Shirley Fernandez

Shirley Fernandez has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Shirley started their career as a Professional Services Consultant at Teradata in 2000 and then moved on to work as a Technical Architect at Unisys from 2005 to 2006. Shirley joined a mid-size agricultural bank as a Data Architect in 2011, where they assessed the data architecture of the bank's Oracle legacy system. Shirley also worked as a Data Architect and Teradata Developer from 2007 to 2011.

In 2012, Shirley joined a large agriculture company where they started as a Lead Data Architect and later became a Data Architect in Global Supply. During their tenure, they developed data models for supply chain and product master data and fulfilled reporting needs for the HR department. Shirley also contributed to the establishment of an enterprise customer ecosystem.

Currently, Shirley is a Principal at Daugherty Business Solutions since October 2021. In their role, they have been leading data governance and data stewardship initiatives for a large refining and building product manufacturing company. This includes creating an operating model for the enterprise finance team, building an enterprise data governance program, and bringing thought leadership into data stewardship.

Overall, Shirley's work experience showcases their expertise in data governance, data stewardship, data architecture, and data modeling across various industries.

Shirley Fernandez, CBAP, obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis in the years 1998 to 2000. In addition to their academic achievements, they have obtained several certifications, including the Certified Business Analysis Professional™ from IIBA in May 2022, and the Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner from Scaled Agile, Inc. in August 2022. Shirley also holds the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in June 2022, and the Cloud Digital Leader certification from Google Cloud, obtained in July 2023. Furthermore, Shirley Fernandez is a holder of the Teradata Certified Master, but the specific date of obtaining this certification is not mentioned.