Barbara K. Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Analyst position supporting Enterprise Analytics & Data Science (EADS) team.• Deliver analytics business intelligence solutions across diverse business teams.• Partner with stakeholders on Tableau and Power BI dashboard development and enhancements.• Perform peer review and testing of analytic solutions to adhere to company complianceprocesses.

Minneapolis, Mn

Analyst position supporting Supply Chain Field Operations.• Supported analytics reporting using complex SQL queries and Target’s Greenfield visualizationsoftware to provide real-time insights into field operations processes and KPIs.• Provided support and training to business customers, received recognition for working withcustomers to optimize bin item activity reporting view which resulted in quicker insights andreduction in theft of product within distribution centers.• Improved efficiency and accuracy of manual Excel reports by utilizing APIs and R/Python withinTarget’s cloud-based tools to automate processes, reducing processing time from hours tominutes.• Completed rotation with data science team to drive insights in distribution center inbound days ofbacklog (DOB). Utilized R and linear regression to highlight and quantify key process variables toreduce DOB.• Mentored, trained and supported onboarding of new analysts.

Projects:• College degrees that payback, story and interactive dashboard created in Tableau. Utilized multiple datasets to visualize impact of college degree choice on salary and career satisfaction.• Analyzed bank marketing dataset to gain insights and make predictions on customer purchases using classification algorithms. Used synthetic minority over-sampling (SMOTE) to deal with problem of highly unbalanced classes.• Healthcare predictive analytics utilizing Medicare Claims Synthetic Public Use Files (SynPUFs). Transformed, cleansed and aggregated patient beneficiary dataset containing over 6M+ records. Balanced dataset using under-sampling and then applied random forest and Naïve Bayes algorithms to predict depression in patients.• Team project to predict outpatients at risk for hospital admission due to chronic heart failure (CHF). Merged outpatient, inpatient and beneficiary datasets containing over 15M+ records, transformed data to aggregate patients by their outpatient and inpatient records for CHF. Further aggregated to reduce high cardinality IC9 codes down to 19 categories. Balanced classes with under-sampling and applied classification algorithms.Completed Coursework (GPA: 3.95/4.0):SEIS_603 - Foundations of Software Development - PythonSEIS_610 - Software EngineeringSEIS_630 - Database Management Systems and DesignSEIS_631 - Foundations of Data AnalysisSEIS_665 - DevOps and Cloud InfrastructureSEIS_763 - Machine LearningSEIS_732 - Data Warehousing and Business IntelligenceSEIS_632 - Data Analytics & VisualizationSEIS_735 - Healthcare AnalyticsSEIS_736 - Big Data Architecture

Eden Prairie, Mn

Preparing master data for compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).• Use querying and excel skills to build data dictionary of company’s database.• Develop deeper understanding of financial regulations by categorizing data.• Coordinate with other members of compliance team to find solutions to roadblocks that arise.

Bloomington, Mn

• Held engineering positions in Research & Development (R&D) group, developing latest generation of hard drive technology.• Played key role in reducing R&D product hold time from over 25% to less than 10%, by applying statistical analysis and lean principles. • Performed SQL queries and data analysis to investigate process issues and identify trends, improving product quality and metrics.• Efficiently wrote guidelines and specifications for technical and non-technical audience.• Built strong working relationships and led daily production meetings with off-shift teams, facilitating communication and reporting between teams.

Master Of Science - Ms, Data Science, Gpa: 3.92/4.0

Materials Science Engineering, Chemistry Minor

Full Stack Software Engineering Certification, Computer Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters