SWATHI V
609-***-**** / ****@******************.***
Professional Summary
Result oriented professional having 9+ years of versatile experience as a BI Analyst with Cognos &Tableau Report Developer in the areas Telecom, Health Care, Insurance & Logistics domains to monitor their Sales growth, Operational activities, and numbers in Finance.
Hands on experience in Requirements Gathering using effective Elicitation Techniques
Analyzed department technology usage and performed research to assist in development of project scope, define requirements and propose changes.
Experienced in analyzing Stake holders by organizing Brainstorming Sessions between concerned team members
Experienced in documentation of end user requirements for data capture, data analysis, understanding internal functionality of the system
Analyzing and mining business data to identify patterns and correlations among the various data points,
Hands on experience in various BI tools and Good Knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems, & Database Design and Development
Proficient in Data Modeling/Data Analysis
Well versed in generating multiple Enterprise reports using Cognos/Tableau/SSRS from SQL Server Database, Oracle Database
Hands on experience in building ad hoc reporting and relevant KPIs
Involved in developing database objects like tables, views, stored procedures, and functions using T-SQL
Developed SSIS Packages to Load Data from various sources
Knowledge on OLAP, Star and Snowflake Schema
Involved in creating various reporting features such as group by drill through, Quick filters, sub-reports, parameterized reports
Created Tableau Dashboards with stack bars, bar graphs, scattered plots, Maps, Gantt Charts
Proficient in Tuning SQL queries to improve the database performance
Knowledge on meta data analysis
Thorough understanding on the SDLC phases
Extensive knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies, and hands-on experience in database/data warehouse testing
Coordinated and facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and prepared User Manuals
Technical Summary:
Reporting Tools : Cognos 10.2, Tableau Desktop 10.4/9.1.2/9.2, Tableau Server
10/9.1.2/9.2, SSRS 2012/14, SSRS Server 2012/14
Data Bases : MS-Access, SQL Server 2012/2014, MySQL, Oracle10g/11g
ETL Tools : Knowledge on SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
Web Technologies : Knowledge on HTML, CSS
Operating Systems : Windows 2000/2003/XP/Win 7/ Win 8/Win10
Documentation Tools : MS Office Suite
Modeling tools : MS-Visio 2007
Education Credentials:
Master’s in Business Administration
P.G. Diploma in Computer Applications
Bachelor of Science
Professional Experience:
Client: Verizon, Dallas, TX Feb 2019 – Present
Role: Technology Lead
Description:
XO was acquired by Verizon & XO Billing Application Project objective is to provide centralized analytical platform catering to critical reporting needs of Verizon - XO Market. Application usage is offered to different business units like Marketing Campaign, Customer Care, Corporate Inventory Accounting & Performance Assurance Retail Markets.
Responsibilities:
Direct interaction with the Business users to gather requirements and analyze the needs of the Verizon – XO Business and Enterprise Applications & reporting
Providing Data analysis of reporting services related to business intelligence, data warehousing and data integration using Informatica9.6, Cognos 10.2 & Tableau10.4
Development of Congo’s & Tableau reports pertaining to various applications related to Provisioning, Billing, Sales, Order Management & CDR
Creation of Tableau Dashboards & demonstrating them to the end users
Acquire data from primary & secondary data sources & identify and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets frequently assessing project management areas like Risk Management, Scope Management & Integration
Handling Tableau Server activities related to defining the user security & deployments
Worked Closely with ETL teams explaining the business requirement and business benefits for the new change and requirements for reporting
Participated in Business & System requirements sessions for issue clarifications, perform feasibility analysis for business requirement and estimate the effort required
Executed Test Protocols for System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Scheduled frequency and time to refresh data for when sources are published or extracted to server
Training end users on new reports and dashboards
Environment: Oracle, SQL Developer, Toad, Tableau10.4, Cognos 10.2, Informatica 9.6
Client: DART, Dallas, TX March 2018- Nov 2018
Role: Sr Tableau Developer
Description:
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a public transit service. It Operates Light Rail, Trinity Railway Express commuter rail, bus routes and paratransit services & moves more than 220,000
Passengers per day. Developed Finance, Human Capital, Payroll system, Driver Analysis, Ridership assessment, TVM assessment dashboards.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Requirements Gathering from end users & data mapping from various sources
Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security and metadata
Work with management team to create a prioritized list of needs for each business segment
Involved in developing ETL mappings to load data from Flat files into the target Oracle database for inserting and updating records when loaded.
