Business Analyst Search

Manuel Lopez

980-***-**** ******.*********@*****.*** 33 Chelsea ST, MA 02128 theflutteringveil.wordpress.com EXPERIENCE

Occupation Search Analyst, Self-Employed October 2024 – Present As an active Search Analyst for new job opportunities, my day to day duties in the software and business analyst space include the following:

• Conduct extensive market research by executing hundreds of keyword search queries across multiple job board platforms, including LinkedIn, Indeed, and specialized industry portals, to identify relevant opportunities aligned with professional expertise.

• Developed and maintained a structured job search pipeline using applicant tracking methods and data-driven decision-making to optimize application strategies.

• Analyze job descriptions and industry hiring trends using text-mining techniques to tailor application materials and align with ATS (Applicant Tracking System) optimization best practices.

• Enrolled and/or completed in certification training and upskilled in various software tools, including Databricks, AWS, dbt, PowerBI, and Oracle Cloud, enhancing proficiency in cloud computing, data engineering, and analytics platforms.

• Engaged in continuous professional development through technical coursework, networking with industry professionals, and participating in webinars, workshops, and online forums through Randstad RiseSmart to stay informed on emerging trends. EPM Full Stack Developer, IBM August 2022 – October 2024 As an EPM Developer, I create and maintain the most important financial fact and dimension pipelines from across IBM to deliver trusted enterprise data for financial analysts. I regularly employ applications such as Kubernetes, Python 3, Apache Spark & Airflow, and DB2 SQL. My responsibilities include:

• Working with a multidisciplinary team of production managers, SMEs, and data architects to define project scope, business requirements, and develop an end-to-end solution. Document progress on Jira and technical changes on Confluence

• Creating ETL pipelines using PySpark YAML-formatted configuration files, and manage and deploy pipelines onto the EPM Cluster

• Implementing pipeline validation plugins that will spot deficient data such as duplicates, control total failures, and integrity checks. Results were exported into an Excel format.

• Use cloud object storage to manage large data tables (10 million+ records) across different data warehouses (Amazon S3 & DB2)

• Curating front-end data in our Data Mart for Cognos packages that provide users dashboards with data-driven insights.

• Communicating data quality defects from product owners with technical context and providing backend solutions.

• Leading my squad with technical support and knowledge transfers EPM Product Manager, IBM January 2022 – July 2022

As a product manager for IBM’s EPM software I transformed workflows for IBM Infrastructure group and prioritized all data requirements to enable end users to utilize EPM. This included:

• Discovering, prioritizing, documenting, and testing business requirements for the entire enterprise, primarily financial requirements.

• Defining end user solutions, driving process improvements for data ingestion, approving all new business requirements, and executing software releases for our IBM wide transformation project

• Partnered with our Cognos development team to improve our product

• Led Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning and retrospectives, to align cross-functional team

• Developed use cases to drive user adoption, improving system efficiency and engagement

• Tested new features for quality and performance

Global Real Estate Analyst, IBM June 2021 – December 2021 As a business analyst for IBM’s GRE group, I

• Developed interactive Cognos dashboards tracking KPIs for workplace safety, operational expenses, and office headcount across 10,000+ facilities in the Americas and EMEA.

• Developed pipelines to source occupational safety data from our external real estate partners, CBRE and JLL, and load it into our enterprise data lake.

• Designed and launched an internal website to help IBM employees navigate TRIRIGA, IBM’s workplace management software, by providing step-by-step documentation on reserving office spaces and submitting maintenance requests for employees, managing and tracking work orders for technicians, and utilizing system administration tools for space planning, asset tracking, and operational oversight for facility managers

• Co-lead the architecture of the organization's digital transformation strategy, particularly in setting our data governance policy and ideation of potential insights.

