DoorDash

DoorDash (via Aston Carter) is one of the largest food delivery tech companies in the U.S.

● Reducing redundant ingested data by ~5% by quality-assuring large datasets using SQL, Mode, Snowflake & AWS S3
● Improving merchant experience for new verticals by collaborating with cross-functional teams using Syndigo & Jira to resolve data issues; completed over 400+ ad-hoc & regular data requests by querying data using SQL & Excel
● Using complex functions in Google Sheets, Excel (Power Query) & Python (Google Colab & Pandas) to clean 1M+ rows of data in a span of 5 months; saving ~3 hrs/week by automating repetitive tasks using Python scripts
● Improved customer experience by auditing 10000+ SKUs for product & size on DoorDash’s app using G-Sheets
● Trained associates on efficient functions in excel to save time (vlookup vs xlookups)

Operations | Data Analytics, Data Integrity, SQL, & New Business Verticals

Career Science

Currently building a fleet of digital products for job seekers.

● Generated over 320K+ impressions in 90 days. Wrote 150+ pieces of content on career growth & data analytics to build a community of 6750+ on LinkedIn in 5 months 
● Mentoring 25+ entry-level data analysts regarding technical skills (SQL & Tableau), concise writing, & storytelling skills
● Proactively built relationships with 8+ tech influencers on LinkedIn with a combined following of 100K to 200K
● Launched a weekly newsletter with 370+ active subscribers to date; frequently optimized on key metrics i.e., subscription rate, open rate, clickthrough rate, & impressions using A/B tests, analytics dashboards & satisfaction polls

Growth Marketing | Analytics, Content Writing, Newsletter Growth & No-code Digital Products

dentsu international

Dentsu is one of the largest media and adtech companies in the world.

Client: LinkedIn

● Measured LinkedIn’s digital marketing performance & showcased business insights by building & maintaining Tableau dashboards for 30+ metrics; automated weekly reporting using SQL & Tableau saving ~5 hrs/week in manual reporting
● Reported on product marketing campaigns across multiple channels including FB Ads, Google Ads, TT Ads, CM 360, DV 360, SA 360, & TW Analytics. Maintained cross-channel data using SQL, Excel (vlookups & pivot tables), & G-Sheets
● Reduced redundant data by ~7% by carrying out regular quality checks & analysis on data using SQL & Excel
● Increased reporting efficiency by ~3% by collaborating with data engineering, paid media, and marketing teams to maintain data integrity; identified business requirements to maintain reporting needs for 25+ campaigns
● PM of 3 analysts delivering 17 weekly reports on 15+ KPIs measuring paid media performance using MS Teams Cards
● Presented reports & presentations to the Director of Analytics at Dentsu & Media Managers (clients) at LinkedIn

Marketing Ops | Tableau, SQL, Marketing Measurement, Analytics & Data Pipelines @ LinkedIn

Venture For America

Served as a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead for Venture First group at Venture For America (VFA) to empower first generation college grads like myself with the soft and hard skills needed for a successful career in startups & entrepreneurship.

Venture First Colead | DEI 

Selected as one of the top 200+ Fellows from an applicant pool of 3000+ (less than 7%) to kickstart the startup ecosystem of USA's emerging cities and learn entrepreneurship.

● Venture for America (VFA) is creating economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.
●  VFA is a 2 year fellowship program with an admission rate of less than 7% for recent top graduates interested in entrepreneurship. Fellows learn important hard and soft skills at a month-long Training Camp. When Fellows are ready to start a company – be it two years after college or ten – VFA has the resources (like local Ideation Sessions and a national Accelerator) and an Evergreen Fund to help make that dream a reality
●  VFA is community of builders with integrity who are dedicated to creating a better future. It is a collective of supporters, advisors, and leaders who believe that entrepreneurship changes lives, strengthens communities, and makes those who take the leap better versions of themselves

Matched with a PropTech Startup

●	Automated daily KPI reporting using Looker saving 5 hrs/week in reporting
● Increased revenue reporting efficiency by 30%+ by revamping reporting from the ground up. Synced with BI, Product, Sales & Supply Ops to introduce new reporting tools, training, & processes
● Reduced decision-making time by 20% by analyzing subscription cancellations using market-level Looker dashboards
● Captured $700K in extra revenue by improving customer experience; managed project with G-Sheets, Notion & Looker

Matched with a Healthcare startup
● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define ICPs. Wrote copy for the website to drive conversions
● Revamped branding & positioning to increase awareness of product (real-time health monitoring tech) for ICPs

VFA Fellow | Startups, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Growth Operations, & Looker Dashboards

Google

Waymo’s mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. From moving people to moving goods, taking autonomous driving to new places. Our mission is big and our work has the potential to transform lives.

