Gerald Townsend is a highly experienced IT manager, senior data architect, project manager, and consultant with over 20 years of proven expertise in analyzing, designing, and delivering sound business solutions for mission-critical, high-availability systems. He provides effective project management skills using agile methodologies to deliver projects that meet customer expectations while providing subject matter expertise across technology solutions including data architecture, data acquisition (ETL), data quality, data governance, data conversions, enterprise data warehouses (EDW), business intelligence (BI/OLAP enterprise reporting), software development, software installations, PC, LAN, and WAN administration.

He possesses a strong business acumen with skills including planning, requirements gathering and analysis, project sizing, and budgeting, and is recognized as a team builder, good communicator, and trusted mentor. Gerald has specialized skills in data architecture, business intelligence, data modeling, SQL tuning, database administration, Oracle, MySQL, Erwin, Business Objects, Information Advantage, PL/SQL, Unix shell scripting, and more.

Gerald studied BBA at Texas State University and has worked in various organizations, including Senior Database Administrator at Southwest Airlines, Senior Data Architect at Odyssey Information Services, Senior Data Architect, Team Lead at Travelocity.com, Manager, Solution Architecture at Sabre Holdings, Senior Database Engineer at GetThere, Principal Consultant at Applied Solutions Inc, Senior Consultant at BrightStar, and Information Specialist at EDS.

Overall, Gerald’s background showcases his passion and expertise in IT management, data architecture, project management, and technology solutions, which can be a significant asset to any organization aiming for success.