MOTIVATIONI thrive when combining analytics, IT systems knowledge and design skills to discover insights and breakthroughs, solve and communicate problems, improve quality, and create results. I love the challenge of producing ad-hoc reports and presentations for all organization levels, doing what is needed to support and engage the recipient.Colleagues know me as a highly creative analyst/designer who can come up with a clear, engaging approach. I spend time understanding the business and the audience before suggesting ideas. I can (and often do) work well alone, but I’m at my best collaborating with others.HATS• presentation/visualization designer• data analyst• project manager/team leader• VBA developer• IT leader• documentation architect• survey expert• strategist• trainer/mentorABILITIES• consistently create polished documentation and deliverables• find and communicate trends, patterns and problems within corporate data• simplify complex data walk-throughs with interactive data visualization • design, develop and deliver ad hoc reporting, dashboards, process maps, surveys• manage (and act as scrum leader for) large and small teams directing product development, achieving compliance, developing strategy, process redesign, quality improvementACCOMPLISHMENTSRedesign of a hardware/software product line that doubled product prices and increase unit sales 300%, designing software systems for surveys that doubled revenue, designed and developed prototype dashboard system for large financial institution, drove major billing initiative through healthcare organization to meet compliance needs and improve billing accuracy.SPECIALTIESInformation design, data analysis, software engineer, survey design/delivery, dashboard design, technical support, documentation, team leader, project manager.CONTACTemail me at david.olstad@gmail.com to see how we can work togetherKEYWORDSAnalytics, ETL, Excel, VBA, PowerPoint, Tableau, Minitab, SQL, Access, graphic design, publishing, scrum, team leader, Six Sigma