Data Analyst

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SARAH GANIHAR DATA ANALYST

*******.*****@*****.*** +1-267- 475- 8648

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-ganihar-36156118/

Sammamish, WA, USA

SUMMARY

Process oriented data analyst and team player with leadership experience. Experienced in interpreting and analyzing data to drive growth. Having experience in Software Development I bring a fresh and new perspective to analyzing data and furnish insights for analytics and business intelligence needed to guide data driven decisions. EDUCATION

Springboard Data Analysis Career Track Certification Apr. 2020 - Current 6 month intensive course on data analysis and methodologies and two capstone projects. SDM College of Engineering and Technology Sept. 2006 - May 2010 Bachelor in Engineering & Technology Computer Science 2010 Welingkar School of Management Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2017 Post Graduate Diploma in IT Projects Management 2017 EMPLOYMENT

Springboard, Student/Fellow, Seattle, WA, USA Apr. 2020 - Current

• Springboard Data Analytics Learning Career Track/ Certification

• 400+ hours of hands-on course material, in collaboration with industry experts

•Successful completion of 2 in-depth capstone projects for data analysis

•Mastered skills in analyzing business problems and providing data driven recommendations Cognizant Technology Solutions, Senior Quality Assurance Analyst, Pune, India Mar. 2014 - Oct. 2014

•Consulted for LLOYDS BANK Group, UK

•Created Test strategy by analyzing KPI’s to formulate product roadmaps

• Designed/developed the end-to-end testing life cycle in collaboration with the NFT (Non-Functional Team) architect and other technical teams

• Troubleshooted real time application bottlenecks by reducing SLA by 25% thus improving end customer experience LG CNS India, Software Engineer, Bengaluru, India Mar. 2011 - Oct. 2013

•. Analysing the code for the in built applications and merging the changes required in the new version.( from Ginger Bread to Ice cream Sandwich)

• Conducted Peer Reviews of the source codes, documentation

• Involved in solving the issues that were detected during the testing phase.

• Planned and implemented upgrades USB for LG specific models. Intermedia Softech, Software Engineer, Bengaluru, India Oct. 2010 - Mar. 2011

• Involved in creating a new page called password recovery for the Serious energy Manager.

• Monitored debugging process results and investigated causes of non-conforming software.

• Created Support and Contact module for assigned projects, increasing customer satisfaction ratings 20%. DATA VISUALIZATION: Tableau, PowerBI

PROGRAMMING: SQL/Python

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Regression, Box Plots, Correlation MS OFFICE: Excel, Powerpoint

PRESENTATION: Provided Technical, Non- Technical and Executive presentation on the capstone projects and provided recommendations for the same FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Analyzed financial statement to determine whether or not a business is performing well ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Identifying the micro and macro value drivers that will drive decision for data analysis SKILLS

PROJECTS

Data Analysis of Avocado Prices in the United States May 2020 - July 2020

• Provided data analysis for avocado prices for data extracted from Kaggle

• Started the analysis by creating a problem statement using SMART principles

• Analyzed the consumer behavior for avocados

• Performed Linear Regression to understand the correlation between average price and sales

• Time Series analysis for understanding the avocado sales

• Analyzed the regions with the high sales

• Analyzed the median price for conventional and organic avocados using Box Plots

• Concluded that conventional avocados have a higher sales than the organic among the different regions in the USA

• Performed the data visualization using Tableau

• Presented a technical presentation to data analyst industry expert

• Provided recommendations for further analysis on for understanding the average prices and the transportation costs associated with the sales of avocados Data Analysis of non immigrant H1B visa allocation in the United States July 2020 - Aug. 2020

• Analyzed the data containing approximately 3 million records overall, extracted from Kaggle

• Started the analysis by creating a problem statement using SMART principles

• Performed Data Cleansing and Exploratory data analysis using Python

• Analyzed the Employers that file most H1B visa applications

• Analyzed the most popular job titles for H1B’s

• Gained Insights on the locations that have more demand for H1B candidates

• Analyzed the median wages for different job titles by removing outliers

• Concluded that Infosys, TCS and Wipro were the top employers that filed for the most H1B visa applications

• Performed the data visualization using Tableau

• Presented a technical presentation to data analyst industry expert

• Provided recommendations for further analysis on for understanding the LCA filings and why is the demand more for H1B / IT sector visas that any other type

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