Lead Data Analyst Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

I am a creative and passionate Senior Data Analyst experienced in working with various technologies.
An inquisitive mind, with a fierce thirst for knowledge and a demonstrated ability to think critically, allow me to identify and implement customized and elegant solutions.
Experience working in flexible environments and dedicated to learning and improving make me a valuable asset to any team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: HTML, CSS, Java, Junit, JavaScript (JQuery, AngularJS), Swift, XML, Ruby on Rails, C, Python, R, SQL

Database Tools: Google BigQuery, Google PLX, MySQL, Confidential, SQL Server, Confidential, Hadoop

Business Tools: MS Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Excel, Google Sheets

Testing Tools: Selenium Webdriver, Selenium IDE

Development Tools: Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDE

Data Visualization/Prep Tools: Tableau, Tableau Prep, PowerBI, Alteryx

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Data Analyst

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

Manage a team of 3 data analysts and 1 senior data analyst for the Strategy & Insights team.
Work strategically with the business to drive new insights that optimize company growth and expansion.
Create dashboards for executives to make data driven decisions and monitor the impact of those decisions.
Design experiments and projects to explore new geographic locations and improve performance in existing areas.
Primarily using SQL, Python, and Tableau to ingest and report data.
Frequently interface with internal stakeholders to manage expectations and outcomes.

Business Intelligence Consultant

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

SME on data strategy and data visualization best practices.
Used Tableau to provide multiple teams with easy to use analysis tools.
Used SQL to write customized and flexible queries for ad - hoc requests or reporting.
Provided best in class, high quality dashboards/tools to the client.
Worked with multiple tech clients to consult on reporting best practices.

Business Intelligence/Data Analyst

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Responsibilities:

Created Data Models to source data from cost, schedule, and risk systems to feed into Tableau dashboard.
Used MS Access to design SQL queries and forms (via VBA) to automate data for cost analysis.
Integrated data across all functional groups (cost, schedule, risk, safety, quality, etc.) that highlighted key critical issues, risks, and areas where executive focus is required.
Advised executives and senior management on desirable KPIs and best practices for visualizing data to extract actionable insights.

Business Systems Consultant

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

Led the business effort to automate marketing data and consolidate it into a centralized big data environment on Hadoop.
Used SQL Confidential to perform discovery and analysis on LOB source systems and databases.
Utilized business knowledge to advise LOBs on most effective methods of data automation into target databases.
Instructed and led other team members in creation of various business artifacts.
Reviewed SAS scripts and translated scripts into working SQL queries utilized for analysis.

Business Systems Consultant

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Responsibilities:

Participated in Sprint Planning meetings and helped assign Story Points to user stories. Worked with the client to understand requirements and document what was important for the client.
Spent time with various stakeholders and user groups gathering and documenting business requirements and translating them to functional requirements.
Used MS Suite to conduct technical/ non-technical presentations for management.
Used MS Project for managing resource allocations, progress of project, and budget costs.

Business Analyst

Confidential, La Jolla, CA

Responsibilities:

Built an app for college students to be able to find parties in a student exclusive community that allowed for geographic location check-in, real time rating system, and ability to charge for cover.
The App (PartySource) was selected as top 3 in the class and was promoted to be pitched at a San Diego Convention Center for potential business investors.
Created a business model designed to double the amount of users every year after the first 2 years. The model assumed spreading the app into neighboring UC colleges within California and then spreading to states in the West Coast.
Conducted market research and spoke with different communities to determine the business case for the application.

Web Developer

Confidential, La Jolla, CA

Responsibilities:

Managed a medium sized staff of up to 20 people and coordinated between different staff members for posting and publishing of articles.
Created reports using data from google analytics to understand how viewership can be improved.
Used HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Photoshop to revamp and maintain the website.