EngOps @ Google (Waymo) via Akorbi

As an EngOps Associate at Waymo, I analyzed data and identified issues within the Autonomous Driving Vehicle Software utilizing different internal data analytics and 3D visualization tools such as Xview, Carcraft and Webviz.

● Identified problematic areas in the autonomous driving vehicle by reviewing & analyzing 150+ driving scenarios per day using internal data analytics & visualization tools
● Identified & evaluated driving events with 95% accuracy by carrying out hypothesis testing for each driving scenario
● Certified level 3 associate; trained in dynamic, new workflow metrics, exceeding both productivity & quality
● Mentored 5+ new associates to help develop an understanding of engineering workflows/tools & level up in seniority
● Improved triage efficiency by 10% by querying data from a proprietary database to find bugs in software using SQL
● Collaborated with product managers, data engineers, & scientists ensuring high-quality tests to document issues

Operations | Data Analytics, Engineering, Operations & Product

COOP

In partnership with Microsoft, Oath (Yahoo!), and Salesforce, a powerful 200-hour selective Data Analytics apprenticeship for first generation college grads to expand hard and soft skills in data.

● Coordinated with a team of 4 to analyze & visualize crime data in San Francisco using Tableau & Excel
● Optimized COOP’s website traffic by 5% using copywriting & targeting the right customers using Google Analytics
● Provided actionable recommendations for optimizing advertising campaigns by analyzing Google Analytics & Facebook Ads data using Excel (lookups, pivot tables, graphs, & formulas); presented findings using PowerPoint
● Recommended & facilitated API integrations using HubSpot & Google Analytics with client’s Shopify store 
● Presented findings on digital marketing strategy, personas, & branding to an audience of 20 data professionals

Digital Marketing | SQL, Python, Tableau, Google Analytics, GS, Excel & Digital Media

Delta Analytics

Seattle Against Slavery now called 'The Lantern Project' aims to end sexual exploitation in our communities by changing culture through prevention, intervention, and transformation.

As a Data Analytics Consultant at The Lantern Project, I built Tableau Dashboards to analyze and visualize Microsoft's Freedom Signal Platform's product outreach, effectiveness and response rates using data queried from MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

● Measured the engagement between volunteers & victims of online sex trafficking across the USA & Canada by creating & implementing Tableau dashboards using data from MongoDB & PostgreSQL for 50+ metrics 
● Discovered 15% higher response rates for text-based vs. in-person outreach using data visualizations in Tableau
● Supported management in clarifying outreach statistics & response rates between volunteers & victims for the very first time; showed how effective the product was & hence secured additional funding for the non-profit
● Showcased progress & determined the needs & expectations of the clients; achieved a high client satisfaction rate

Growth Analytics | Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Tableau Dashboards & Client Servicing

Nielsen

Nielsen is a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics, Nielsen shapes the future of media with accurate measurement of what people listen to and watch.

●	Optimized strategy & growth by monitoring 10+ KPIs to measure success; reported 3 solutions to Sr managers
●	Supported Sr managers in implementing a new reporting platform by developing 2 analytics dashboards using Tableau
●	Tested the impact of a new solution on key metrics & measured potential value by analyzing data on G-Sheets

Business Growth | Data Analytics, Consumer Insights & Market Research

FlatRock Associates

FlatRock is an early & growth stage private investment firm which is not backed by any LPs and that makes it easier to invest in & advise companies and funds.

●	Increased ROI for clients by ~0.5% by advising on investment strategies through 15+ data-driven Tableau reports
●	Reduced research time for investors by 14% through 30+ reports on global outlook by analyzing data in SQL/Excel
●	Trained 2 interns on report writing & global macroeconomic analyses to help executives focus on client relations

Economic Research | Data Analytics, Global Macro, Report Writing & Data Visualization

Coca-Cola CCI

●	Increased customer engagement for Coca-Cola through major product marketing initiatives e.g., ‘Reels-on-Wheels’ 
●	Optimized sales distribution by investigating sales data of 4800+ outlets on SQL & Excel (vlookup & pivot tables)
●	Increased marketing channel effectiveness by analyzing customer behavior & preferences data using Excel

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