Stephen Harris
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, VP Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics at VMware, Executive Sponsor Black@VMW POD, VMW Political Action Committee Board Member
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Mr. Harris has 25+ years of Professional Services Experience where he has managed large scale programs and teams across multiple industries for multi-national global companies including experience in Federal, State & Local Governments. He is a visionary, results-driven executive with an extensive background in highly competitive organizations and industries, delivering substantial bottom-line contributions by coordinating strategic planning, fostering collaboration, planning and executing change for global enterprise-wide strategic business initiatives. Of recent, his focus has been on helping companies drive Enterprise Data & Digital Transformation. He has demonstrated excellence in consolidating, advancing, and transitioning organizations technology and business processes, to increase performance, productivity and share holder value. Leverages, a strong background in business process improvement, business intelligence, and Information Technology to formulate and interpret key business data to facilitate critical decision-making. Astutely controlled $B budgets to stabilize and reduce costs while improving operational efficiency and expanding service levels to internal and external customers. Capable of balancing multiple priorities, managing challenging teams and business issues-in a competitive global environment. Excels in establishing and leading high-performing teams across multiple disciplines to fulfill aggressive goals and objectives. Effectively communicates complex ideas and technical information at all levels. Mr. Harris has managed budgets exceeding $1B and 2100+ team members (includes direct and indirect program reports). Mr. Harris currently serves on multiple boards including recent appointment to the VMware Political Action Committee (PAC).
Specialties: Enterprise Data Management, MDM, Data Quality, Data Governance, AI, ML, Data Analytics, Professional Services, IT Strategy & Operations, Business Intelligence Consulting, SAP/ERP Integration, SAP BW, Business Objects, ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Cognos, Microstrategy , Managing Onshore-Offshore-Nearshore Teams, Contract Negotiations/Management, Portfolio Management Risk Management, Knowledge Management, Strategic Planning, KPI Development, BI Strategy & Implementation Planning, Professional Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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