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Gary N. Thomas

Lewis Center,United States

Summary

Data Scientist Practitioner familiar with gathering, cleaning and organizing data for use by technical and non-technical personnel. Advanced understanding of statistical, algebraic and other analytical techniques. Highly organized, motivated and diligent with an understanding TensorFlow, Keras and Big Data.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Advanced Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Company
05.2023 - Current
  • Developed data mining algorithms to identify and classify patterns in data, leveraging Python, R, AI.
  • Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
  • Developed and implemented data governance policies and procedures.
  • Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.
  • Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
  • Created data models to support decision-making processes.
  • Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Developed complex dashboard and reporting tools to track business performance metrics.

Senior Business System Analyst

Huntington National Bank
11.2021 - Current
  • Conducted statistical analysis and evaluated risk via use of portfolio management software.
  • Kept Hadoop clusters secure and private to minimize cyber attacks.
  • Experience working with Google Data Products (e.g. BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, AI Building Blocks, Looker, Cloud Data Fusion, and Dataprep.
  • Successfully led a comprehensive data center migration project for a major financial institution, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum efficiency during the transition
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including IT, operations, and business stakeholders, to gather requirements and define migration scope for the data center relocation.
  • Employed data cleansing methods, significantly enhanced data quality using Excel and Python.
  • Executed a detailed migration plan, including resource allocation, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies, to ensure seamless transfer of critical data and applications.

Lead Business Systems Analyst

84.51º
08.2021 - 11.2021
  • Developed comprehensive documentation, including standard operating procedures, system configurations, and post-migration support processes, to facilitate knowledge transfer and ongoing management of the new data center.
  • Identified needed business improvements and determined appropriate systems required to implement solutions. Organized system operating procedures to strengthen controls.
  • Designed advanced analytics ranging from descriptive to predictive models to machine learning techniques. Led project analyst working closely with the business to make recommendations based on experience.
  • Worked closely with vendors and internal software personnel to ensure requirements and functional designs are translated accurately into the delivered product.
  • Developed accurate and complete quality assurance test plans and test cases to ensure requirements traceability and validation.
  • Coordinated and assisted in user acceptance testing and participate in process analysis and improvement.

Senior Data Analyst

Nationwide Insurance Company
05.2020 - 06.2021
  • Applied statistical and algebraic techniques to interpret key points from gathered data.
  • Interpreted business questions and collaborated with engineering teams to identify data sources.
  • Performed root-cause analysis on data-related system problems to recommend or execute corrective action.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
  • Developed intricate algorithms based on deep-dive statistical analysis and predictive data modeling.
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling. Applied loss functions and variance explanation techniques to compare performance metrics.
  • Modeled predictions with feature selection algorithms. Developed polished visualizations to share results of data analyses.

Solution Architect

American Electric Power, AEP
11.2019 - 05.2020
  • Guided and influenced existing partners on recommended upgrades and enhancements to integrated solutions.
  • Worked with customers or prospective customers to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
  • Assisted engineering and developer teams in responses to customer and prospective customer evaluations, escalations and technical requirements documents.
  • Supervised deployments and provided troubleshooting and user support.
  • Managed project planning, resource allocation, scope, schedule, status and documentation.
  • Presented roadmap and technology infrastructure to customers, demonstrating deep familiarity with APIs, platform infrastructure, security and integration capabilities.

Credit & Logistics Analyst

Charter Communications, Spectrum
11.2018 - 09.2019
  • Conducted presentations to upper management and executive teams for loan recommendations.
  • Analyzed customer data such as financial statements to determine level of risk involved for extending credit.
  • Implemented strategic plans as well as contributed to evaluation and analysis of business objectives.
  • Analyzed and monitored portfolio credit performance against expectations and recommended improvement strategies.
  • Sourced suppliers and negotiated advantageous rates on track with company's budget and goals.
  • Improved distribution efficiency with design, development and testing of embedded software applications.

Business Analyst/Economist

Government Of St. Kitts And Nevis
01.2001 - 11.2018
  • Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Analyzed open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
  • Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Generated business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Drafted reports on company financial metrics to assess successes and account for deficiencies.
  • Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Optimized data access and storage to improve performance of analytics systems.
  • Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
  • Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
  • Developed complex dashboard and reporting tools to track business performance metrics.

Education

Master of Science - Advanced Data Analytics, AI ML

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
12.2022

BBA - Business & Computer Information Systems

Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX

Skills

  • Machine Learning, TensorFlow, Keras
  • Enterprise Application Integration
  • Python Programming
  • Tableau
  • SAS Enterprise Miner
  • SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS 94
  • Tableau
  • SQL
  • Business Intelligence
  • AWS, GCP and Azure
  • Salesforce Administrator/SAP/HANA
  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
  • Agile/Scrum Product development
  • Data Visualization

Certification

  • Certificate Advanced Data Analytics - AI/Machine Learning, University of North Texas
  • Google Project Management Professional Certificate
  • Continuous Delivery & DevOps
  • Software Development Specialization
  • Google IT Automation with Python Specialization
  • Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business

Timeline

Advanced Business Analyst

JP Morgan Chase & Company
05.2023 - Current

Senior Business System Analyst

Huntington National Bank
11.2021 - Current

Lead Business Systems Analyst

84.51º
08.2021 - 11.2021

Senior Data Analyst

Nationwide Insurance Company
05.2020 - 06.2021

Solution Architect

American Electric Power, AEP
11.2019 - 05.2020

Credit & Logistics Analyst

Charter Communications, Spectrum
11.2018 - 09.2019

Business Analyst/Economist

Government Of St. Kitts And Nevis
01.2001 - 11.2018

Master of Science - Advanced Data Analytics, AI ML

University of North Texas

BBA - Business & Computer Information Systems

Midwestern State University

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