Business-Intelligence Architect
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Current
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- President at Cogniza
- Past
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- Business-Intelligence Architect at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
- Consultant at Ecolab
- Consultant at Allina
- Senior Consultant at HTR
- Senior Consultant at CSC Consulting
- Consultant at Information Advantage
- Consultant at Financial Strategies Group (FSG)
- Education
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- University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
- Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Lehigh University
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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
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President
Cogniza
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1996 — Present (13 years 2 months)
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Business-Intelligence Architect
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
(Public Company; WFC; Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — November 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.
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Consultant
Ecolab
(Public Company; ECL; Chemicals industry)
February 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 8 months)
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Consultant
Allina
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
December 2004 — November 2005 (1 year )
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Senior Consultant
HTR
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1995 — October 1996 (1 year 5 months)
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Senior Consultant
CSC Consulting
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1993 — June 1995 (2 years 4 months)
Developed enterprise-class, client-server applications to Fortune 500-class companies.
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Consultant
Information Advantage
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1992 — 1992 (less than a year)
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Consultant
Financial Strategies Group (FSG)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)
December 1988 — July 1991 (2 years 8 months)
Craig Buchanan’s Education
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University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
MBA , Management of Information Systems , June 1991 — June 1992
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Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'
Program in International Management 1991 — 1991
Participated in a four-month exchange program while attending the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
BBA , Finance , 1985 — 1988
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Lehigh University
BS , Engineering , 1984 — 1985
Additional Information
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LinkedMinnesota -
Microsoft Business Intelligence -
Twin Cities Software Consultants -
iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com -
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Nature Conservancy -
EPIC Systems Professionals- Healthcare IT 1000+ members -
SAP BI & BW Professionals -
EPIC Jobs -
TCBOUG--Twin Cities Business Objects User Group
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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