MEGAN BAHAMONDE
Manager, Enterprise Reporting & Analytics
Summary
Seasoned collaborator experienced in meeting needs, improving processes and exceeding requirements in team environments. Diligent worker with strong communication skills, capability to prioritize and organize tasks, and in-depth understanding of industry concepts.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Manager, Enterprise Reporting & Analytics
RTI International
12.2021 - Current
- Manage, develop, and coach data visualization and data analyst professionals
- Create custom data visualizations that empower users to aggregate, filter, group, drill down and through KPIs, and help scale reporting offerings with sub-second response times.
- Work with users to define requirements for dashboards, and reports with underlying datasets and system consolidation.
- Set development standards and style guides, and manage to those standards.
- Serve as a liaison between users and developers to translate requests into programming specifications.
- Assist in troubleshooting and defining the source of truth for KPIs and metrics and create common definitions for the business.
- Maintain extensive documentation for dashboards to ease discovery and usage of dashboards. Help users adopt the data catalog for discovery.
- Create a demand management framework to monitor, evaluate and prioritize work effort by developing effective standard work and visualization that facilitates alignment within team members and management.
- Provide thought leadership and collaboration in identifying technology solutions and strategies for new programs, projects and enhancements to existing solutions.
- Support ad-hoc report requests and develop program to educate the organization on best practices.
Sr. Business Analyst
RTI International
06.2019 - 12.2021
- Gather and analyze business requirements from stakeholders and design technical solutions based on findings
- Assist in the design of ETL processes for intake of data from both internal and outside sources; as well as ensure data is verified and quality is checked
- Analyze large datasets and visualize outcomes into meaningful content
- Create reports and dashboards in Power BI to enable more rapid business decisions
- Act as an information source and communicator between IT and the business branches
- Mentor interns and junior staff on business analysis and data visualization
Sr. Data Analytics Specialist
RTI International
06.2017 - 05.2019
- Interpret, analyze, and summarize large datasets in an impactful way to influence business decisions
- Support corporate-level initiatives that provide analytical and technological roadmaps, design and implement process optimization tools, and/or develop process improvements
- Utilize data visualization techniques to easily communicate data findings to management by using tools such as Cognos, Power BI, Excel, and Salesforce
- Conduct training and communication plans that aid in an effective implementation of initiative outcomes
- Research new trends in analytics and technology, assess applicability at RTI, form recommendations to leadership, and assist in implementation (if applicable)
Sr. Financial Analyst
RTI International
09.2013 - 05.2017
- Determined proposal requirements, develop cost strategies, and prepare business volumes
- Conducted competitor analyses, price to win strategies, and formed business proposal recommendations
- Assisted IT Team in the user interface design of the Pricing team’s budgeting system, Presto
Business Proposal Analyst Intern
05.2013 - 09.2013
- Assisted financial analysts with cost proposal development and budget structure
Education
B.S - Business Administration, Economics & International Business
MEREDITH COLLEGE
Skills
SQL
Power BI
SSIS
Excel
Python
Data Visualization
Programs & Involvement
RTI LEAD Program | Sep 2019 - Oct 2022
- Multi-year, intensive leadership program aimed at developing emotional intelligence, confidence, and grit. The program helps participants understand the underlying factors that manifest positive results and how to create and nurture relationships to inspire and sustain leadership. The program seeks to: deepen personal and interpersonal effectiveness, build emotional intelligence and core leadership principles, develops basic management skills, and supports decision making for career progression
RTI Key Talent Program | Sep 2018 - Present
- Identified as key talent within the CFO and CIO organization during the Strategic Talent planning process.
Awards
- Outstanding Mentor Award, 2020
- Annual Award (6x), 2015 through 2021, Rewarded for significant contributions to the institute’s strategic goals
- Team Awards (5x), 2015 through 2022 Recognized for contributions to strategic initiatives at RTI
- Spot Awards (15x), 2014 through 2022, Recognized for an action that furthers RTI’s business goals “on the spot”
- Lead Forward Innovate Award, 2016, Recognized by a colleague for leading innovation on the Pricing Team
Certification
Programming for Data Science - Udacity Nanodegree
Timeline
Manager, Enterprise Reporting & Analytics
RTI International
12.2021 - Current
Programming for Data Science - Udacity Nanodegree
09-2021
Python for Analytics - NC State University
09-2020
Data Science Literate - NC State University
09-2020
Predictive Modeling & Analytics - NC State University
09-2020
Data Communicator - NC State University
09-2020
Sr. Business Analyst
RTI International
06.2019 - 12.2021
Data Analytics - Cornell University
09-2017
Sr. Data Analytics Specialist
RTI International
06.2017 - 05.2019
Sr. Financial Analyst
RTI International
09.2013 - 05.2017
Business Proposal Analyst Intern
05.2013 - 09.2013
B.S - Business Administration, Economics & International Business
MEREDITH COLLEGE