SUMMARY:

• Methodical Visualizations Specialist with strong attention to detail who quickly understands and analyzes complex issues string to deliver every output in a high standard.
• Holds a strong technical expertise of Tableau and SQL. Applies insight building techniques and creativity in order to provide decision makers with crucial KPI performance details.
• Experience in working closely with Executives and Senior Management to deliver slick and efficient visualizations.
• Experience working in SCRUM teams for over two years. Performs with strong sense of responsibility and is comfortable in a dynamic environment.
• 10 years of experience in IT industry with a strong background in Analysis, Design, Development and implementation of Business Intelligence Projects using Tableau and Microsoft stack of tools.
• 5 years of extensive experience developing and maintaining Tableau dashboards
• Proficient in writing complex calculations, developing complex visualizations, preparing data and consuming data from various data sources.
• Strong experience in building Dashboards/Business Visualizations using various BI tools including Tableau against multiple data sources for What if Analysis, Interactive, Decision Support and other purposes. Extensive experience building Dashboards Using Advanced Multiple Drill Down, Dynamic Visibility, and Alert Features with Flash Variables, web services
• Extensive experience and in - depth knowledge in gathering business requirements and developing complex reports with multiple queries, custom SQL, using complex functions, merging dimensions at report level, drill down, complex filters including calculations contexts, variables, filters, breaks, sorting, alerts, drill down, slice and dice, Master/Detail, Cross Tab, Charts
• Experience analyzing large data and creating visually compelling and actionable interactive reports and Dashboards using Tableau

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Reporting Tools: Tableau Suite of Tools including Desktop, Server, Online, Public and Administration of Tableau Server, Reporting Services (SSRS), Crystal Reports, MS Excel Reports, QlikView

Databases: SAP Hana, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, Hadoop HDFS File systems, HIVE and HBASE Technologies, Teradata

Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, TOAD, SSMS, SAP Hana Studio

Programming Languages: PL/SQL, TSQL, XML, JavaScript

Project Management: Team Foundation Server, JIRA, AgileFant, Rally, Office 365

CAREER PROGRESSION:

Confidential

Tableau Developer, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze the project requirements
• Developed executive dashboards to show reports from various departments
• Used complex calculated fields to meet exact requirements provided by users
• Involved in the requirements gathering process to prepare the business requirement documents
• Conducted weekly meetings to inform users of progress of projects
• Restructured data using Initial SQL Queries, to allow flexibility in chart developments according to requirements
• Worked with data blends and joins to ensure maximum efficiency in dashboard performance
• Optimized reports and created performance analysis dashboards
• Used calculated fields, quick-filters, parameters and action filters to create dynamic charts and tooltips
• Conducted in-depth analysis of requirements to provide efficient solution to users and to ensure best practices
• Prepared design documents, training and UAT documents
• Implemented solutions using action filters to navigate between various dashboards
• Coordinated with onshore and offshore teams to work on requirements
• Ensured extensive knowledge and documentation transfer to support teams to conclude each project
• Used Extract and Live connections of data to develop reports with efficiency
• Implemented permissions for users and ensure user security according to various clearance levels of business users
• Scheduled reports and ensured users were informed with each dashboard refresh

Environment: Tableau Online, Tableau desktop, Tableau server, DW, Oracle, ADP, SQL Server, Windows, MS Excel.

Confidential

Tableau Developer, Spring, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze the project requirements
• Developed executive dashboards to show reports from various departments
• Used complex calculated fields to meet exact requirements provided by users
• Involved in the requirements gathering process to prepare the business requirement documents
• Conducted weekly meetings to inform users of progress of projects
• Restructured data using Initial SQL Queries, to allow flexibility in chart developments according to requirements
• Worked with data blends and joins to ensure maximum efficiency in dashboard performance
• Optimized reports and created performance analysis dashboards
• Used calculated fields, quick-filters, parameters and action filters to create dynamic charts and tooltips
• Conducted in-depth analysis of requirements to provide efficient solution to users and to ensure best practices
• Prepared design documents, training and UAT documents
• Implemented solutions using action filters to navigate between various dashboards
• Coordinated with onshore and offshore teams to work on requirements
• Ensured extensive knowledge and documentation transfer to support teams to conclude each project
• Used Extract and Live connections of data to develop reports with efficiency
• Implemented permissions for users and ensure user security according to various clearance levels of business users
• Scheduled reports and ensured users were informed with each dashboard refresh

Environment: Tableau desktop, Tableau server, Teradata, SQL Server, Windows, MS Excel, SAP BO, Crystal Reports

Confidential

Lead BI Developer, Indianapolis, IN

Responsibilities:

