Dan Taylor

IT Consultant / Business Analyst / Product Owner

Enterprise Applications & Technologies

Skill / Tool Experience Main Activities / Evidence Proficiency
ASP.NET4 yearsClient/server raw-material contracting, receiving and payment application.Beginner
AWSTrainingCompleted basic online training.Beginner
Azure DevOps3 yearsRequirements, development tasks, test cases/results, code repository and coordination with delivery teams. Used the platform but did not administer/set up Azure DevOps or work as a DevOps engineer.Intermediate
Azure Function Apps2 yearsCloud database modernization and enterprise data/application workloads.Beginner
Azure SQL3 yearsCloud database modernization and enterprise data/application workloads.Intermediate
Azure Synapse Analytics1 yearLegacy SQL Server data warehouse migration to Azure. Synapse and Power BI reporting.Beginner
BluJay TMS1 yearTransportation management system implementation/support including data conversion; logistics, finance and procurement context.Beginner
Business Objects / Crystal Reports10 yearsEmbedded reporting for client/server raw-material contracting/receiving/payment application.Advanced
CI/CD1 yearAzure Deployment PipelinesBeginner
Claude AI1 yearAI-assisted software development and requirements refinement.Intermediate
Claude Code1 yearAI-assisted software development and code review.Intermediate
Confluence2 yearsDocumentation, requirements, architecture and knowledge management.Intermediate
Coupa2 yearsRapidly developed working knowledge of Coupa while actively supporting enterprise delivery, applying existing procurement, business-process and systems expertise to understand the platform, integrations and business requirements and become productive quickly. North American and subsequent global procurement rollout; DEV, UAT, integration and production testing; SAP GL integration; HP ALM test-script organization/assignment and defect monitoring; temporary Excel/VBA audit reporting; troubleshooting and post-go-live support.Expert
CSS1 yearCompleted basic online training. Personal website.Beginner
EBX52 yearsLearned EBX5 and the surrounding master-data environment while taking ownership within BNP Paribas, applying existing data, application and integration experience to a complex global HR data ecosystem. Master data management and consolidation/governance of global HR salary and headcount data.Expert
Elementor1 yearWebsite projects as an independent consultant.Intermediate
FileZilla3 yearsUsed for transferring market/industry data for incorporation into Consumer Insights reporting and for ad-hoc data transfers.Intermediate
Fortran2 yearsProgramming experience from university science courses and lab experiments.Beginner
Git3 yearsSource control, code review, branch management and AI-assisted software development.Intermediate
GitHub3 yearsSource control, code review, branch management and AI-assisted software development.Intermediate
Google Drive1 yearPersonal use rather than professionalBeginner
HP ALM4+ yearsTest management for enterprise implementations, including test-script organization/cleanup, upload and assignment, test-cycle structure, progress monitoring and defect tracking.Advanced
HTML5 yearsClient/server raw-material contracting, receiving and payment application. Personal Website.Intermediate
IBM DB25 yearsDatabase for original raw-material contracting/receiving/payment application; development, maintenance and deployment support.Advanced
Informatica Cloud2 yearsData transfer and integration for cloud/data-warehouse solutions.Intermediate
JavaScript4 yearsClient/server raw-material contracting, receiving and payment application.Intermediate
Jira2 yearsTask management, requirements, architecture and knowledge management.Intermediate
JSON2 yearsUsed with OutSystems and Azure APIs.Beginner
Legacy Platforms5+ yearsACCPAC, Sage, Macola, PRMS, Blacksmith, BMC Remedy. Business Analyst application/user support.Intermediate
Microsoft Access20+ yearsBuilt numerous standalone reporting and data applications. At BNP created an Edgahr data-quality database that loads extracted HR data, runs multiple queries/error traps and produces 12 control reports used to identify and correct headcount/data-quality issues and prevent recurrence. Created several other databases for various functions like validating and formatting data for uploading.Expert
Microsoft AI Business Professional (Certified)1 yearDocumentation, productivity automation, presentations and meeting summaries; Microsoft AI Business Professional certification.Intermediate
Microsoft Azure (AZ-900 Certified)3+ yearsContinuously expanded cloud knowledge as enterprise architecture and delivery moved toward Azure, combining formal learning with the ability to apply new technologies within existing business and application environments. Enterprise cloud migration, Azure SQL, architecture discussions, platform modernization and cloud-based application delivery.Advanced
Microsoft Copilot1 yearAI-assisted productivity and enterprise work.Intermediate
