Rob Prater

About Rob Prater

Experienced management consultant with a strong background in program/project management, product management, data & analytics, and system integration across industries, including Food & Beverage (QSR), Automotive, Financial Services, and Healthcare. Proven ability to deliver enterprise-wide digital transformation, modernize business intelligence solutions, and enhance operational efficiencies. Adept at leading high performing teams, scaling data-driven insights, and aligning technology strategies with business goals.

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   SEI

   Aug 2010 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Food & Beverage (QSR)| Product Management – BI Transformation- Led a BI Transformation initiative to modernize and standardize the BI stack across multiple QSR brands; reimagined decades of legacy reporting inefficiencies to create a curated product establishing Brand Standards for Guest Experience, Pricing, Sales, and Competitive IntelligenceFood & Beverage (QSR)| Program Management – Data & Analytics- Managed a Data & Analytics portfolio of 5 agile pods with product managers, product owners, data engineers, and data scientists on a Snowflake cloud migration to enable cross-brand reporting and insights; including executive-level governance (Steering Committees, Leadership Readouts, and ART Syncs) that drove strategic priorities and decision-makingAutomotive | Product Management – Master Data Management (MDM)- Coordinated a Master Data Management (MDM) initiative to create a 360° omni-channel customer hub for a wholesale vehicle remarketing business; responsible for agile roadmap, product requirements documents, backlog prioritization, and capacity planning to deliver MDM features for adoption and business impactRetail | Program Management – Security & Endpoint Operations- Led a global Endpoint Security Operations transformation, supporting 60K+ endpoints across retail and distribution sites to standardize security technology stacks, to establish a real-time security command center ensuring compliance with corporate governance and regulatory requirementsFinancial Services | Project Management – Data Governance- Guided the implementation of an enterprise-wide Data Governance strategy for a top U.S. bank’s mortgage division to govern data provisioning, lineage, metadata, and data quality controls to enable accurate reporting on mortgage forgiveness, modifications, and defaults

Education

• Florida State University - Herbert Wertheim College of Business

  B.S., MMIS

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Healthcare
• Business Intelligence
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sharepoint
• Visio
• Strategy
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Requirements Gathering
• Data Warehousing
• Project Management
• Software Project Management
• Strategic IT Management
• IT Strategy
• Etl
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Change Management
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Business Process
• Process Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Business Analysis
• Leadership
• Experienced Business Analyst
• Integration
• Consulting
• Systems Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Program Management