Maria E. Saiz
About Maria E. Saiz
Maria E. Saiz is a Senior Data Architect at MassMutual in Greater Boston, with extensive experience in data architecture and business intelligence across various organizations.
Professional Title
Maria E. Saiz currently holds the position of Senior Data Architect at MassMutual. Her career spans roles in various prominent companies, mainly within the Greater Boston Area.
Career at MassMutual
Maria E. Saiz has been employed at MassMutual as a Senior Data Architect. During her time there, she has implemented data standards and management practices. She led a team of 15 data modelers and data analysts in redesigning the data store while ensuring support for the existing design. Her efforts also focused on making the combined Operational Data Store (ODS) and Data Warehouse (DW) more extensible and flexible for evolving business needs.
Previous Roles and Experience
Before joining MassMutual, Maria worked at Commonwealth Care Alliance (2017-2019), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (2015-2016), and Turbine (2012-2014) as a data architect in various capacities. She also served as Director of Business Intelligence at Grand Circle Corporation (2010-2011), and as a consultant at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (2008-2009). Earlier in her career, she had stints at Harvard University, ValueOptions/Mass Behavioral Health Partnership, Teradyne, Collaborative Consulting, and Fidelity Investments. Maria's breadth of experience includes roles such as Assistant Director, Reporting Financial Systems Solutions, and Consulting Software Engineer, among others.
Educational Background
Maria E. Saiz completed her studies at Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business, achieving a degree in Management Information Systems and Services (CIS) from 1990 to 1994. Her educational foundation provided a strong basis for her extensive career in data architecture and business intelligence.
Technical Skills and Specializations
Maria possesses a wide range of technical skills including expertise in Zachman, TOGAF, PowerDesigner, ErWin, Oracle, SQLServer, Sybase, Vertica, Waterfall, Agile, among others. Her specializations encompass Enterprise Data Architecture (EDA), Data and Business Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Management, Data Warehousing (DW), Data Marts, OLAP, Reporting, Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Master Data Management (MDM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Metadata Management, Data Quality and Profiling, Data Transformation (ETL), and Data Governance and Stewardship.