Microsoft Office / Office 36520+ yearsEnterprise productivity, collaboration, documentation, presentations, process/data flows and project planning.Expert
Microsoft Project20+ yearsProject planning and coordination.Advanced
Microsoft Teams6 yearsEnterprise collaboration; participated in company pilot and led end-user enablement/training during North American rollout.Advanced
MicroStrategy4 yearsSales data warehouse and consumer-insights reporting.Advanced
MongoDBTrainingCompleted basic online training.Beginner
Node.js1 yearIndependent Consulting. AI assisted coding for Social media app.Beginner
Object-Oriented Programming4 yearsClient/server raw-material contracting, receiving and payment application.Intermediate
OneDrive6 yearsSupported conversion of end-user local storage to OneDrive as part of Microsoft 365 rollouts.Advanced
OutSystems3 yearsWeb/mobile data-capture applications and raw-material scheduling application.Intermediate
PostgreSQL / Supabase1 yearDatabase used for an AI-assisted software development project.Beginner
PostmanTrainingCompleted basic online training.Beginner
Power BI3 yearsReporting for web/mobile and scheduling applications; self-service reporting using enterprise data warehouses.Intermediate
PythonTrainingCompleted basic and advanced online Python training courses.Beginner
React1 yearIndependent Consulting. AI assisted coding for Social media app.Beginner
RPG ILE5 yearsDeveloped and maintained the original raw-material contracting/receiving/payment application; also served as deployment manager.Advanced
Salesforce2 yearsApplied existing enterprise application and business-process experience to quickly understand Salesforce capabilities and their role within the broader solution landscape. Sales activity planning/reporting implementation support, testing, training and user support. Digital Agriculture Grower Crop Records and Activities.Beginner
SAP – Data, Finance, Procurement & HR7 yearsBuilt SAP knowledge through hands-on enterprise implementations and business-process work, quickly learning the relevant modules, processes and integration points required for each initiative rather than working within a single narrow SAP specialization. Participated in enterprise SAP conversion with focus on customer/pricing master-data migration; supported Finance, Procurement, Order Desk, Billing/AR and HR.Intermediate
SAP Ariba2 yearsBusiness Analyst application/user support.Beginner
SAP Concur3 yearsBusiness Analyst application/user support.Intermediate
SAP SuccessFactors2 yearsNorth American HR/HCM implementation support, requirements, end-to-end testing, validation, integrations and data flows. Post-go-live support.Intermediate
ServiceNow7 yearsDeveloped ServiceNow expertise through hands-on use across enterprise service and application-management environments, applying broader platform ownership, process, governance and business/IT experience to become effective across changing ServiceNow use cases. Enterprise experience including Product Ownership and formal SME/SPOC responsibilities. At BNP supports 25 Business Application Managers and 4 Tool Managers across Portugal and Belgium; advises on processes, end-user setup, reporting, procedural/data issues and change/configuration requests. Gathers and translates requirements for ServiceNow/development teams, creates KPI dashboards and presents monthly results to HR management; currently leading business-side onboarding of the Learning & Development team, including requirements coordination and responsibility for testing, training and rollout.Expert
SQL / Microsoft SQL Server20+ yearsPrimary database technology for enterprise applications, reporting data warehouses, data analysis and integration work.Expert
Teradata3 yearsSales data warehouse and reporting.Intermediate
UKG / UltiPro4 yearsQuickly developed the platform and domain knowledge required to work effectively across enterprise HR technology, using strong data, integration, application-management and business-process experience to bridge unfamiliar platform functionality with business requirements. North American payroll/timekeeping implementation for ~10,000 employees; selected UKG SaaS, owned employee-data and GL interfaces to SAP, performed historical payroll/time-off data extraction, cleansing, conversion/loading and multiple trial runs, resolved technical issues, and provided approximately four years of application/user support.Advanced
VBA20+ yearsExcel automation, data validation, consolidation, sorting, reporting and charting to reduce manual effort.Expert
VBScript4 yearsClient/server raw-material contracting, receiving and payment application.Intermediate
Visio20+ yearsProcess flows, data flows, solution diagrams and technical documentation.Expert
Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code6 yearsDevelopment for contracting/receiving/payment applications and web/mobile data-capture and scheduling applications.Intermediate
WordPress1 yearWebsite projects as an independent consultant.Intermediate
Zoom3 yearsMeetings and collaboration with third-party partners.Intermediate

