
Ross has over 12 years of experience in database systems. He currently leads the Data Integration Competency at Merkle. His core focus is designing and building marketing database solutions using a component based architecture. He has extensive experience on multiple data management platforms including SQL Server, Netezza, Oracle, and Hadoop. His extract/transform/load (ETL) tool knowledge consists of Informatica, DataStage, SSIS, DMExpress, as well as custom built ETL products. Before joining Merkle in 2008, Ross was Business Intelligence (BI) Consulting Manager for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution provider. His role was primarily focused on data warehouse and BI analytics for multi-channel retail companies.