Derek Comingore

Current

• Principal Architect at BI Voyage

Past

• Senior Business Intelligence Architect at ComFrame Software
• Senior Business Intelligence Consultant at Scalability Experts
• Chief Technology Officer at Where2GetIt/adLeader Division

• Business Intelligence Architect Consultant at First Residential Mortgage
• Software Development Manager/Lead DBA at Hosting.com
• Senior Data Warehouse Engineer/ETL Architect at Quicken Loans

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Education

• The University of North Dakota
• The University of North Dakota

Recommended

11 people have recommended Derek

Connections

344 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Derek Comingore’s Summary

BI Voyage offers both small and enterprise customers end-to-end Microsoft based Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. Through a deep understanding of our client's information needs we develop large value add BI solutions.

Microsoft Business Intelligence Architect with ten years experience in the IT field. Prior USAF, has AAS/BS degrees, several industry certifications, a frequent speaker, a SQL Server MVP, and a published author in IT books & periodicals.

Derek Comingore’s Specialties:

Spearheading Business Value Obtainment via Technology
OLTP & OLAP Solution Design/Architecture
Technical Leadership/Management
IT Best Practices
Authoring/Speaking/Training
SQL Server/SSIS/SSRS/SSAS
.Net
SharePoint
ProClarity
PerformancePoint

Derek Comingore’s Experience

• Principal Architect

  BI Voyage

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Growing a Premier Microsoft Business Intelligence Firm one Happy Customer at a time

• Senior Business Intelligence Architect

  ComFrame Software

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  December 2008 — July 2009 (8 months)

  Served as a lead Microsoft Business Intelligence Architect & Co-Director for a Premier Microsoft Business Intelligence Practice.

• Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

  Scalability Experts

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)

• Chief Technology Officer

  Where2GetIt/adLeader Division

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )

  Part-time CTO position.

• Business Intelligence Architect Consultant

  First Residential Mortgage

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)

• Software Development Manager/Lead DBA

  Hosting.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 3 months)

• Senior Data Warehouse Engineer/ETL Architect

  Quicken Loans

  (Financial Services industry)

  August 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Derek Comingore’s Education

• The University of North Dakota

  BS , Management of Information Technology , 1999 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude honors

• The University of North Dakota

  AAS , Information Technology , 1997 — 1999

Additional Information

Derek Comingore’s Interests:

Entrepreneurship, Technical Management, Business Intelligence, Software Development, and Databases.

Derek Comingore’s Groups:

National PASS
Louisville PASS Chapter
Louisville .Net User Group
Indianapolis PASS Chapter
Chicago PASS Chapter

•    International Association of Software Architects
•    Business Intelligence
•    Business Intelligence Group
•    YPAL - Young Professionals Association of Louisville
•    Business Intelligence Professionals
•    Digital Nashville
•    Linked DBA
•    Database Experts
•    CKO (Chief Knowledge Officers) Forum
•    Greater Louisville Networking Group
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    SQL Server Professionals
•    Microsoft MVP - Group
•    Microsoft Business Intelligence
•    MSFT Business Intelligence Professionals
•    PASS Professional Association for SQL Server
•    SQLDBA
•    SQL Connect
•    SQLServerCentral
•    SQL Server Administrators
•    University of North Dakota Alumni
•    Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Architects
•    NTC T3 Initiative
•    Data Warehousing Professionals Group
•    SQL Server Magazine Forum
•    West Coast Technology Forum
•    LinkedKentucky
•    UNITED STATES - MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS (.NET/MOSS SHAREPOINT/BIZTALK/C#/SCCM/MOM)
•    Gartner Business Intelligence (Xchange)
•    Data Warehouse Opportunities
•    Diane Krehbiel Executive and Technology Recruiting
•    Microsoft CW Library
•    Professional Connections of Northeast Indiana
•    Linking Louisville
•    SQL Server Elite
•    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
•    SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
•    SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
•    SharePoint (including PPS)
•    Excel
•    SQL Server 2008 R2 ("Kilimanjaro") & Excel 2010 ("Gemini")
•    SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence(BI)
•    SQL Server Pros - Offers
•    Successful Business Intelligence Project Management
•    DAMA Indiana
•    TechNet Magazine
•    PowerPivot Professionals

Derek Comingore’s Honors:

3 Business Intelligence Industry Awards
SQL Server BI MVP
MCITP: SQL Server 2005 & 2008 BI
MCTS: SQL Server 2005
MCDBA on SQL Server 2000
MCAD on .Net 1.1
Carnegie Mellon's Personal Software Process
Letters of Recommendation
Several USAF Awards

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