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Minneapolis, MN, US

Plano, Texas, US

St Louis, Missouri, US

Cargill: Reduced software licensing costs by tens of thousands of dollars by porting Alteryx data workflows to KNIME, an open-source alternative. Created data workflows to read, process, and write data to and from a variety of sources including databases, flat files, and Salesforce.Coca-Cola Corporation: Increased resiliency in supply chain data by porting.

San Francisco, California, US

I functioned as a database analyst for multiple projects. When presented with a business requirements document for a project that involved any kind of a database change, I created a document that encapsulated all changes needed to be performed by data modelers and/or ETL developers.I performed impact analysis of database changes to all associated.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Lead project with multiple groups to allow for ATM cash deposits to be processed at the cash vault instead of bank branches.Facilitated the documentation and deployment of monthly code releases.Saved ~15 hours of work per month by partially automating the transfer of large volumes of data to a new database during the transition to new vault management.

Eau Claire, WI, US

Researched trends of cryptocurrency, specifically with regard to startups and the uses of Initial Coin Offerings/Initial Fork Offerings.Collaborated with an IS professor and a graduate student in China.

Fremont, CA, US

Worked with the Global Operations IT team as part of a large cyber security effort. Attended daily stand-up meetings with our team members in our Springtown, Northern Ireland site to coordinate these efforts. Worked with other lines of business to patch ESXi servers during planned maintenance times.Assisted with various tasks in the data center including.

Eau Claire, WI, US

Volunteered to tutor Information Systems students in IS 304 (Introduction to Business Programming).

New York, NY, US

Formatted permissions to all SharePoint sites across the enterprise to align more closely with Travelers permission guidelines. Proofread and edited SharePoint guides and replaced the old version with them in SharePoint. Used various reports regarding database usage to reconcile a master list of data.Assisted the Mobility department by creating an Excel.