Wallace Hu DRIVING GROWTH THROUGH LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, AND VALUE

whu888@gmail.com

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Pioneering IT & Business Leader with a proven track record in Big Data/BI/DW development and
deployment for both commercial and public organizations. Thinking and developing out of the box solutions
to business challenges to drive new growth, cost reduction, and better customer services. Talent for seeing
the big picture, identifying potential problems and coordinating the formulation of solutions while integrating
products and services required to meet client needs. Effective in building high-performance teams and
leading change in competitive business environments.

CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence:
Successfully delivered more than 12 large scale DW/BI solutions
Delivered the first kind of DW/BI solution to public transit system
Big Data Analytical Practice:
Successfully delivered a large consolidation of TB data into big data platform, saving the
organization $50M yearly
Directed the establishment of Cloudera big data platform, implemented 3 use cases and
1 funded project
Innovative Data Management Solutions:
Developed and launched well-received solution for a large client, involving data
integration, wireless communication, and GPS
Integrated globally distributed data with unique Analytical layer solution for a world
leading telecom firm resulting in a 16% increase in productivity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership for Data Analytics & Big Data
Founder | Data Analytics | Big Data I Digital Transformation
Brief:
Tracking Industry Trends; Attending networking events
Researching Industry Leaders; Participating in Industry Discussions

06/2015 Present

CEB, Arlington, VA - $1B global member service firm providing best practice insights of Talent Management
Head of Big Data Analytics & Tools, Sr. Director
10/2014 10/2015
Brief:
Led and motivated teams of Big Data Analytics & Tools to solve business problems and
deliver high quality results in a fast-paced, unstructured environment, including Strategy
formation, Roadmap development, and Solution delivery. Collaborate with business
leadership to identify and prioritize key technology initiatives.
Achievements:
Successfully architected and delivered the firms Data Lake based, Cloudera CDH
enabled big data foundation platform, and the big data roadmap with Machine Learning
capabilities; it would identify & integrate firms internal data assets, third-party data, and
social media data
Created the capabilities to challenge the status quo through deeper insights with the
application of quantitative methodologies (SAS, R) to improve decision-making in
providing members new products and services
Delivered successfully 3 use cases on this Hadoop platform under the agile
environment by employing HBase, Pig, Hive, Spark, Impala, and etc. components
Positioned the EDW/BI under enterprise architecture computing environments,
integration of three DW/BI systems by leveraging the Data Lake platform; articulated the
Pros and Cons of the Integration of EDWs with Hadoop Data Lake approach
Made sure the platform is compatible with firms existing infrastructure under the ITIL
framework; engaged /met with various vendors to discuss the options of big data
infrastructure solutions, vendors including EMC, Oracle, and HP
Accenture
APAC Director
3/2014 9/2014
Brief:
Led the Analytics practice in delivery of data, analytics and strategic consulting to support
the clients data application development initiatives; helped clients to achieve revenue
growth through developing innovative customer solutions, end-to-end creation of business
analytic insights.
Achievements:

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One leading General Administration of Customs

Directed analysis of technology, industry and market trends, and determine their potential
impact on the enterprise. Identified and analyzed of functional business domain drivers to
derive solution and Data Architecture requirements. Led the analytical solution &
implementation roadmap development; presented the results to C-Suite level
management.
One Leading Bank
Developed use cases for the client for leveraging Big Data technology to enhance its Life
Insurance CRM practice and grow new customers; use Big Data approach in historical
data and Log data for real-time fraud detection; led the development and execution of a
communication plan to promote solution roadmap, its processes, outcomes and ongoing
results to IT and business leaders.

IBM
Data Strategy & Analytics Centre of Competency (CoC) Leader
2010 3/2014
Brief:
As CoC Leader, led growing Data Analytics CoC Practice, set overall goals for building up
the team; led engagements and build a robust practice of data analytics; expanded areas of
expertise and developed new areas of focus to better serve clients; managed various facets
of engagement including risk management, project acceptance, billing, delivery, and
collections; recruiting, coaching, and mentoring of team were part of responsibilities.
Achievements:
A Leading Financial Institutions Big Data Initiative, New York
Led a Big Data workstream for establishing, driving & socializing the strategic vision for
data architecture lead definition and delivery of target state data architecture blueprints, along with interim states and roadmap to support executives in a decision for cost
saving. Successfully conducted and implemented target business capabilities for firmwide data aggregation and reporting efforts to support SEC compliance requirements.
Analytical Anti-Fraud Solution A Large Life Insurer
Led a team to implement an anti-fraud solution in its Life Insurance line of business;
leveraged knowledge of SAS and advanced statistical and econometric modeling
techniques in the solution to meet the requirements and clients expectation.
Financial System Transformation for a world leading Telecom Solutions Provider
Defined the 3-Year data analytics implementation roadmap to guide the development of
its Integrated Financial system across the world for analysis and reporting, referenced BI
method and MPP DW best practice. Successfully convinced clients CFO and other
upper management on the strategy recommended in the implementation of its financial
system transformation.
Information Builders, Inc. Arlington, VA
East Region Senior Manager,
2007-2010
Brief:
Defining clients key business problems and translating them into process/BI solutions, led
consultant team to implement BAO solutions for clients to be more successful.
Achievements:
DHMH (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland)
Led team of consultants to design and development a $1.5 million of transactional
application, using Agile system development and Scaled Agile Frameworks, for serving
the DHMH mission critical business, and provide more efficient reporting to meet the
requirements of the government funders; completed 100% of projects within budget.
Nationwide Insurance
Led professional services team successfully performed a large scale BI conversion effort
using a Waterfall method for Nationwide Financial Network (NFN), saving $1.2 Million of
its annual license and maintenance cost.
1995 2007

Worked with SAP, CACI International Inc., and Sprint Communications

EDUCATION
MA Urban Affairs & Public Policy, Minor: Operations Research, University of Delaware
MS Information Systems Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
BS Mathematics, University of Suzhou

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