Anitha Puvvadi
Falls Church,USA
Summary
Data Analyst and QA professional with 8+ years of experience across airline, federal government, and nonprofit environments. Strong background in data analysis, data validation, QA testing, and dashboard development, including the design, testing, and optimization of interactive dashboards and reports using Tableau, Power BI, and Excel. Experienced in ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and compliance in Agile environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BI Developer
Rios Partners LLC
04.2024 - 08.2025
- Designed and validated executive-level dashboards and reports using Tableau Desktop and Power BI, ensuring compliance with approved business requirements and data standards.
- Conducted data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance checks to verify accuracy, completeness, and consistency of dashboard data prior to release.
- Collaborated with data architects and engineering teams to extract, transform, and integrate data from multiple source formats (CSV, TXT, flat files) into enterprise databases for reporting and analysis.
- Performed performance testing and optimization of dashboards by validating data sources, SQL queries, extracts, and refresh logic.
- Created and tested data extracts, scheduled refreshes, and certified data sources on Tableau Server, ensuring reliability and controlled data access.
- Developed and validated complex CMS dashboards, KPIs, and executive reports using multiple data sources, calculated fields, and transformation logic in accordance with business rules.
- Utilized advanced Tableau functionality (parameters, actions, dynamic tooltips, dynamic titles) while testing interactive behavior and data accuracy for leadership-level dashboards.
- Built, tested, and validated Salesforce reports to analyze customer, program, and performance trends, ensuring data integrity and alignment with stakeholder requirements.
- Worked closely with internal users, CMS stakeholders, and business teams to develop, enhance, test, and validate new and existing reports and dashboards.
- Developed and validated survey and workforce analytics dashboards (New Hire Satisfaction, DEI, Leave Utilization, Exit Surveys), ensuring accurate aggregation and reporting for leadership decision-making.
- Supported marketing and analytics teams by extracting and validating Salesforce data using Advanced Salesforce Inspector and Data Loader for reporting and QA purposes.
- Environment: Power BI, Tableau, JIRA, Confluence, DataLake, S3 Bucket, SQL, MS Office, Tableau Prep, GitHub, DBT, Power BI Report Builder, Salesforce, Advanced Salesforce Inspector, SOQL, Data Loader
Data Analyst
ATPCO
10.2019 - 03.2024
- Worked closely with functional business analysts to ensure reports and data analytics met target business requirements.
- Designed, developed, and validated interactive reports and dashboards to monitor airline and agency performance metrics, ensuring alignment with approved KPIs.
- Developed and tested performance and activity dashboards to track contract execution and operational metrics.
- Performed monthly variance analysis and trend validation, ensuring reported metrics accurately reflected underlying source data.
- Analyzed and validated database occupancy and activity reports, confirming data completeness and correctness prior to release.
- Created, published, and validated Tableau extracts and certified data sources on Tableau Server, including scheduling and testing of refresh processes.
- Migrated legacy Excel-based reports to Tableau dashboards, performing parallel validation to ensure data integrity and consistency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop, enhance, test, and validate new and existing dashboards and reporting solutions.
- Utilized advanced Excel functionality (pivot tables, formulas, charts) to support data analysis, reconciliation, and QA validation activities.
- Investigated and documented data discrepancies and anomalies, providing analysis and resolution recommendations to agencies and stakeholders.
- Fulfilled ad-hoc data analysis and validation requests from development and management teams to support decision-making and issue resolution.
- Participated in functional and regression testing of new product features released to airline and agency users, ensuring reporting and data accuracy.
- Extracted and validated data from vendor APIs and web services, performing trend analysis and verifying integration outputs.
- Collaborated with product owners, developers, and infrastructure teams to support analytics initiatives and proof-of-concept efforts within Agile delivery cycles.
- Gathered, analyzed, and validated historical tariff data to support new product features and enhancement initiatives.
- Developed and validated weekly and monthly enterprise dashboards in Tableau and Power BI, providing leadership with accurate, timely operational metrics.
