Data Analytics Entry

Sheri Birk Fowler

**** * **** ** ******, AR ***** 469-***-**** ************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/sheribfowler

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford In the spirit of Henry Ford’s mindset, nothing is off the table or out of reach. I have completed the Google Data Analytics certificate. I am a relationship-building, problem-solving, and communications warrior. My knowledge and expertise in Google Sheets, and Docs, along with the Microsoft Office suite is hard to beat. Combining my past experience with my newly acquired skills in data analytics, I am seeking a data analytics role to contribute to an organization’s success. RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Tools/Languages: Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets, SQL, BigQuery Tableau, Adobe Creative Cloud Data Management: Data Collection, Data Cleaning, Data Structures, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Ethics Software Platforms: Microsoft 365 Suite, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Kaggle, Loom Strengths: Problem-solving, Collaboration, Attention to Detail, Project Management, Content Creation, Graphic Arts, Wordsmith DATA ANALYSIS PROJECTS

Learned Skills 05/2024

● Cleaned and analyzed a dataset on Happiness By Population in BigQuery, creating views with data subsets to analyze the geographic location of people who are the happiest according to quality of life, life-span, family origins, and work

● Importer views to Google Sheets to clean and format data for use in visualizations

● Created various visuals in Tableau, including map and splatter graph, to display data conclusions, then compiled them into an interactive dashboard

Data Analytics Capstone Project • Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate 07/2024

● Imported 12 Excel datasheets with millions of entries into R, then used Tableau package to clean the datasets and prepare them for analysis

● Joined all of the datasets together, created subsets of the data, and converted each attribute to the proper data type before performing analysis to find differences between members and casual customers

● Developed visuals using the ggplot2 package to display the analysis results and provide meaningful conclusions for stakeholders to implement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Journalist/Photographer • TheGauntlet.com Nationwide 06/2016 - Present

● Positively impacted a worldwide audience of music fans with new music reviews, interviews, and concert photography

● Met tight deadlines for article submission and content creation

● Engaged fans and readers with carefully constructed questions for interviews with musicians that held listeners’ attention beyond the song

● Curate Apple Music and Spotify “Best From the Nest” Playlists starting in 2018 National Sales Rep • Anchor Graphics, McKinney, Texas 11/2015 - 06/2016

● Participated in and attended industry-specific trade shows

● Collected and qualified leads, identifying and prioritizing according to the needs of customers

● Identified and created a new segment of business for the company targeting groups for the gaming industry and successfully closed over $2M in revenue

Principal’s Secretary • McKinney ISD, McKinney, Texas 05/2013 - 11/2015

● Worked side by side with the Principal of SJMS, dealing with all aspects of the school, parents, students, and teachers

● Maintained working school calendar from all departments and across the district

● Scheduled timely requests for building maintenance tickets and oversaw the general upkeep of the building

● Managed substitutes and campus para-professionals EDUCATION, RELEVANT SKILLS, & CERTIFICATIONS

Google Data Analytics Certificate • Merit America, Virtual 07/2024

● Cultivated skills in the collection, transformation, organization, and visualization of data to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision-making

● Completed hands-on labs and a capstone project (case study) to master the art and science of asking questions, preparing, processing, analyzing, visualizing, and acting on data as encountered in real-world scenarios

● Collaborated with training cohort to gain proficiency in team-based project management, task prioritization, problem-solving, and frequent use of Google Workspace tools Life & Health Insurance Licensing Exam -Passing Score - 2024

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