Professional résumé

Sam Usem

Senior Enterprise Architect

Architecture is how strategy becomes something people can use.

Enterprise architecture, digital experience, AI, and platform strategy across healthcare, financial services, consumer platforms, industrial markets, and retail.

Grand Marais, Minnesota

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Profile

I connect strategy, technology, and execution to turn complex ambitions into durable platforms and useful experiences. At Mayo Clinic, I guide architecture for digital experiences, knowledge and asset management, and content authoring and delivery across a global healthcare organization.

My career has moved across global enterprises and multiple verticals—from healthcare and financial services to consumer platforms, industrial markets, software, and retail. The work consistently centers on architecture, digital experience, data, AI, personalization, governance, and building teams that can move from vision to measurable value.

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Experience

Mayo Clinic

August 2022 - Present

Minnesota

Senior Enterprise Architect

  • Guide architecture for digital experiences, knowledge and asset management, and content authoring and delivery platforms across the global organization.
  • Translate enterprise strategy into platform direction, architectural decisions, and focused team execution.

McDonald’s

April 2022 - August 2022

Global Deployment Lead | Customer Data Platform & Digital Experience Platform

  • Helped shape the digital architecture for personalized guest experiences across a global consumer brand.

Sezzle

July 2021 - April 2022

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Senior Director of Marketing | Digital Experience Strategy | Marketing Data, Technology & Operations

U.S. Bank

January 2020 - July 2021

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Vice President, Enterprise Analytics & AI | Adobe Experience Architect | MarTech Strategist

  • Led Adobe developers delivering digital experience campaigns across the U.S. Bank landscape.
  • Informed analytics architecture for personalization, optimization, and customer experience.

U.S. Bank

July 2019 - December 2019

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Senior Manager, Digital Analytics Strategy & Marketing Technology

3M

March 2016 - July 2019

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Architecture and Marketing Technology Leadership

  • Architected web personalization and audience management across four global divisions, including segmentation, testing, UX research, and experience optimization.
  • Led marketing automation architects working across multiple business groups and divisions; connected Eloqua, Salesforce, content, and lead-management operations.
  • Helped lead deployment of a global marketing automation instance and the strategy linking enterprise marketing automation with global CRM.

02

Earlier career

LC Search Partners

August 2014 - June 2019

Owner & Co-Founder

Blue Earth Interactive

April 2014 - March 2016

Demand Generation Manager | Solutions Architect

Quality Bicycle Products

January 2012 - April 2014

Territory Sales Manager | Regional Sales Channel Strategist | Digital Marketing

  • Managed a 24-state territory serving 1,400 B2B retail customers and created a sales program that grew 900% over its predecessor.
  • Combined sales, channel strategy, SAP/CRM, data mapping, trade-show leadership, and digital marketing.

Midwest Mountaineering

October 2007 - January 2012

Department Manager | Group Sales Program Manager

  • Managed a department producing more than $1 million in annual sales and built a group-sales program from startup to six figures in six months.

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Capabilities

  • Enterprise architecture
  • Digital experience platforms
  • AI and analytics strategy
  • Knowledge, asset, and content platforms
  • Customer data and personalization
  • Global platform deployment
  • Operating models and governance
  • Cross-functional team leadership

04

Civic leadership

North Shore Health

Elected Member, Board of Trustees

January 2025 - Present · Grand Marais, Minnesota

Vital North Foundation

Board President

Community-health leadership in Cook County, Minnesota

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Education & credentials

University of Minnesota

Bachelor's degree, International Relations and Affairs

Certifications

NRHA Rural Hospital Board Certification

Oracle Eloqua B2B Masters Certification

Recognition

QBP Leadership Institute

Employee of the Year