Education

M.S. Operations Research & Minor in Mathematics, NC State University Aug 2023 – May 2024

• Relevant Coursework:Stochastic Simulation Modeling,Mathematical Programming, and Partial Differential Equations B.A. Economics & Minor in Business Administration, NC State University January 2019 - May 2021

• Relevant Coursework:Multivariable Calculus, OrdinaryDifferential Equations, Probability Theory, Econometrics, & Linear Algebra

• Business Coursework:Supply Chain and Operations Management,Financial Management, Business Processes, & Financial Accounting Certificates

● Data Engineering Professional, Databricks Academy Accreditation February 2025

● Databricks Fundamentals, Databricks Academy Accreditation September 2024 RELEVANT SKILLS

• IT & Analytics: Query Programming using SQL and Spark,Python and SAS for Statistical Analysis, Databricks Lake House Architecture, Node.JS and React.JS for frontend javascript development, AWS Cloud Tooling, Linear Programming and Optimization using Python and Excel Solver, and Cognos and PowerBI for Data Visualization

• Agile Methodology:Working with cross functional teamsin an iterative and incremental development process. Developing user stories and defining project scope. Leading standups meetings and managing the team's agile board.

• Business Acumen: Startup operations, retail sales,financial analysis, accounts receivable management, product branding, market research, and e-commerce strategy.

• Communication: Fluent in Spanish, B1 French fluency,training and developing team members, patience, and social awareness PROJECTS

• Device Resource Manager: As part of the IBM JumpStartprogram, I serve as the project manager for my squad where we are looking to develop new features to IBM Security MaaS360 to enable IT administrators to efficiently manage device resource usage through a intuitive visualization UI built on ReactJS with suggested policy recommendations built on machine learning and optimization algorithms.

• Data Catalog:I created an API service that collectedmetadata from EPM’s ETL pipelines and published this data onto an easily readable and accessible UI. This metadata captured a pipelines upstream dependency which enabled our data architects to more quickly identify downstream impact of modifications to our pipelines.

• Accounts Receivable Collection: Participated in IBM’sEnd-to-End (E2E) Collection Activities, managing accounts receivable forecasting and sales dispute resolution. Retrieved invoices, analyzed payment trends, and provided operational insights to improve collection efficiency and cash flow.

• The Fluttering Veil Blog: Author of The FlutteringVeil, a personal blog exploring technology, macroeconomics, and philosophy, with a focus on their intersections. Content includes book reviews, essays, and news analyses, offering critical insights on emerging trends and ideas. EXTENDED EXPERIENCE

Data Analyst Intern, VisionPoint Marketing January 2021 – March 2021 VisionPoint Marketing is a specialized marketing agency serving higher education institutions. During my internship, I achieved the following:

● Optimized marketing budget allocation through linear programming model to optimize marketing media channel expenses, ensuring alignment with key performance indicators (e.g., Click-Through Rate, inquiries).

● Developed linear regression models to forecast student inquiry and application submissions, enabling data-driven decision-making.

● Created interactive Power BI dashboards to analyze marketing effectiveness, illustrating trends in month-over-month expenses, inquiry and application submissions, website traffic sources, and more.

● Led a large-scale SEO initiative by building a Python scripted data pipeline connecting DataForSEO’s API with a virtual machine. Processed tens of thousands of keywords to extract Google’s top search results and search volume data. Reformatted JSON data for upload into a Google BigQuery database, designed a nested schema, and developed reusable SQL templates to empower end users to run customized queries. Co Founder & COO, Undeveloped LLC May 2020 – August 2023 Co-founded Undeveloped LLC, a Raleigh-based clothing brand featuring apparel and accessories with comic-book-style designs. Led operations, e-commerce strategy, and business development, achieving sustainable growth in a low margin market:

• Built and managed the company’s e-commerce website using WordPress, WooCommerce, and Square, optimizing SEO with Google Tag Manager to increase organic traffic.

• Developed and executed digital marketing strategies, including email campaigns and customer journey analysis via HubSpot CRM, improving engagement and conversions.

• Automated financial operations by integrating Chase for Business transactions with Google BKPER Ledger through webhooks, streamlining accounting.

• Led inventory management, order fulfillment, and vendor relations, coordinating with USPS, Cricut, and Bella+Canvas for smooth production and shipping.

• Handled inventory management, outgoing shipping fulfillments and manage relations between our partner vendors such as USPS, Cricut, and Bella Canvas

• Drove direct-to-consumer sales at pop-up events in the Raleigh-Durham metro area, expanding brand awareness and customer base.

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