Craig Buchanan

Craig Buchanan

Business-Intelligence Architect

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Current
Past
Education
  • University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
  • Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lehigh University
Connections
247 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Craig Buchanan’s Summary

With nearly two decades of practical experience, Mr. Buchanan is a seasoned software-professional who has a proven history of rapidly delivering elegant and high-quality solutions to variety of complex problems. He specializes in business-intelligence with an emphasis in health-care informatics.

Craig Buchanan’s Specialties:

business-intelligence, health-care informatics
Epic Systems' Clarity, Business Objects


Craig Buchanan’s Experience

  • President

    Cogniza

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 1996Present (12 years 10 months)

  • Business-Intelligence Architect

    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

    (Public Company; WFC; Financial Services industry)

    October 2007November 2008 (1 year 2 months)

    I was commissioned to integrate enterprise-class reporting with their project-portfolio management (PPM) system; the solution was based on BusinessObjects’ service-oriented architecture (SOA). The result was a visually-compelling, cross-functional set of analytics that helped increase the PPM system’s visibility and sped its adoption by other Wells Fargo divisions.

  • Consultant

    Ecolab

    (Public Company; ECL; Chemicals industry)

    February 2006September 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  • Consultant

    Allina

    (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    December 2004November 2005 (1 year)

  • Senior Consultant

    HTR

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 1995October 1996 (1 year 5 months)

  • Senior Consultant

    CSC Consulting

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 1993June 1995 (2 years 4 months)

    Developed enterprise-class, client-server applications to Fortune 500-class companies.

  • Consultant

    Information Advantage

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19921992 (less than a year)

  • Consultant

    Financial Strategies Group (FSG)

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

    December 1988July 1991 (2 years 8 months)


Craig Buchanan’s Education

  • University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

    MBA , Management of Information Systems , June 1991June 1992

  • Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

    Program in International Management 19911991

    Participated in a four-month exchange program while attending the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    BBA , Finance , 19851988

  • Lehigh University

    BS , Engineering , 19841985


Additional Information

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Craig Buchanan’s Honors:

Epic Systems: Clarity Inpattient Certification
Crystal Decisions: Crystal Enterprise (v8 - v9) Certification
Crystal Decisions: Crystal Reports (v4.5 - v9) Certification
Crystal Decisions: Seagate Info (v7 - v7.5) Certification


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