Jim has worked in many facets of the IT business for nearly 40 years, with a primary focus on data warehousing, enterprise reporting, business intelligence, dashboards, analytics, data modeling (relational, multi-dimensional), ETL frameworks, biml, master data, database performance tuning, and replication. In previous engagements, Jim has fulfilled roles as Data Architect, DBA, IT Director, and Senior Consultant. He also has experience in account management, marketing/technical support, and software application training. Jim has also had some extraordinary opportunities to lead IT organizations, with multinational participants, on reconstruction projects based in Bosnia as part of the Dayton Peace Agreement, and in Iraq with the US Department of State.