Bi
• Management
• Program Management
• Project Planning
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• 3dcs
• Analytics
• Problem Solving
• Public Speaking
• Eplan
• Technical Writing
• Microsoft Office
• Analytical Skills
• Autocad
• Alteryx
• Databases
• Pro-Engineer
• Leadership
• R
• Negotiation
• Data Analysis
• Event Management
• Analysis