My Bio
Francois Raymond Février (Ray Février), is an Enterprise Data Architect, a solution-oriented, and result-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in the areas of:
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Business Intelligence (BI),
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Business Analytics (BA),
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Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
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Cloud Architecture,
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…with a focus in and around Data Architecture.
In his current roles as a Cloud Workload Architect Leader, he leads an EMEA wide team of architects oriented to Analytics for Oracle Applications (Fusion, EPM, NetSuite...) that specialize in developing the required architectures needed in advance of both Migrating to and building Data Warehouse, and Analytics workloads on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure). He is also becoming a thought leader engaging in the architecture of Big Data, Data Lake, and now emerging technologies like Data Mesh.
As a consultant, he streamlined systems and improved operational processes for several Fortune 500 companies within the financial, energy, public, retail services, and manufacturing sectors. While doing so, he acquired an extensive knowledge in the implementation of Data Integration for EPM solutions leveraging Oracle/Hyperion toolset.
Prior to this, he served as Director of Operational Risk Management Reporting & Production Support at Morgan Stanley.
On a personal note, he is a fun loving, NY Yankees adoring, father and husband. He enjoys spending time with friends and family while drinking a nice glass of Malbec or a bottle of Monk beer (preferably a Chimay). He and his wife are both Open Water divers and whenever the opportunity presents itself, like to go for a dive.