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Brandon Acosta

Herndon,VA

Summary

Lead BI Engineer with 6+ years’ analytics experience, including over 3 years at ADT architecting data platforms and analytics solutions for IoT smart devices. Proven track record of delivering actionable insights and measurable improvements by leveraging MQTT and HTTP protocol data, AWS cloud services, and advanced business intelligence tools.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Data Analyst/Engineer

ADT
03.2022 - Current
  • Architected a scalable data platform, increasing analyst reporting efficiency by 20% and reducing manual data cleaning time by 15% via automated pipelines and robust data source identification.
  • Led the implementation of internal Strands AI agent for analyzing MQTT and API logs stored in Redshift using Natural Language Processing (NLP).
  • Deployed automated near real-time ETL pipelines using CloudFormation to deploy Kinesis and S3 services to ultimately store data in Redshift, reducing business team time-to-insight by 15%.
  • Developed and maintained Tableau dashboards used by over 50 staff, supporting a 20% reduction in device support response times.
  • Enhanced batch process reliability, reducing transactional database downtime by 25% and increasing data warehouse sync efficiency.
  • Communicated across business units to translate requirements into dashboards supporting the rollout of three major IoT features in one year.

Business Analyst

ORBCOMM
07.2019 - 01.2022
  • Communicated with internal teams and external customers to understand business needs and translate requirements into clearly defined project scopes.
  • Created device health dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators including uptime, version, and customer interactions to reduce analysis by 15%.
  • Implemented business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency and visibility of device issues by 25%.
  • Designed and developed data pipelines to extract, cleanse, and store data.
  • Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
  • Analyzed data to identify root causes of issues and to drive product development.

Education

B.S. - Statistics

CSU East Bay
01.2017

Skills

  • Cross-functional collaboration in product, operations, and engineering
  • Knowledgeable in AWS for data management
  • IoT data analysis expertise
  • Intermediate in AI tooling and implementing AI agents
  • Transforming business requirements into KPI reports
  • SQL Data Analysis
  • Data Warehousing & ETL Automation
  • Business intelligence analysis using Tableau and Power BI
  • BigQuery and Firebase proficiency

Timeline

Lead Data Analyst/Engineer

ADT
03.2022 - Current

Business Analyst

ORBCOMM
07.2019 - 01.2022

B.S. - Statistics

CSU East Bay

Additional Information

  • Acted as a key contributor in product service interruptions and performing root cause analysis for identifying root issues.
  • Experience collaborating with Product, Ops, and Engineering teams to deliver high-impact reports and data-driven decisions.
Brandon Acosta