Business Analysis & Product Management

Skill / Tool Experience Main Activities / Evidence Proficiency
Agile / Scrum5+ yearsPrimary delivery methodology in recent roles/projects; requirements, backlog, testing and cross-functional delivery. Daily Standups, Sprint Planning and Reviews.Intermediate
Backlog & Enhancement Management20+ yearsPrioritized requirements, enhancements and delivery work in Product Owner/application-management contexts. Formal Agile environment for 5 years.Advanced
BPMN 2.0 / Business Process ModelingTrainingCompleted BPMN 2.0 Foundation and Practitioner (Levels 1 & 2) training; process modeling and business-process documentation.Intermediate
Business Analysis20+ yearsRequirements elicitation/analysis, process analysis, solution definition, testing, implementation, stakeholder liaison and production support across global enterprise environments.Expert
Business / Technology Translation25+ yearsOperates effectively between business and technology: understands the business problem and process, translates needs into workable technical requirements and delivery priorities, and works across business stakeholders, developers, vendors and support teams to get the solution implemented and adopted.Expert
Implementation / Deployment20+ yearsLed or participated in global software implementations across Agriculture, Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, Safety, Logistics, Sales and enterprise IT. Current BNP responsibilities include business-side ServiceNow onboarding/implementation coordination for additional HR teams.Expert
Process Analysis / Continuous Improvement15+ yearsLed or participated in global software implementations across Agriculture, Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, Safety, Logistics, Sales and enterprise IT. Current BNP responsibilities include business-side ServiceNow onboarding/implementation coordination for additional HR teams.Expert
Product Ownership / Product Owner Functions10+ yearsBacklog prioritization, requirements, stakeholder alignment, feature definition and delivery across enterprise platforms, including Digital Agriculture and current ServiceNow responsibilities.Advanced
Project Management / Delivery Coordination15+ yearsManaged projects from small to large and coordinated delivery across business, technology and third-party teams throughout enterprise lifecycles. Current BNP work includes coordinating ServiceNow onboarding/change delivery and managing tightly sequenced monthly global Edgahr operational milestones and dependencies.Advanced
Quality Assurance / Software Testing20+ yearsUnit, integration and user-acceptance testing; test planning/coordination, test scripts, defect monitoring, data/integration validation and business handoff across enterprise implementations. Current BNP work also includes operational data-quality controls and validation of global HR/headcount data.Advanced
Release / Deployment Planning10+ yearsParticipated in and led deployment/release activities across enterprise implementations; historical deployment-manager experience. Formal Agile environment for 3 years.Advanced
Requirements Management / Elicitation20+ yearsGathered, analyzed, documented and validated business/system requirements across enterprise implementations and enhancements. Currently translates HR business requirements into development-ready ServiceNow change/configuration requests and implementation templates, clarifying requirements with business and technical teams.Expert
Roadmap / Application Planning2 yearsApplication/platform planning, prioritization and evolution across enterprise systems.Intermediate
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)20+ yearsExperience across development, analysis, business analysis and product/application ownership in waterfall and Agile environments.Advanced
UAT / User Acceptance Testing20+ yearsPlanned/coordinated testing, validation and business acceptance across SAP, UKG, Coupa, ServiceNow and other enterprise implementations. At BNP is responsible for managing UAT/testing for new HR Tools ServiceNow onboarding; current Learning & Development implementation is still in progress.Advanced

