Grant Ecker

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Senior Technology Executive seeking a CIO, CTO, CAIO or Architecture role at a Data and…

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  • CDO Magazine Graphic

    Global Editorial Board

    CDO Magazine

    - Present 1 year 3 months

    Science and Technology

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    Member

    AI Link

    - Present 5 months

    Science and Technology

    AI Link is a community for the leaders of tomorrow's great AI companies and leaders. This is a community of peers who have built AI businesses before or are in the process of creating an AI-focused company.

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    Member

    ELC

    - Present 4 months

    Education

    ELC empowers engineering leaders in every way we can! Starting as a Meetup group back in 2016, we now have over 10,000+ engineering leaders in our close-knit community, from CTO/VP to frontline managers, from San Francisco to 100+ cities all over the world.
    • Cross-pollinating best practices around engineering leadership across companies.
    • Facilitating authentic and deep connections among engineering leaders.
    • Empowering career growth for engineering leaders by curating the best…

    ELC empowers engineering leaders in every way we can! Starting as a Meetup group back in 2016, we now have over 10,000+ engineering leaders in our close-knit community, from CTO/VP to frontline managers, from San Francisco to 100+ cities all over the world.
    • Cross-pollinating best practices around engineering leadership across companies.
    • Facilitating authentic and deep connections among engineering leaders.
    • Empowering career growth for engineering leaders by curating the best resources.

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    Advising Member

    Intersection Group

    - Present 2 years 8 months

    Education

    Contributing to Intersection Group and their activities as an Advising Member. Providing feedback, reviews, and support to drive the co-creation and delivery of their products and services.

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    Founding Board Member and Ally

    Women In Architecture (WIA)

    - 2 years

    Science and Technology

    Women in Architecture seeks to increase the representation of Women in the Architecture profession from the 10-15% we are seeing today. I am joined by an inspiring group of women and ally architects to create and launch the WIA program which is seeking to create pathways for all women to join and advance within architecture careers.

    Learn more: https://thewomeninarchitecture.org/
    Join the community (free): https://bit.ly/join-WIA

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    Co-Founder, Medtronic Alumni Network

    University of Minnesota Alumni Association

    - 4 years 2 months

    Education

    Co-Founded the Medtronic Alumni Network in 2016. In 2018 this network won the UMAA's Program Extraordinaire Network Award. With over 300 members, this network hosts faculty speaking events with the alumni association and graduate program admissions staff present to strengthen our alumni community’s connection and to encourage employees to consider enrolling in UMN graduate programs.

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    Alumni Board Member

    University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

    - 2 years

    Education

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    Consulting Chief Architect

    Co Valere Consulting

    - Present 4 months

    A paid fractional consulting Chief Architect role with an incredible company.

    I am managing LinkedIn's limitations by adding this as volunteering to ensure I appear in search for Co Valere Consulting

Publications

  • Interconnected Business Capability Mapping

    Gartner

    Growing business volatility and portfolio complexity are making it harder to ensure accurate investment planning and prioritization decisions at speed. Medtronic realized that interconnectivity between business capabilities is a critical but often overlooked factor in such decisions. The EA group at Medtronic identifies “capability clusters“ — interconnected business capabilities that support strategic imperatives of the business — and uses them as the basis for informing enterprise investment…

    Growing business volatility and portfolio complexity are making it harder to ensure accurate investment planning and prioritization decisions at speed. Medtronic realized that interconnectivity between business capabilities is a critical but often overlooked factor in such decisions. The EA group at Medtronic identifies “capability clusters“ — interconnected business capabilities that support strategic imperatives of the business — and uses them as the basis for informing enterprise investment planning and prioritization strategy.

    (This research is available at the link above to current Gartner/CEB members)

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  • Simbryo

    Langman's Medical Embryology / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

    •A flash-based e-learning application which animates the development of a fetus.
    •Published in March 2003 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins as a CD bundled with the #1 selling embryology course book Langman's Medical Embryology in the 9th - 12th editions, current in print internationally.

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Honors & Awards

  • CDO Magazine Data Champions and Leaders 2024

    CDO Magazine

    Named by CDO Magazine in the 2024 List: Champions of Data in the Midwest

  • UMAA Program Extraordinaire Network

    University of Minnesota Alumni Association

    Creating and operating the U of M's alumni network at Medtronic
    https://umnalumni.org/intranet/Alumni-Awards-2018
    https://umnalumni.org/media/document/1/2018AlumniAwardsRecipients.pdf?inline=true&#page=15

Organizations

  • Co Valere Consulting

    Consulting Chief Architect

    - Present

    Consulting Chief Architect

  • Midwest Architecture Community Collaboration (MACC)

    Sponsor

    - Present

    MACC was founded in 2014 as a joint effort of several local architecture community groups to bring all domains of architecture together and share information and techniques of interest to all of us. It is our shared belief that through collaboration, we can better understand and promote the significance of architecture to business success. Medtronic is one of several Minnesota companies who are sponsoring MACC by providing board members who assist with the organization's operations.

  • Cyber Security Summit

    Sponsor

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    At the Cyber Security Summit, our mission is to produce a multi-stakeholder consortium that brings together industry, government and academic interests in an effort to improve the state of cyber security on both a domestic and international level. Medtronic is one of several Minnesota companies who are sponsoring MACC by providing funding, by providing facilities to host events, and by providing board members who assist with the organization's operations.

  • The Twin Cities Business Architecture Forum (TCBAF)

    Sponsor

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    The Twin Cities Business Architecture Forum is a non-profit association of local Business Architecture professionals and leaders. The group is dedicated to understanding and advancing the practice of Business Architecture by connecting interested professionals through meetings, activities, presentations and educational development in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Medtronic is one of several Minnesota companies who are sponsoring TCBAF by providing facilities, hosting events and by…

    The Twin Cities Business Architecture Forum is a non-profit association of local Business Architecture professionals and leaders. The group is dedicated to understanding and advancing the practice of Business Architecture by connecting interested professionals through meetings, activities, presentations and educational development in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Medtronic is one of several Minnesota companies who are sponsoring TCBAF by providing facilities, hosting events and by providing board members who assist with the organization's operations.

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