- Environment: DB2, Data Studio, AWS, PowerBI, Tableau, JIRA, SQL Server 2019, SQL, MS-Office, Tableau Prep
Reports Analyst
AMS-Experts
Fairfax, USA
05.2015 - 09.2019
- Translated business and functional requirements into validated data analytics and reporting solutions, ensuring outputs met approved specifications and client expectations.
- Produced scheduled and ad-hoc monthly reports, validating accuracy and completeness, and documenting QA results for each release.
- Designed and tested analytical reports from multiple data sources, validating blended datasets and calculations, and maintaining test cases and execution logs for each release.
- Developed, tested, and validated Tableau dashboards and visualizations, producing test documentation including test plans, test scripts, and results summaries for every release.
- Created Tableau workbooks supporting time-based analysis (YoY, QoQ, YTD, QTD, MTD), validating calculation logic and documenting results in QA test reports.
- Interpreted datasets using statistical and analytical techniques, documenting trends, anomalies, and test results in release QA reports.
- Analyzed complex datasets to identify patterns, variances, and data inconsistencies, maintaining defect logs, resolution tracking, and release sign-off documentation.
- Collaborated with data and engineering teams to support operational and reporting data warehouse environments, validating source-to-target mapping and producing QA documentation for data verification.
- Supported data migration and integration activities, validating member and order data loaded from Excel, CSV, and flat files into MS SQL Server, and documenting test results and reconciliation reports for each release.
- Participated in functional and regression testing of system patches, releases, and updates, ensuring QA documentation—including test plans, test execution logs, and defect reports—was complete for every release.
- Executed cross-browser and cross-platform testing (IE, Firefox, Chrome) to validate release stability, recording all test results and discrepancies in formal QA documentation.
- Developed and validated report parameters, calculations, filters, and conditional logic used in dashboards, including documentation of testing procedures and results.
- Published and validated interactive dashboards and reports on Tableau Server, ensuring QA test plans and validation reports were completed prior to release.
- Worked with clients and internal teams to test, enhance, and validate new and existing reports/dashboards, maintaining release-specific QA documentation.
- Compiled and validated weekly metrics using Excel, producing QA summaries and reconciliation reports for leadership review.
- Conducted unit testing and integration testing of database objects and T-SQL statements, maintaining release QA documentation and test evidence prior to production deployment.
- Validated inbound member data, including cell phone number verification, and documented QA results for each dataset/release.
- Logged, tracked, and resolved defects using JIRA/Rally, providing release-specific defect reports and QA sign-offs.
- Participated in weekly status and risk review meetings, highlighting QA progress, release risks, and documentation compliance to PMs, BAs, and development teams.
- Investigated and resolved performance issues in Tableau dashboards, documenting QA testing procedures, validation results, and corrective actions for each release.
- Environment: Personify AMS, Salesforce, Python, Excel, Zendesk, Informz, Business Objects, Tableau, JIRA, SQL Server 2012/2008, SQL, MS-Office, Windows 7/8 and Windows 2012 server.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Architecture
JNTU
Hyderabad, India05.2005
High School Diploma -
DDGW Technical Training Institute
Hyderabad, India07.1999
Skills
- SQL
- Python
- Personify AMS
- Salesforce
- Quick Test Pro 80
- Tableau
- Adobe Photoshop
- MS-Word
- MS-Excel
- MS-PowerPoint
- Data Studio
- Postman
- Tableau Prep Builder
- Zendesk
- JIRA
- Bugzilla
- Confluence
- Base Camp
- DB2
- SQL Server
- MS-Access
Certification
- Tableau Desktop 10 Qualified Associate
- Tableau Certified Data Analyst
- Salesforce Certified Associate
Awards
- Received L1 Award in 2020 and 2021 for contributions to the project delivery.
- Received L2 Award for contributions to the project delivery.
Languages
- SQL
- Python
Edx Courses
- Analysis & Visualizing data with Excel (Certified by Microsoft)
- Python Basics for Data Science (Certified by IBM)
- Visualizing Data with Python (Certified by IBM)
Timeline
BI Developer
Rios Partners LLC
04.2024 - 08.2025
Data Analyst
ATPCO
10.2019 - 03.2024
Reports Analyst
AMS-Experts
05.2015 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Architecture
JNTU
High School Diploma -
DDGW Technical Training Institute