Rick Sherman, Founder, Athena IT Solutions
Richard Sherman is the founder of Athena IT Solutions. Rick has over eighteen years of data warehousing and decision support systems experience, having built his first data warehouse and data mart in 1987. He has been designing and implementing relational database for decision support systems for over 20 years, beginning with using Oracle in 1982. He has worked on over 50 data warehouse and data mart implementations across many industry groups, sourcing data from a variety of business applications.
Rick's background includes a unique mix of software engineering, IT, project management, people management, and consulting expertise. These varied perspectives have enabled him to view data warehousing from various sides of the table.
Rick enjoys working closely with customers to assess their needs and provide business solutions that improve their performance. Rick has been successful at building high performance teams and managing people towards achieving common goals.
Prior to starting Athena IT Solutions, Rick was a director at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Previous employers include Digital Equipment Corporation, Project Software and Development (MRO Software), Norton, and Bristol Meyers Squibb. Rick has also been an independent consultant specializing in data warehousing. He has an MBA and a B.A. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has completed most of the course work for a Masters degree in Computer Science.
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