Blaine Gerick Email & Phone Number

United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

• Championed Build to Rent (BFR/BTR) business strategy to expand customer base and provide value to investor clients• Developed project management system using Citrix Podio for Acquisitions Department• Maintained and enhanced Podio workflows and business processes• Championed Microsoft's PowerBI platform and introduced company-wide BI reporting• Produced and presented Market Underwriting Reports (financial models) to leadership while leveraging advanced analytics• Facilitated the Capital Committee in acquisition decisions totaling over $6M• Implemented file storage management system increasing data security and file sharing efficiency• Developed SharePoint site for Acquisitions Department• Administrator for smrtPhone cold caller system• Created and managed GIS products crucial in making informed decisions• Assisted in creating a rental holding company and acted as the functional Asset Manager

Houston, Texas Area

In my BI Engineer role, I enable all business levels to maximize the value of our data assets through visualization and reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI and ArcGIS Enterprise. I am responsible for profiling, cleaning, and transforming data. My responsibilities also include designing and building scalable and effective data models, and enabling and implementing the advanced analytics capabilities into reports for analysis. I work with the pertinent stakeholders to identify appropriate and necessary data and reporting requirements. Once I determine my stakeholders' requirements I work with turning raw data into relevant and meaningful insights. As a BI Engineer on the Business Intelligence team, I am also responsible for the management of Power BI and GIS assets, including reports, map products, dashboards, workspaces, surveys, and the underlying datasets that are used in both the Power BI and GIS assets. I am tasked with implementing and configuring proper security procedures, in conjunction with stakeholder requirements, to ensure the safekeeping of all spatial and non-spatial assets and their data. I work with data engineers to determine and locate appropriate data sources that meet stakeholder requirements. Additionally, my role has me working with the data engineer and database administrator to ensure that I have proper access to the needed data sources. I also work with the data engineer to identify new processes or improve existing processes for collecting data for analysis. Detailed Achievements/Responsibilities:• Drew from Data Analytics and GIS skillsets to provide powerful spatial-centered BI tools/products• Excelled as a rotational team member working on numerous teams - GIS Solutions, People Analytics, IT Business Intelligence

Houston, Texas

College Station, Texas

Houston Heights, Texas

Bachelor’S Degree, Spatial Sciences

Visiting Scholar

Real Estate Valuation, Real Estate Contract Negotiation