Ken
Van Mechelen
Versatile individual with an ever inquisitive
nature. Good with people, quick to under-
standing business requirements, technical
enough to deliver cloud-based solutions
and a passion for for analytics and mathe-
matics.
Personal Information
͢ 09/07/1992
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Technical Skills
IJ Programming: Python (very good),
SQL (good)
IJ Cloud Platforms: AWS (strong, cer-
tified), Azure (notions), GCP (no-
tions)
IJ BI Tools: PowerBI (good), Qlik
(good), Tableau (notions)
Language Skills
Ŷ Dutch (mother tongue)
Ŷ English (fluent)
Ŷ German (notions)
Ŷ French (notions)
Ŷ Thai (zero, but planning to learn)
Hobbies
Swimming and Gaming
Education
Bsc, Biomechanics and Health sciences
KULeuven, Leuven
sep 2011 – jun 2014
• Bachelor paper: High performance swimming
Bsc, Applied Economics
KULeuven, Leuven
sep 2014 – jun 2016
• Bachelor paper: Time series in Finance
Msc, Applied Economics
KULeuven, Leuven
sep 2016 – jun 2017
• Major: Finance and Risk management
Experience
Business Analyst
(Crelem Bakeries)
Genk jan 2024 – present
Developing and maintaining KPI dashboards. Supporting the Product Development and Sales Teams in order to deliver price- efficient products. Supporting the IT and administration teams re- garding masterdata and processes in SAP.
Business Analyst
(Kuehne+Nagel)
Tessenderlo sep 2022 – dec 2023
Developing and maintaining KPI dashboards. Supporting the op- erational teams in efficiency and safety improvements. Automat- ing administrative workflows, reducing manual labor. Data Engineer
(Ordina)
Mechelen aug 2019 – aug 2021
Designed and implemented scalable ETL pipelines using Python and AWS services such as Lambda, S3 and Redshift. Supported cloud migration initiatives, optimizing data workflows for bet- ter performance and cost-efficiency. Collaborated with cross- functional teams to develop data solutions that increased data ac- cessibility and streamlined reporting.
Data Analyst
(TamTam Consulting)
Herentals jan 2019 – jul 2019
Developed and optimized cost calculation models, improving the accuracy and efficiency of financial forecasting. Created interactive dashboards in PowerBI.
Auditor of Financial Institutions
(KPMG)
Brussels sep 2017 – dec 2018
Analyzed and reviewed financial reports to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Extracurriculair
Certification: AWS Solution Architect
(AWS)
Belgium jan 2020
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