Application, Platform & Solution Delivery

Skill / Tool Experience Main Activities / Evidence Proficiency
API Integration3+ yearsWorked with APIs in Azure/OutSystems and enterprise integration contexts.Intermediate
Application Management15 yearsSenior enterprise application management including lifecycle ownership, production/RUN operations, global processing cycles, support, enhancement and continuous improvement. At BNP independently manages key month-end Edgahr activities through global data consolidation/distribution and serves as ServiceNow SME/SPOC for HR Tools teams.Expert
Change Management10 yearsBusiness/IT liaison for project and organizational change; ACMP Standard for Change Management and Practical Implementation training/certification.Intermediate
Cloud Migration / Modernization3+ yearsSQL/data/application modernization to Azure services including Azure SQL, Informatica Cloud and Power BI.Advanced
Data Governance15 yearsData standards, validation, completeness, integrity and governance across enterprise data/application environments. At BNP oversees recurring global HR/headcount data-quality activities and created 12 control reports used to identify, correct and help prevent recurring data issues.Expert
Data Integration15+ yearsData movement/consolidation across enterprise platforms, SAP interfaces, Informatica Cloud, APIs and downstream systems. Current BNP responsibilities include monitoring global Edgahr submissions, consolidation and distribution to dozens of dependent enterprise systems.Advanced
Data Migration / Data Conversion15+ yearsLarge-scale customer/pricing master-data migration, payroll historical data conversion, transportation-system conversion and other enterprise implementations.Advanced
Data Quality Management15 yearsEnterprise data-quality management covering validation, completeness, integrity, exception reporting, correction and recurrence prevention. At BNP created 12 Edgahr control reports used to improve global HR/headcount accuracy.Expert
Enterprise Architecture Collaboration5 yearsPartnered with architecture teams on enterprise applications, cloud modernization, integrations and solution decisions.Advanced
Enterprise Platform Ownership / Management7+ yearsPlatform ownership, enhancement prioritization, stakeholder alignment, adoption/onboarding, production issue resolution and business-value delivery. Current BNP scope includes autonomous Edgahr global operational ownership and ServiceNow SME/SPOC support across HR Tools teams in Portugal and Belgium.Advanced
Incident Management20+ yearsMonitored and managed incident processes for supported business areas and enterprise applications.Advanced
KPI Development, Dashboards & Performance Reporting15+ yearsDefined KPIs, built dashboards/reporting and presented operational performance to business and management stakeholders. At BNP created ServiceNow KPIs and dashboards from scratch, analyzes trends/anomalies and presents monthly results to HR Tool Managers and their Director.Advanced
Platform Governance5+ yearsGovernance, standards, data quality, prioritization and platform decision-making in enterprise environments. At BNP identified inconsistent ServiceNow usage across teams and initiated a review aimed at documenting current practices, identifying best practices and creating common guidance.Advanced
Problem Management3+ yearsServiceNow and enterprise application problem-management activities, including procedural/data issue investigation, root-cause tracing and coordination with technical teams. At BNP other application managers routinely rely on Dan to trace downstream tool issues back through Edgahr/source data.Intermediate
Process Automation & Operational Efficiency15+ yearsDesigned practical automation and reporting solutions using SQL, Access, Excel/VBA and enterprise tools to reduce manual effort, improve visibility and strengthen operational control.Expert
Product Architecture5+ yearsProduct Architect experience at McCain, including enterprise web/mobile Digital Agriculture solution and technical/business design trade-offs.Advanced
Production Support20+ yearsApplication/user support, troubleshooting, incident resolution, post-go-live stabilization and continuous improvement.Advanced
Root Cause Analysis / Issue Investigation20+ yearsInvestigated complex application, data, integration and production issues across enterprise environments. At BNP traces downstream HR-tool problems through Edgahr/source data and resolves or coordinates correction of procedural/data causes.Expert
Service Management7+ yearsServiceNow and enterprise application service-management activities including incidents, problems, changes, support, reporting and platform enablement. Formally serves as ServiceNow SME/SPOC for ~25 Business Application Managers and ~4 Tool Managers across Portugal and Belgium.Advanced
Solution Design10+ yearsTranslated business needs into feasible application/data solutions and collaborated with architecture, engineering and development teams. Current BNP work includes converting HR requirements into ServiceNow implementation/change specifications and designing practical data-quality/reporting solutions.Advanced
Systems Integration15+ yearsEnterprise application interfaces, downstream distribution, SAP integrations, APIs, data transfers and cross-platform integration testing. At BNP Edgahr consolidates global HR data and distributes it to dozens of downstream systems including Finance, Risk, Budgeting and Global Reporting.Advanced

