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Elon, North Carolina, United States

Provided Business Intelligence Solutions. Designed, developed, and delivered enterprise business intelligence and analytic solutions. Analyzed data and provided insights.Notable Accomplishments:📌 Developed a Power BI Workbook that compared the Registrar Reports with the University Fact Book data. This workbook was used to determine if the Registrar Report could be produced using the University Fact Book data source.📌 Developed a Power BI Workbook to compare Student COVID Vaccine data from two different sources. Verified that data in both systems was the same. Identified data that was in one system but not the other so the missing data could be entered into the other system. Constructed process to enter the missing data into the appropriate system.📌 Developed a Power BI Report to locate and present a student’s COVID 19 Vaccine status for use when the students arrived on campus for the Fall 2021 semester.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Promoted to this new role after demonstrating proficiency in DBA and Data Warehouse Administrator roles helping stakeholders capture the data needed to articulate business needs. My role was to collaborate with business clients in all business areas (Finance, Sales, Marketing, Evaluations, Scheduling, Assessments, Coaching, and Training) to locate data from raw and transactional data sources. I constructed views, data sources, reports, dashboards, and supported Tableau developers. In addition, I served as the Tableau Server and Data Warehouse Administrators.Notable Accomplishments:📌Constructed innovative dashboards, data sources and ad hoc analyses that drove adoption and understanding of KPIs and business drivers that facilitated better planning/decision-making.📌Built, optimized, and maintained ETL processes that loaded critical data into data mart structures enabling more accessibility for better data analysis in the enterprise.📌Wrote SQL scripts to independently verify the results of ETL and dashboard results.📌Refined the deal pipeline reporting in Tableau to enable daily rather than monthly reporting.📌Identified customer commitment data points used in a model that provided insights around training class participant cancellations discovering ways to prevent this revenue loss. 📌Improved the productivity of Tableau developers by helping them refine methods and create calculations.📌Collaborated with stakeholders and business owners to improve overall operations and reporting, enabling users to become more self-sufficient and efficient through ongoing training.📌Ensured the security of data used for critical self-service analysis by locking down the data through Tableau Data Sources and SQL Views.📌Incorporated data and visualizations into the data warehouse for better GDPR compliance.📌Pioneered the enterprise’s installation of Tableau Server and administered the server.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Expanded DBA and Data Warehouse Administrator roles overseeing the administration of data warehouses and data marts in all areas of the business. I continued my DBA and Data Warehouse Administrator duties with the Assessment Data Mart, manipulating this data to help users perform their jobs more efficiently. I developed SSRS reports and Excel workbooks/macros against this data to support all areas of the business. Built new data marts as needed for specific areas of the business.Notable Accomplishments:📌Developed several specialized data marts for business data to make data analysis and the day to day reporting function more efficient. 📌Provided data analysis and actionable insights to facilitate productivity and performance gains in Finance, Marketing, Sales, Assessments, Training, Coaching, and Research Departments.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Served as the Administrator of our Assessment Data Warehouse. I updated ETL and constructed other ETL processes for ongoing business operations, writing reports against the data for both internal and external clients. My role included maintaining our Cognos Server (used for business reporting) by managing users and backing up settings. I loaded and transmitted external data into the Assessment Data Warehouse, identifying and connecting data from varied sources.Notable Accomplishments:📌Outstanding performance led to becoming the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Assessment Data.📌Developed Cognos cubes and reports, SSRS reports, and MS-SQL database views and processes so that authorized users could access the data, conduct analysis, and be self-sufficient.📌Ensured data security, backup, and maintenance of the MS-SQL database and documented and improved data processes and operational performance as the primary DBA.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Promoted into this data steward role after new directors joined the IT and the Assessments Departments. I oversaw and maintained the databases, which eventually became our Assessment Data Warehouse. In this role, I developed scoring programs and advanced tools to analyze this data. I supported the business needs of users who worked with the data, including internal clients, external clients, and researchers. Notable Accomplishments:📌Introduced advanced and more accurate ICR scanning technology for paper forms replacing OCR Technology automatically pushing Assessment Survey Data into our main transactional database.📌Led the successful on-time and on-budget delivery of the Assessment Data Warehouse Project, managing external resources in a project management role.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States