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Boise, Id, Us

Meridian, Id, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Multi-disciplinary role encompassing both engineering and data strategy activities to bring new sources and reporting online and improve team capabilities. Engineering: serve as lead for 4.0 data architecture/modeling and data catalog/governance research and demo projects. Design data learning curriculum to improve team capabilities. Strategy: evaluate data capabilities, responsibilities, gaps, organizational structure, and roadmaps to develop and present recommendations to senior leadership. Act as co-lead of the cross-functional Data Center of Excellence to improve overall communication and data capabilities.Achievements: program manager and architect of common data model for product telemetry, led hack-a-thon to determine potential for LLM genAI system to automate documentation, led development and implementation of Power BI deployment pipelines and 4-stage architecture, implementation of Power BI endorsement process for improved governance, developed semantic model for product analysis, designed data literacy strategies, led knowledge graph discovery sessions, lee cross-functional work to build basis for machine learning classification model, collaborated with UI/UX teams on client-facing reporting, developed dynamic reporting with field parameters and calculation groupsTechnologies: Azure Synapse (PySpark, Azure Data Factory), Power BI, Microsoft Purview Data Catalog, Microsoft Fabric, Azure OpenAI

Boise, Idaho, Us

Multi-disciplinary role emphasizing bringing new data sources, analytics, and team capabilities to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) and content-as-a-service (CaaS) healthcare business.Engineering: focused on architecture, data modeling, and refining data from bronze-level data to silver and gold; key initiatives to move to data lake architecture and improve speed of data to the business Analytics: building data models that enable self-service environment and creating reports with visualizations that tell a story; key initiatives to bring additional insights into product and client utilization reporting and create data model and reports for new productsStrategy & Team building: investigate and provide recommendations on data architecture, BI and analytics platform strategy, and lead team learning sessions and internal communication initiatives

Boise, Id, Us

Analytics engineer working across Microsoft technologies to launch data models, improve development processes, and provide new insights into company data;Built-out Power BI deployment pipelines to enable one-click deployment, speeding model delivery to business partners and reducing dataset errors;Key contributor to data delivery framework, developing delivery templates, communication strategies, and organization preferred practices which has enable certified datasets and increased collaboration between engineering and business teams;Led platform management discovery work to use REST APIs to manage business intelligence tenant, providing insights into how the platform was being used and who was using, leading to new insights to manage platform costs and increase supportability;Facilitating analytical team building capabilities including workflow, governance, and stakeholder communication; Design and advocate analytics vision to leadership;Tools/

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Communicate status of installed base telemetry reporting capabilities to senior leadership; Act as primary liaison for laser print business to pan-print tech initiatives;Lead projects to onboard new data streams from internal and external sources;Support new business models by consulting on data systems and analytical projects; Scrum lead for Data Engineering team;Serve as mentor for new analysts;Consultant for several analytical projects evaluating impacts of COVID-19 on print business;Investigate data quality issues and work with upstream teams to determine root cause;Evaluate data for new analytical fields and improve base table structures to develop new capabilities

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Supplies Big Data Business Transformation: Analytics DeveloperLead report and analytics development process to fulfill strategic requests from business teams; Build device level analytical tools/dashboards that provide insights into product use and customer behavior;Create methodologies, data sets, and visualizations to automate and improve syndicated reporting;Integrate new products and features into big data analytics and reporting capabilities;Provide insights into big data coverage and capabilities to internal executive and partner teams. VBA, SQL, Power Query (M), Power Pivot, Power BI, DAX, Qlik Sense, Python, Azure ML

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

OPS Finance: Senior Analyst - A3 CategorySenior finance analyst for A3 printing categories, responsible for models to drive business improvement across vendors, products, and routes-to-market;Develop department-wide analytics at the product line and SKU levels to evaluate product performance and provide regular financial reporting;Define revenue and cost allocation methodologies at the base product level for actuals, budget, and LTP;Analyze new product investment scenarios, program outcomes, and discount spend and communicate analysis results to region and global business partners;Interact with business counterparts to plan product launch;Lead teams to create presentations for regular review by senior management.OLAP, Essbase, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Excel (VBA/M/PowerPivot)

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

LaserJet Finance: Data Analytics and Process Improvement AnalystHead of finance GBU Lean Six Sigma project to identify and optimize financial data process and workflows of standard financial reports;Key team member in parallel sub-projects to optimize methodology and improve analytics with focus on current business management, pricing and discounting, and new product model integration;Led asset inventory project identifying tools, reports, and sources to reduce duplicative work and address methodology/data gaps;Created and maintain Excel-based tools to automate and standardize analysis.LaserJet Finance: New Product Investment AnalystFinancial analyst focusing on new LaserJet printer products including pricing, cost, and scenario analysis;Worked with domestic and international analysts to identify best practices, define methodologies, and plan and organize analyses;Presented financial analysis to senior managers on investments ranging from $0.5-11 million;Led data process inventory and restructuring initiative to create working efficiencies;Created Excel-based tools via VBA to automate analysis and create financial dashboards.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Actively participated in transition planning following acquisition.Contributed to and led projects including competitive product analysis, methodology alignment, and product training.Successfully delivered final reports before EOL and communicated with sales and customers to ensure smooth transition to new products.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Analytic market research professional with experience developing and managing research products in the energy and photovoltaic industries. Professional experience has focused on market research and economic analysis with an international perspective. Report manager for several NPD Solarbuzz products including North America PV Markets Quarterly, Solarbuzz Quarterly, and Marketbuzz. Downstream policy and market experience includes research of energy industries in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, and Australia.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Market research professional with experience developing and managing research products in the energy and photovoltaic industries. Professional experience has focused on market research and economic analysis with an international perspective. Downstream policy and market experience includes research of energy industries in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, and Australia. Contributed to several reports, including: Solarbuzz Quarterly, Marketbuzz, Photovoltaic Markets Quarterly Asia Pacific, and Photovoltaic Markets Quarterly North America.

Moscow, Id, Us

Assistant Lecturer: Principles of ExcelWrote curriculum, presentations, homework, and tests. Presented curriculum and lessons, answered student questions, graded homework and tests. Analyzed post-semester student feedback and worked with University of Idaho faculty members to adapt curriculum to meet student needs. Course material covered aspects such as Solver, Pivot Tables, and What-if analysis

Moscow, Id, Us

Worked with four student cohorts and two faculty advisers to produce original research related to Global Health topics for the Martin Institute. The Martin Institute is an inter-disciplinary research and teaching center at the University of Idaho. My individual project analyzed waste-to-energy feasibility in Guatemala, including combustion facilities, pelletization plants, and biofuels.

B.S., Business Economics (Magna Cum Laude)

Spanish Certificate, Spanish

French Immersion, French