MCA Connect

Data Scientist

• Partner with team members, mentor junior teammates, and enable growth of the Manufacturing Intelligence team
• Lead Data Science implementations and drive innovation
• Partner with leadership to drive continuous improvement
• Build client relationships within project frameworks
• Utilize Agile project delivery methodologies
• Implement scalable and efficient technical architectures to satisfy client requirements
• Perform hands-on implementations of Microsoft data solutions for current and future customers and projects
• Leverage Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, and Power BI
• Extract insights from large datasets and develop data-driven solutions
• Lead end-to-end data science projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Build predictive models and analytical solutions
• Apply statistical and machine learning methods to complex datasets
• Develop algorithms and statistical predictive models to evaluate scenarios and future outcomes
• Analyze structured and unstructured data to solve complex business problems
• Deliver actionable guidance and recommendations to stakeholders
• Act as a subject matter expert on produced solutions and help clients understand their data
• Participate in data capture strategies to improve automation, data quality, and analytics capabilities
• Run ad-hoc data extracts and automate recurring requests
• Manage and prioritize multiple complex projects, including requirements, goals, timelines, status, and deliverables
• Meet with clients to determine needs and identify problem areas
• Develop Statements of Work and proposals when required
• Stay current with architectural and industry changes
• Improve team processes and ensure best practices and business objectives are achieved

Lead Data Scientist, Azure

Solutions Engineer

• Serve as architectural lead for complex data science, AI, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, and advanced analytics engagements
• Partner with clients to understand business challenges, gather requirements, identify data limitations, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Design and guide production-ready solutions using Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Spark, Power BI, and related Microsoft technologies
• Provide technical direction on model design, algorithm selection, data preparation, feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, monitoring, and optimization
• Lead architecture decisions related to compute configuration, GPU acceleration, model performance, scalability, deployment patterns, and Azure cost/performance optimization
• Act as a subject matter expert for internal teams and clients on data science architecture, AI strategy, machine learning engineering, and advanced analytics delivery
• Lead client-facing discovery and requirements-gathering sessions
• Guide project teams through ambiguous, incomplete, or messy data environments
• Communicate complex analytical and technical concepts to technical and business stakeholders
• Deliver actionable recommendations about model outputs, business implications, risks, limitations, and improvement opportunities
• Support Statements of Work, proposals, solution estimates, technical approach documentation, and project plans
• Collaborate with data engineers, data architects, project managers, business analysts, and client stakeholders
• Directly manage, mentor, and support a Senior Data Scientist Consultant
• Provide coaching, feedback, and technical guidance; review technical deliverables, model designs, code quality, documentation, and client-facing outputs
• Support performance management, goal setting, skills development, and career growth for direct reports
• Build, review, and guide predictive, statistical, optimization, forecasting, and analytical models
• Apply advanced statistical and machine learning methods to large structured and unstructured datasets
• Use Python for model development, data exploration, experimentation, and production-ready analytical solutions
• Develop and evaluate deep learning models using PyTorch
• Support production model deployment, monitoring, drift detection, availability, and performance measurement
• Lead experimentation and model validation to ensure accurate, explainable solutions aligned with business outcomes

Lead Data Scientist – Solution Architect

Sales

• Attain sales/bookings quota by expanding MCA Connect’s footprint within the Dynamics 365 ERP and Business Analytics space
• Develop and execute strategic, comprehensive business plans
• Identify core customers and map MCA Connect’s solutions to business requirements
• Understand customer organizational structures and achieve alignment
• Take responsibility for accurate forecasting and regular quarterly bookings
• Develop detailed sales and marketing plans and sales forecasts
• Manage time and workflow and create account and evaluation plans
• Monitor competition and respond appropriately
• Turn leads into pursuits and close pursuits
• Assist in assessing, designing, and developing technical requirements and solutions
• Manage relationships with Microsoft and other industry alliances
• Create customer-specific value propositions and professional proposals
• Present to C-level prospective clients
• Effectively quarterback MCA Connect’s value proposition using internal subject matter experts
• Network to increase sales opportunities, attend marketing events, and support marketing campaigns

Regional Sales Director – Microsoft BizApps, D365 F&SC

Operations

• Participate in the MCA sales cycle by preparing sales presentations, calculating client change management needs, and writing statements of work
• Facilitate and lead consultative services for clients regarding enterprise transformation readiness
• Assess and document client culture, awareness, and adoption of manufacturing and operational excellence best practices and supporting technologies
• Design and lead executive sessions to define cross-functional strategic plans
• Lead team sessions to define current and future-state processes and value streams
• Develop quantitative models of current business performance and future-state designs
• Present engagement ROI and value creation to senior executives
• Prepare strategy and high-level project plans for migration from current state to proposed design
• Identify and resolve project issues involving change management, process implementation, data flow, application implementation, escalation and resolution
• Develop and present deliverables to senior executives and organizational stakeholders
• Facilitate development of KPI success measurements
• Build frameworks for managing organizational change
• Define the end state and success criteria
• Create operational excellence training materials and programs to train and mentor MCA Connect team members
• Transform client competitiveness, create economic value, drive revenue growth, increase productivity, and implement substantive change
• Utilize continuous improvement, Lean and Six Sigma tools to analyze client strategies, assets, processes, and technologies
• Sell the value of Operational Excellence to internal and external customers
• Identify process improvement and technology-leverage opportunities and develop strategic transformation roadmaps

Principal Operational Excellence Consultant

Pre-sales Engineer

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex Microsoft Dynamics 365 transformation opportunities
• Lead solution strategy and architecture for enterprise transformation opportunities in Manufacturing and Distribution
• Collaborate with Sales, Delivery, Industry Solutions, Data & AI, Organizational Change Management, and technical teams
• Create compelling, commercially sound, and executable client solutions
• Help MCA Connect win complex enterprise transformation opportunities
• Differentiate solutions through deep Manufacturing and Distribution expertise
• Improve the quality and consistency of solution architecture
• Strengthen collaboration across Sales and Delivery
• Reduce downstream implementation risk
• Help clients achieve measurable business outcomes through Microsoft technology

Lead Data Scientist, Azure

Lead Data Scientist – Solution Architect

Regional Sales Director – Microsoft BizApps, D365 F&SC

Principal Operational Excellence Consultant

Senior D365 F&SC Pre-Sales Solution Architect – Manufacturing, Distribution