Kehinde Barkley
Qlik Architect
Ardmore,PA
Summary
Qlik Architect with over 20 years of professional experience across the financial services and technology industries, and 8 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying enterprise grade solutions using QlikView, QlikSense, and NPrinting. Proven expertise in collaborating with clients to understand their needs and designing solutions that enhance data driven decision making. Adept at designing data models and implementing ETL processes optimized for performance and scalability. Well versed in creating governance models that facilitate self-service analytics while ensuring data security and platform stability. Strong ability to analyze and interpret complex data sets, design intuitive dashboards and reports, and drive user adoption of BI tools. Skilled in project management, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget. Certified in QlikView, QlikSense, Project Management. Data Modeling Data Analysis Business Analysis Data Integration Financial Planning & Analysis Process Optimization Data Visualization Project Management SQL Scripting
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Services Solution Lead
QLIK, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
11.2020 - 11.2022
- Collaborated with prospects to understand their unique needs and design Qlik professional services solutions
- Estimated effort and cost, created proposals and presentations, and crafted clear and detailed statements of work
- Coordinated with consulting delivery teams to assign resources and provided project oversight to ensure client expectations were met
- Key Accomplishments:
- Achieved 200% of quota in 2021
- Drove the implementation of a global DE&I Survey and received Philadelphia Business Journal's 2022 Diversity in Business Award
Managing Principal Consultant
01.2020 - 11.2020
- Led a team of Senior Implementation Consultants to deliver high quality services to clients and achieve utilization and revenue goals
- Maximized team performance by fostering an inclusive climate, providing effective coaching, and facilitating team and individual training
- Provided project oversight, managed engagement risk, and performed project planning and budgeting
- Key Accomplishments:
- Exceeded team utilization target by 25%
- Developed services offerings to drive attainment of revenue targets
- Founded an Employee Resource Group for Black Employees
Principal Consultant
11.2018 - 12.2019
- Partnered with clients to understand their needs and translate requirements into business intelligence solutions
- Designed data models and implemented ETL processes to extract and transform data into an analytics ready format
- Advised clients on best practices for user interface, user experience, data security and governed self-service
- Key Accomplishments:
- Outperformed utilization target by 15% and drove additional revenue by identifying upsell opportunities
- Designed and implemented solution to extremely complex use case by collaborating with API developers and R&D
Business Intelligence Engineer
CHUBB
Wilmington, Delaware
12.2017 - 11.2018
- Built pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, and validation
- Implemented, maintained and enhanced analytical applications to support customer satisfaction analysis, capacity planning and expense management
- Developed and promoted best practices for UI/UX, Data Modeling and Data Security
- Key Accomplishments:
- Increased the adoption of business intelligence tools throughout the claims organization and contributed to the advancement of data literacy and data-driven decision making
- Mentored colleagues and enabled them to develop their own business intelligence solutions
- Developed solutions using a rapid, iterative process that shortened the time to value from months to weeks
Senior Implementation Consultant
QLIK
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
05.2015 - 12.2017
- Drove all aspects of successful Qlik Sense implementations from requirements gathering and feasibility analysis to solution design, implementation and knowledge transfer
- Mapped complex business logic into simple-to-use semantic layers to facilitate self-service
- Demonstrated the features and benefits of multiple Qlik products to clients
- Played an active role in the sales cycle by providing technical guidance to prospective clients
- Key Accomplishment:
- Became a recognized thought leader on self-service governance and data security, and presented on those topics at Qlik global conferences in 2016 and 2017
Business Intelligence Engineer
SWETT & CRAWFORD
New York, New York
04.2014 - 05.2015
- Designed, implemented, maintained and enhanced business intelligence solutions to support sales, finance, and operations
- Strengthened company’s negotiating position with brokers by providing actionable insights into sales and commissions
- Shortened the time to insights and facilitated data-driven decision-making by automating manual reporting processes.
Project Manager (Consultant)
PROSIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE
Morristown, New Jersey
04.2013 - 12.2013
- Partnered with key stakeholders in claims and finance to deliver data analysis capabilities, Managed data warehousing projects to improve data quality and operational efficiency
- Implemented processes to track and optimize project resource allocation
Business Intelligence Project Manager
TOWER GROUP COMPANIES
New York, New York
10.2010 - 01.2013
- Responsible for managing data warehousing and business intelligence projects to support compliance reporting and sales performance analysis
- Also performed hands-on development of queries, stored procedures and reports as needed
- Key Accomplishments:
- Lead project to deploy and integrate new business intelligence capabilities that significantly improved the sales team’s ability to generate insights and take action
- Strengthened internal controls to improve compliance reporting accuracy
- Fostered a culture of accountability for data quality and championed agile project management practices within the IT department
Senior Financial Analyst
ZURICH NORTH AMERICA
New York, New York
01.2010 - 09.2010
- Equipped underwriting team with relevant information on sales and underwriter productivity
Portfolio Analyst
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
New York, New York
10.2005 - 12.2008
- Developed solutions to measure portfolio performance and risk
- Assisted with business development by defining new offerings, attending sales calls, training sales reps, and speaking at conferences
- Automated manual processes and achieved a 60% reduction in the time required to complete monthly reporting
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
AMERICAN INTERNATINOAL GROUP, AIG
New York, New York
11.1996 - 10.2005
- Held roles of increasing responsibility in operations and finance culminating in an FP&A Manager position with three direct reports
- Oversaw budgeting, forecasting, closing, and variance analysis functions for a company that generated $3.0B in premium annually
- Cultivated data warehousing and business intelligence skillsets within the team to facilitate process optimization and yield a higher return on effort
- Key Accomplishments:
- Boosted revenue by $10M by interrogating reinsurance data and identifying multiple years of unrecognized premium
- Increased the precision of our quarterly forecasting by replacing formula driven guestimates with actual projections ingested from a central data repository
- Sustained departmental output fewer resources by automating data prep and implementing standardized, repeatable processes.
Education
Executive Master of Business Administration -
Quantic School of Business and Technology
BS - Business, Management and Finance
CUNY Brooklyn College
Project Management Professional (PMP) - undefined
Sales Growth Certificate - undefined
Cornell University
Diversity and Inclusion Certificate - undefined
Cornell University, New York University
Project Management Certificate - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified Business Analyst - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified Data Architect - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified System Administrator - undefined
Skills
Data Modeling
undefinedTimeline
Professional Services Solution Lead
QLIK, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
11.2020 - 11.2022
Managing Principal Consultant
01.2020 - 11.2020
Principal Consultant
11.2018 - 12.2019
Business Intelligence Engineer
CHUBB
12.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Implementation Consultant
QLIK
05.2015 - 12.2017
Business Intelligence Engineer
SWETT & CRAWFORD
04.2014 - 05.2015
Project Manager (Consultant)
PROSIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE
04.2013 - 12.2013
Business Intelligence Project Manager
TOWER GROUP COMPANIES
10.2010 - 01.2013
Senior Financial Analyst
ZURICH NORTH AMERICA
01.2010 - 09.2010
Portfolio Analyst
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
10.2005 - 12.2008
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
AMERICAN INTERNATINOAL GROUP, AIG
11.1996 - 10.2005
Executive Master of Business Administration -
Quantic School of Business and Technology
BS - Business, Management and Finance
CUNY Brooklyn College
Project Management Professional (PMP) - undefined
Sales Growth Certificate - undefined
Cornell University
Diversity and Inclusion Certificate - undefined
Cornell University, New York University
Project Management Certificate - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified Business Analyst - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified Data Architect - undefined
Qlik, Qlik Sense Certified System Administrator - undefined
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