Stephen has been leading distributed teams for over 30+ years, delivering software solutions. These teams have included employees and consultants across multiple locations and various time zones.
- Led a team of 8 nearshore developers in Barbados while co-located in the USA from 1998-2004
- Led a team of 4 offshore developers in India while co-located in the USA from 2005- 2010
- Led a team of 6 offshore and nearshore developers across four different time zones while co-located in the USA from 2011- the current.
- Currently Serves as an enterprise architect for JPMorgan Chase.
Stephen is an Expert in Agile PLM, ranked by Pluralsight as being in the 97th percentile. He is an AWS Solutions Architect Associate, SAP business objects certified architect, and an IBM-certified DB2 Database Developer. He recognized the new opportunities as the marketplace changed and focused on the data warehouse space over the last 20+ years. As Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Machine Learning grew in popularity. He remained relentless in his work ethic, never giving up a mentality that allowed him to be ahead in the data science game before that was even a thing. He also worked using other famous enterprise relational databases like Oracle, MS SQL, Sybase, MariaDB, and MySQL.
Stephen has crafted and presented articles to many SAP Business Objects audiences across the tri-state, sharing his knowledge and experience. He has also developed the Business Intelligence Maturity Model Framework, which can assess a company’s current position in the Business Intelligence space and shows the path to use data for profit.
Over the years, Stephen has won many awards for his creative thinking, including the OMNITRUST Y2K conversion, platform renovation, and Business Objects upgrade awards. His understanding of infrastructure architecture, data modeling, and Java development makes him an asset to any digital project.
Stephen was born in Trinidad and Tobago, and his passion, charisma, and energy have that Caribbean flair and emotional sensitivity. He has seasoned emotional maturity in addition to his strong technical skills, having worked in Fortune 25 companies’ fires for most of his career. He has strong leadership and relationship-building skills to accompany his goal-oriented attitude. All these softer skills are by-products of working in the fortune 25 space for so many years.
This honest, open, and straightforward IT professional is likable even under project stress for his troubleshooting skills and ability to communicate with the end-user. His digital literacy is understanding Business Analysis roles and translating this to an expert at the technology in the most humble ways that make him desired by many teams. His overall objective in the project is to be a team builder and inspire greatness in others. He takes personal accountability for team success.
Stephen lists the three most significant contributors to his success:
- Be fair to everyone, create unique opportunities, play to team member’s strengths, and give them credit for performing.
- Have the confidence to take risks when others shy away. You must take risks if you believe the data is correct and can change the business outcome.
- Ask good questions, get the correct answers, make informed decisions, and act boldly on them. AKA Design and Execute
Contact Stephen Choo Quan
302 312 4611
www.linkedin.com/in/
skype: taylorchooquan1
http://www.photographybycq.
Leadership: Trini Jungle Juice (2003)
Philadelphia Classical School Launch Team (2011)
Viva La Carnival (2015)
Toast Masters Area 52 Director (2022)
Toast Masters Club 328 JPMorganChase President (2022-2024)
Toast Masters Contest Chair Area 52/53/54 (2023)
Public Speaking: Out of a field of 25,000 competitors, Stephen ranked among the top 300 international speakers in 2024 and was second runner-up in District 18.
Table Tennis: to be ranked but best guess rating 1500 (2020)
Photography: International Photographer photographybycq.com (since 2003)
Latin Dancer: Philadelphia and Atlantic City Professional Performer (2007-2008)
Rock Climbing: Average climb 5.10 (2009)
Basketball: Men’s Division 2 Champion – Titans (1993)
Basketball: College North Zone Champion and National Finalist- St Mary’s College (1990-1992)
400 Meter Sprinter: Boy’s Under 17 National Finalist and North Zone Champion – 50.9 seconds (1989)
Karate: Shotokan Brown Belt (1983)
