Gary Jaax

Gary Jaax has over 17 years of work experience in business and enterprise architecture. Gary is currently serving as the Principal Business Architect/Analyst at Dakota Electric Association since January 2021. Prior to this, Gary worked at Optum for 5 years as a Business Architect, where they launched a business architecture practice and created a comprehensive knowledgebase. Gary successfully applied this knowledge on multiple business-wide transformation efforts. Before that, they held the position of Enterprise/Business Architect at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, ensuring alignment between initiatives and the company's architectural vision. Gary also worked as a Requirements Process & Tools Manager and Business Systems Analyst Principal at the same organization, where they built and managed the business analysis practice. Earlier in their career, Gary was a Partner at Harbinger Partners.

Gary Jaax has a Master's degree in Software Design and Development from the University of St. Thomas. Gary also holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Metro State University. Additionally, they have obtained a certification from BAInstitute.org, but the specific details of the certification, such as the month and year obtained, are not provided.