Summary
Douglas Erickson is a Modern Work Strategist and Programmer Analyst II with over a decade of hands-on experience designing and administering Microsoft 365 ecosystems for enterprise users. At ALLETE he architects and automates Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, Viva, CoPilot and Power Platform solutions supporting roughly 2,000 stakeholders, coupling technical delivery with change management and user adoption. His background includes Oracle DBA and IT leadership roles, giving him a rare mix of database, infrastructure and collaboration-platform expertise. Comfortable in Azure administration and compliance tooling, he focuses on practical automation and BI to streamline operations and improve user satisfaction. A PhD-trained thinker with degrees in philosophy, he brings analytical rigor and a user-centered mindset to technical strategy and governance.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies, With Honors, M.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies, With Honors at Bethel University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Marquette University