Analyzed data to assess quality issues & utilizing data to fulfill business metrics
Experienced in new KPI generation based on business line & Dashboard Design
Worked on Proof of Concepts POC presentation & review with project lead along with Tableau Dashboards
Created reports utilizing features like hierarchy, calculated fields, line graphs, bar graphs, Geographical graphs, Bubble graph
Generated Dashboard with Quick Filters & Parameters to handle views more efficiently
Created Dashboards with Drill-down feature for detailed reports
Prepared Tableau Reports for Finance, HR, Payroll, IT & Operations, BUS OTP that provide clear visualizations for effective decision making
Tested the Dashboards against database tables by running custom SQL & monitored the performance of the reports before publishing to server
Executed Test Protocols for System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Scheduled frequency and time to refresh data for when sources are published or extracted to server
Training end users on new reports and dashboards
Environment: Oracle, SQL, Toad, Tableau10.4
Client: Buyers Barricades, San Antonio, TX July 2016 –Feb 2018
Role: Reporting Analyst / SSIS / SSRS
Description:
Buyer’s Barricades are Texas Expert in Traffic & Construction Safety. They are involved in creating a traffic control plan, determining what traffic safety equipment is needed, setting it up, maintaining it and also include flagging operations, lane closures, road closures, detours, highway closures etc. It involves the monthly Finance, Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP) process, Claims, Payroll system, Weekly communications of updates & forecast changes, Distribution Replenishment Planning processes, Capacity Planning, and Inventory Management.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Requirements Gathering from end users, experience in data modeling process and data mapping
Creating promotional campaigns and developed Prototype flowcharts to send email and mail campaigns. Worked with strategy managers in discussing the campaign approach
Mapping and tracing data from system in order to solve a given business or system problem
Provide quality assurance of imported data, working with quality assurance analyst if necessary
Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security and metadata
Work with management team to create a prioritized list of needs for each business segment
Validated the data loaded to staging tables
Inbound & Outbound data testing
Involved in new KPI generation
Worked on Proof of Concepts POC presentation & review with project lead along with SSRS Dashboards
Created reports utilizing features like calculated fields, line graphs, bar graphs, stack bar graphs, pyramid graphs, Score Cards
Generated Dashboard with Filters & Parameters to handle views more efficiently
Created Dashboards with Drill-down feature for detailed reports
Prepared Tableau Reports for Finance, HR and Sales Departments that provide clear visualizations for effective decision making
Tested the Dashboards against database tables by running custom SQL & monitored the performance of the reports before publishing to server
Interacted with QA team to evaluate improvements of the existing system
Executed Test Protocols for System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Scheduled frequency and time to refresh data for when sources are published or extracted to server
Ensure daily that all data is loaded in a timely manner (partner with ETL Team)
Training end users on new reports and dashboards
Weekly Status reports to Internal and Customer Managers
Environment: SSIS, SQL Server, SQL, SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
Client: MMS Hospitals Feb 2015 - Jun 2016
Role: Tableau Developer
Description:
Developed BI Solution for maintenance of health records in hospitals, ACO’s, physician's office, health departments data, health insurance data and other facilities that provide health care & maintenance of health records, Finance, Payroll, Claims, Provider & Enrollment Details, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid & Medicare plans. The project is about Medicode Strategic Data Warehouse. Analyze Hospital metrics and data to support operation teams. This is used to identify current and future information needs, in addition they may apply the science of informatics to the collection, storage, use and transmission of information to meet the legal and administrative records-keeping requirements of health care delivery.
