Mike Coffey

Current

Partner and CTO at Decision Support Services, LLC
Webmaster/Owner at NDNation.com

Past

Database Warehouse Specialist II at Decision Support Services, LLC
Independent Consultant at Green Coffey Consulting, Inc. (Self-employed)
IT Contractor at Discover Financial Services

IT Contractor at The Northern Trust Company
IT Contractor at Kean Brothers, Inc
IT Contractor at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Systems Analyst at McDonalds, Inc
Systems Analyst at IBM Global Services
Systems Analyst at Accenture
Intern at Aetna Life & Casualty

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Education

University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business
Brother Rice HS

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Recommended

6 people have recommended Mike

Connections

365 connections

Industry

Logistics and Supply Chain

Websites

Mike Coffey’s Summary

Decision Support Services has been helping its clients to manage their inventory and supply chain needs for over a decade. As consultants to companies ranging from Fortune 500 to middle market, we handle the processing, presentation, and communication of information throughout our client's organization. Our experienced and skilled professionals have over 40 years of syndicated POS and vendor experience, helping to provide our clients a faster path to higher sales and efficiency.

As DSS' technology lead, it is my responsibility to ensure we remain on the cutting edge of Business Intelligence to best serve our clients' needs. We use Microsoft SQL Server and its associated components, such as Integration, Analysis and Reporting Services, to help turn POS information into timely action for our customers. Through our use of technology, our clients see enhancements in sales performance, CPFR, VMI, and retail logistics, and save both time and money.

Mike Coffey’s Specialties:

Business Intelligence, database administration, SQL Server 2008, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, CSS, PHP, MySQL

Mike Coffey’s Experience

Partner and CTO

Decision Support Services, LLC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Partner and CTO, responsible for retail inventory and sales analysis system used to provide supply chain consulting services to Fortune 500 clients.

Responsible for maintaining the high level of technological software and expertise necessary to keep our clients satisfied.
Webmaster/Owner

NDNation.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

March 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)

Webmaster for the most popular ND fansite on the Internet. Responsible for server maintenance as well as HTML and PHP programming, MySQL database design and maintenance, and FTP processes. Provided first-person coverage of the school's men's basketball program. Author of "Echoes on the Hardwood", a history of Notre Dame's men's basketball program (ISBN #1-58979-124-X).
Database Warehouse Specialist II

Decision Support Services, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

November 2001 — March 2008 (6 years 5 months)

Business Analyst and Database Administrator for retail inventory and sales analysis system, providing supply chain consulting services to Fortune 500 clients.

Designed, created and maintained SQL Server 2000/2005 database structures, internal procedures, and external system/client interfaces for Enterprise System.
Independent Consultant
Green Coffey Consulting, Inc. (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1998 — November 2001 (3 years 8 months)

Acted as independent consultant, assisting various clients with programming and management needs. Was offered continued or permanent employment with almost all clients upon completion of contracts.
IT Contractor

Discover Financial Services

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DFS; Financial Services industry)

June 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 5 months)

Led four-member analysis team to review status of existing legacy systems and provide retirement / replacement recommendations to Discover Card upper management.
IT Contractor

The Northern Trust Company

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTRS; Banking industry)

May 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 2 months)

Reviewed version control infrastructure for the bank, documenting all capabilities and shortcomings and reported available improvements to bank management, leading to a consolidation of control systems. Automated and standardized common team functions and procedures and acted as reference point for the technical specifics of each testing environment, improving interaction between six different project teams.
IT Contractor

Kean Brothers, Inc

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

February 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Reviewed and tested existing systems for Y2K compliance. Interviewed computer hardware and software vendors to determine fit and presented recommendations to company officers. Oversaw installation and testing of $2.5 million inventory and order control system. Created and implemented Y2K weekend operations plan for 14-outlet convenience store chain
IT Contractor

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

April 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Designed all components of Grant Tracking and Member Mailing Services subsystems, submitted completed work three weeks ahead of schedule. Created and tested over 100 COBOL CICS and batch system components in four months, all delivered ahead of scheduled time despite changing system requirements. Supported multiple levels of project testing, involving problem analysis, fix assignments, and daily meetings with client upper management to report progress and resolve issues.
Systems Analyst

McDonalds, Inc

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MCD; Restaurants industry)

April 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Analyzed legacy systems and interfaces, designing replacements in a new AS/400-to-Mainframe accounting system. Supervised and assigned tasks for both contract and employee team mainframe programmers on multiple teams.
Systems Analyst

IBM Global Services

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

November 1993 — April 1997 (3 years 6 months)

Designed, constructed, and tested of mainframe account control and input / output subsystems, including system program and relational database components.
Systems Analyst

Accenture

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1991 — November 1993 (2 years 5 months)

Lead Analyst, Billing System Replacement project for Ameritech. Completed system design of Business Function Action Code processes on tight deadlines, allowing other team resources to be used on other crucial components. Testing Team lead for user acceptance phase of project, requiring meetings with client management and supervising five junior team members, despite being a second-year non-senior analyst.
Intern

Aetna Life & Casualty

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AET; Insurance industry)

May 1990 — August 1990 (4 months)

Participated in Aetna's summer internship program for college juniors.

Mike Coffey’s Education

University of Notre Dame

BBS , Management Information Systems , 1987 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

Marching Band, Concert Band, Varsity Band, Cavanaugh Hall
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business

BBS , MIS , 1987 — 1991
Brother Rice HS

Diploma , 1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Mike Coffey’s Websites:

Mike Coffey’s Interests:

Business Intelligence, programming, music, published author

Mike Coffey’s Groups:

US Basketball Writers Association

Notre Dame Alumni Network
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Linked n Chicago
Excenture
Supply Chain Movement
Business Intelligence
Link to Chicago
Data Warehouse Architects
NDNation
Accenture Alumni Worldwide Group
Chicago Technology Network
Business Intelligence Professionals
SQL Server Professionals
CHICAGO 2016 Olympic Games Supporters
Accenture Employees and Alumni
BI Unlimited
MSFT Business Intelligence Professionals
Retail Industry Professionals Group
Chicago Notre Dame Alumni
PASS Professional Association for SQL Server
Data Warehouse, Busines Intelligence and Analytics
Data Integration Specialist Group
Southwest Airlines
Ex-Accenture Network
DWBI, Data Governance, CPM, Dashboard & Scorecarding
Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing
Database Developers and Architects Group
Microsoft Partner Network
Published Authors Network
Brother Rice Chicago
Linking Indiana
Brother Rice High School (Chicago) Alumni Association
SuperGroup Founders
Notre Dame Information Technology Management (ITM)