• Supported the documentation of the future state end user experience in BI and Data visualization tools, specifically Tableau and SAP BO
• Analyzed the data in the systems and assisted in the governance process to define future definitions and legacy to new mapping changes
• Performed data cleansing to achieve changes necessary for go-lives during on-boarding cycles
• Supported data governance procedures across all schema and structures in the Data Hub
• Worked with the business and Managed Services Provider in understanding the requirements and translation to the technology components being developed
• Supported training and user acceptance test case documentation
• Combined views and reports into interactive dashboards in Tableau Desktop that were presented to Business Users
• Involved in validating and accurately updating the SQL Scripts for report development and handled the performance issues effectively
• Tested dashboards created using Tableau to ensure data was matching as per the business requirements and updating the team regarding any changes in underlying data
• Migrated reports from SAP BO to Tableau
• Participated in meetings, reviews, and user group discussions as well as communicating with stakeholders and business groups
• Involved in report tuning, caching, specifying query governing thresholds, and report optimizations
• Actively participated in clarification meeting with the Clients

Environment: Tableau desktop, Tableau server, Teradata, SQL Server, Windows, MS Excel, SAP BO, Crystal Reports

Confidential

Senior Tableau Consultant, Indianapolis, IN

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze the project requirements
• Developed executive dashboards to show reports from various departments
• Used complex calculated fields to meet exact requirements provided by users
• Involved in the requirements gathering process to prepare the business requirement documents
• Conducted weekly meetings to inform users of progress of projects
• Restructured data using Initial SQL Queries, to allow flexibility in chart developments according to requirements
• Worked with data blends and joins to ensure maximum efficiency in dashboard performance
• Optimized reports and created performance analysis dashboards
• Used calculated fields, quick-filters, parameters and action filters to create dynamic charts and tooltips
• Conducted in-depth analysis of requirements to provide efficient solution to users and to ensure best practices
• Prepared design documents, training and UAT documents
• Implemented solutions using action filters to navigate between various dashboards
• Coordinated with onshore and offshore teams to work on requirements
• Ensured extensive knowledge and documentation transfer to support teams to conclude each project
• Used Extract and Live connections of data to develop reports with efficiency
• Implemented permissions for users and ensure user security according to various clearance levels of business users
• Scheduled reports and ensured users were informed with each dashboard refresh

Environment: Tableau desktop, Tableau server, Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, Windows, MS Excel

Confidential

Tableau Developer, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Implemented permissions for users and ensure user security according to various clearance levels of business users
• Scheduled reports and ensured users were informed with each dashboard refresh
• Actively involved in gathering requirements from end users, involved in modifying various technical & functional specifications.
• Mentored business power users to create reports/dashboards using tableau desktop.
• Designed and developed various analytical reports from multiple data sources by blending data on a single worksheet in tableau Desktop.
• Utilized advance features of tableau software like to link data from different data sources together on one dashboard to filter data in multiple views.
• Involved in new KPI generation for Scorecards.
• Data collection and leveraging on data manipulation teams for required data.
• Developed complex SQL scripts for Teradata database for creating BI layer on DW for tableau reporting.
• Building, publishing customized interactive reports and dashboards, report scheduling using Tableau server.
• Created Filled maps, actions, parameters, Filter (Local, Global) and calculated sets for preparing dashboards and worksheets using Tableau.
• Effectively used data blending, quick filters, actions, hierarchies' features in tableau.
• Executed and tested required queries and reports before publishing.
• Converted Metric insight reports to tableau reports.
• Analyzed the data using statistical features in tableau to develop Trend Analysis reports.
• Experience in assisting users in creating and modifying worksheets and data visualization dashboards.

Environment: Tableau Desktop 5.0/6.0/7.0, Tableau Server, SQL Server 2008/2012, Info view, Windows 2008 Server

Confidential

BI Analyst, Austin, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review and analyze the project requirements
• Worked with the team that introduced Tableau to Confidential to work on developing visualizations in Tableau
• Worked with teams to gather requirements
• Developed Tableau visualizations and document the requirement
• As the first team in the shared services implementing Tableau, worked with multiple teams on the organization to present the Tool, advantages in moving from traditional excel reporting
• Created datasets using SQL queries, utilized excel imports and other data sources to quickly provide insights on the data
• Created various KPIs for multiple teams and have been part of the Tableau success story at Schwab

Environment: Tableau, Excel, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Excel reports

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the Requirements from the client
• Creation and maintenance of statistical database for corporate retail index (revenue activity by industry, region)
• Migration of third party collections data ( corporate acquisitions) into Native data sources (SQL Server)
• Base lined the business requirements by conducting the requirement analysis and translated them into functional requirement document.
• Performed Gap Analysis to identify the gaps in the current system.
• Worked as a liaison between Users, QA team, and the Development team to facilitate communication and explain business requirements and technical features as necessary.
• Conducted Brainstorming sessions with the business and other stakeholders to understand the high-level requirements for the project
• Conducted the JAD session to bring all the team members as well as the business people and took sign offs from the business people.
• Interacted with SME's in the construction of Use Case diagrams and Use Case Specifications.
• Prepared test plans and test cases, and ensured that the reporting compliances were tested by testing team and also presented Back End Testing scenarios
• Reviewed defect reporting and resolution in Quality Centre to track project progress against schedule.
• Provided technical and procedural support for User Acceptance Testing

Environment: MS Word, Excel, Visio, SQL Server