Responsibilities:
Involved in requirements gathering for new projects and enhancements of application in Web and BI Platforms
Collaborated with users in performing data analysis and help users interpreting data as well as helping users to understand backend data
Performed in-depth analysis of workflow and data, research and resolve operational inquiries pertaining to the reports and EMR applications
Consulted clinical and senior leadership to understand their reporting needs and provide recommendation how they can use the reports for their daily engagement system (DES) to promote process improvement
Developed reports in the form of Line Graphs, Bar graphs, Scattered plots, Pie charts & Line graphs for Finance, HR & Executive Departments & Doctors Score Card
Development of packages according to the ETL specifications for the staging area & Warehouse data loading using SQL Server Integration Services
Good Knowledge on Data Transformations like Derived Columns, Merge, Conditional Split, Sort, Data Conversion, Union All and Execute SQL Task to load data into Data Warehouse
Designed and modified the data for building KPI’s
Created action filters, parameters, and calculated fields for preparing dashboards and worksheets in Tableau
Developed different KPI’s like Payroll, Employee Hours, Avg. wait time by Physician, Readmission by Diagnosis, Readmission by Gender, Charged Hours, Charged Amount, Patient Load by Physician etc. to name a few including drill through with filters and necessary tool tips Development of reports
Responsible for developing different types of reports i.e. drilldown reports, sub reports
Prepared Traceability Matrix documents and Defect Incident Reporting documents
Provided defects tracking and testing protocols status report to higher management
Responsible for ensuring that production procedures are maintained and properly executed, including development, change requests, and enterprise integration projects
Coordinated with developers and end users on issues found in testing phases
Proactively working on process improvements and initiations to make system more reliable and stable to users to meet their business goals
Environment: SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services), SQL, SQL Server, SSIS, Tableau9.0,9.1
Client: Empire Truck Lines Aug 2014 – Jan 2015
Role: Tableau Developer
Description:
Empire Truck Lines provides Transportation Services including Container Yard Services, Domestic & International Services. I involved in developing enterprise BI solution for Empire Truck Lines Management. I involved in creating reports for Finance and Operations Departments with different visualizations.
Responsibilities:
Interacted with business users to understand the business
Documenting the types and structure of the business data
Developing and implementing data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimize efficiency and quality
Acquiring data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases
Created filters, parameters, and calculated sets for preparing dashboards and worksheets
Created Detail level summary report and Dashboard using KPI's
Effectively used Data blending feature
Developed reports in the form of Line Graphs, Stacked Bar graphs, Bubble Graphs, Trend Lines
Published Workbooks by creating user filters specific to appropriate teams
Analyzed the SQL Data base, written queries and retrieved data with respect to required KPI’s
Created Drilldown reports with respective filters and tool tips
Training end users on new reports and dashboards
Scheduling the data refreshes in the Tableau Server with respect to ETL’s timing in the Database
Environment: SQL, Oracle, Tableau8.0, Toad
Client: OIPA Implementation June 2011 – July 2014
Role - Report Developer/Analyst
Description:
OIPA is core insurance product. This project is OIPA implementation, OIPA is a highly configurable, rules-based system that helps insurers adapt, transform and grow their business by accelerating speed-to-market for products, enhancing service to customers and distribution through real time access to policy information and reducing risk while optimizing performance.
Responsibilities:
Requirement discussions with client team which includes setting up the conference calls with different business units
Analyze the requirements shared from client team, consolidated them by functional grouping
Collaborated with users in performing data analysis and interpreting data
Worked on Proof of Concepts POC presentation & review with project lead along with SSRS Dashboards
Created reports utilizing features like calculated fields, line graphs, bar graphs, stack bar graphs, pyramid graphs, Score Cards
Generated Dashboard with Filters & Parameters, Cascading Parameters to handle views more efficiently
Created Dashboards with Drill-down feature for detailed reports
Performed the Back-end Integration Testing to ensure data consistency on front-end by writing and executing SQL statements
Involved in extensive DATA validation using SQL queries and back-end testing
Validated business reporting requirements with internal and external customer
Validated the reports to make sure all the data is populated as per requirements
Responsible for supporting the business in User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Environment: SSRS, SSIS, SQL, SSMS, Crystal Reports