Michael Hester Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

The DataFace is a digital agency that helps brands and storytellers reach new audiences with data-driven content. We're experts in modern approaches to data mining, analytics, and interactive visualization for the web.

Companies like Yelp, Strava, and Universal Music Group have relied on us to help them extract compelling narratives from their data.

San Mateo, CA

• Led the technical implementation of best-in-class customer experience programs for multinational financial services corporations
  
• Designed surveys using HTML and CSS to ensure high response rate and mobile compatibility
  
• Built data pipelines using Javascript, XML, and Regex to efficiently parse large volumes of surveys daily
  
• Created visualizations and dashboards using Javascript and XML to present an aggregated view of client data to users worldwide through our desktop and mobile app
  
• Effectively cultivated client relationships and managed others to ensure technical deadlines were met

Sunnyvale, CA

• Compiled and closed-out of financial reports from all departments for Q2, which exceeded $500 million in revenue
  
• Computed various final metrics for the Q2 10-Q financial statements, such as Earnings Per Share
  
• Participated in meetings with external auditors to ensure that the internal controls were satisfactory

UC Berkeley

• Group has a 5% acceptance rate
  ***Completed projects for clients****
  
• Performed financial analysis to calculate five-year cost projections for a >$1 million project based on aggregated data of competitors' expenditures
  
• Identified growth rates for internal cost categories and ways to limit costs, resulting in a 16% decrease of their capacity utilization rate
  
• Formed plan for landing strategic partnerships, leading to an agreement with the San Francisco Giants
  
• Built a comprehensive marketing strategy to most effectively leverage their e-commerce store and existing partnerships

Sunnyvale, CA

• Created expense reports for nine departments across Intuitive Surgical using Microsoft Excel, Hyperion, and SAP
  
• Calculated key financial metrics from expense reports and aggregated data sets, and presented findings to the head of each department
  
• Created automated reports within Microsoft Excel to automatically pull data and update through SAP and Hyperion to support each team