Leadership & Enterprise Delivery

Skill / Tool Experience Main Activities / Evidence Proficiency
Cross-Functional Leadership15+ yearsLed/coordinated work across business, technology, vendors and global teams through expertise and influence rather than formal authority. At BNP acts as ServiceNow SME/SPOC across BAMs, Tool Managers, Learning & Development and technical teams, and coordinates complex global operational dependencies.Advanced
Digital Transformation10+ yearsEnterprise modernization across SAP, SaaS, cloud, data, collaboration, web/mobile and business application platforms.Advanced
Functional / Peer Leadership10+ yearsGuides and enables peers through expertise, recommendations, problem solving and working-practice improvement without direct-report or dotted-line authority.Advanced
Global Enterprise Delivery20+ yearsImplemented and supported enterprise solutions across Canada, USA, UK, France, Netherlands, South Africa and global organizations.Expert
Influence Without Authority15+ yearsLeads delivery and improvement through expertise, credibility and stakeholder alignment rather than formal reporting authority; spans business teams, technical teams, peers and external partners.Advanced
Knowledge Transfer / Training / User Enablement20+ yearsCreated documentation and training materials; delivered walkthroughs, Q&A, one-to-one guidance, troubleshooting and user training and enablement across enterprise implementations and platforms.Advanced
Operational Cycle & Dependency Management10+ yearsCoordinates deadline-driven enterprise processing cycles, sequencing, dependencies, exception handling and downstream readiness. At BNP manages critical month-end data consolidation steps through final global report distribution.Advanced
Platform-Agnostic Enterprise Delivery25+ yearsRepeatedly trusted to step into unfamiliar technologies, business domains and delivery environments; rapidly learns the platform and operating context, then takes ownership from problem definition and requirements through solution design, data/integration, testing, implementation, training, adoption and operational support. Career delivery spans hands-on programming, business/systems analysis, product and application ownership, project leadership, vendor coordination and enterprise change across platforms including SAP, Coupa, ServiceNow, UKG, Salesforce, Azure, EBX5 and custom enterprise applications.Expert
Rapid Learning & Independent Delivery25+ yearsCareer experience reflects a broad North American enterprise delivery model in which senior analysts were expected to operate beyond traditional role boundaries — moving as needed between business and systems analysis, programming, data, solution design, project delivery, implementation, training and operational support to get the job done. Frequently learned new technologies while actively delivering, becoming productive quickly and working independently in complex enterprise environments rather than depending on long platform-specific ramp-up periods.Expert
Stakeholder Management20+ yearsWorked across business and technology stakeholders including HR, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Architecture, Engineering and Compliance. Current BNP stakeholders include ~25 Business Application Managers, ~4 Tool Managers, Learning & Development, ServiceNow/development teams and HR management across Portugal, Belgium and France. Global set of end users.Expert
Subject Matter Expertise / Domain Leadership15+ yearsRecognized go-to expert in enterprise application and business domains. Current BNP role formally includes ServiceNow SME/SPOC responsibilities for BAMs, Tool Managers and HR teams.Advanced
Technical Documentation20+ yearsRequirements, process/data flows, architecture and technical design documents, solution documentation, testing artifacts, training materials and knowledge management. BNP performance reviews specifically note methodical process documentation that is used by colleagues as an ongoing working resource.Expert
Vendor / Partner Management5+ yearsCoordinated enterprise delivery with external technology and consulting partners including Infosys, Deloitte, KPMG and Cognizant. Led through influence by clarifying scope, unblocking issues, maintaining delivery alignment and giving partner teams autonomy to execute.Expert