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Linda Abudulai

Data Science And Analytics
Columbia,MO

Summary

Detail-focused Data Analyst, with over three years of experience in technology and project management as well as strong communication skills seeks a position where master’s level education, previous experience, and interest in data analytics can drive innovative decision making. Knowledgeable of the complete DSA Project Life Cycle, data warehousing, process validation and business needs analysis. Proven to understand customer requirements and translate into actionable project plans. Dedicated and hard-working with passion for Big Data and data science and analytics .

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Data Strategy Analyst

Shelter Insurance Companies
Columbia, MO
05.2022 - Current
  • Collaborated with a cross functional team to effectively establish a single data and technology architecture for enterprise data systems.
  • Translated data from Mainframe and Legacy Systems like COBOL packages to Snowflake SQL.
  • Utilized data visualization tools like Tableau to effectively communicate business insights.
  • Gathered, documented, and modeled data to assess business trends.
  • Implemented code solutions to answer analytic questions and test and assess new methods.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets.
  • Extracted and interpreted data patterns to translate findings into actionable outcomes.
  • Documented effective and replicable methods for extracting data and organizing data sources.
  • Collaborated with business-unit leaders to identify and prioritize problems.
  • Used statistical methods to analyze data and generate useful business reports.
  • Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
  • Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
  • Updated and developed scripts and queries to extract and analyze data from multiple sources.
  • Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
  • Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.
  • Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.

Graduate Research Assistant

Lincoln University Of Missouri
Jefferson City, MO
01.2020 - 05.2022
  • Contributed to publication of research work.
  • Completed administrative and research duties per professor request.
  • Researched information regarding Agricultural Economics to assist professors with academic pursuits.
  • Liaised between faculty and students to answer questions and optimize faculty time.
  • Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  • Provided comprehensive research assistance and support when designing and executing experiments.
  • Gathered, reviewed, and summarized literature from scientific journals such as SciFinder and PubMed and produced graphs and other scientific calculations using MS Excel, Python and R statistical programming.
  • Analyzed acquired information and presented to professors.
  • Wrote and edited data collection forms and questionnaires.
  • Recorded data and maintained source documentation following good documentation practices.
  • Planned, modified, and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
  • Gathered, organized and entered data into any indicated format.
  • Assisted faculty members with data collection for potential academic publications.

Customer Experience Specialist/Sales Advisor

Best Buy Inc
Jefferson City, MO
04.2021 - 10.2021
  • Led sales team to exceed quarterly sales goals.
  • Monitored sales team performance and provided constructive feedback.
  • Provided exceptional customer service to foster client loyalty and satisfaction.
  • Championed company products and increased quarterly revenue.
  • Achieved and exceeded sales goals through dedication to identifying and pursuing new opportunities.
  • Negotiated contracts and sales terms with new and existing clients.
  • Implemented new marketing initiatives to drive sales and improve overall performance.
  • Studied product and local markets to adjust sales pitches and adapt strategies for optimized sales.
  • Trained, coached and mentored new sales associates for maximum performance.
  • Worked closely with other departments to understand full scope of available offerings and provide top-notch salesmanship to customers.
  • Sold over $350,000 in computing, home and appliance products during in first three months.
  • Collaborated with internal team members to resolve customer concerns and deliver enhanced customer experiences.
  • Resolved customers' issues related to online purchases, late product deliveries and billing discrepancies to encourage good customer relationships.

Research Assistant

Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee
Accra, Ghana
10.2015 - 01.2020
  • Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee, Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
  • Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while independently locating and correcting concerns.
  • Developed macros, special formulas and other actions to produce reliable and consistent statistical reviews.
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
  • Cataloged data and research into Decentralization databases.
  • Supported design and implementation of survey instruments such as telephone questionnaires to obtain study information.
  • Attended seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge and understanding.
  • Demonstrated strong writing skills to generate original correspondence and reports.
  • Organized paperwork, including participant-informed consent waivers and research scope documentation.
  • Developed fact sheets, graphs and tables to analyze and summarize survey data.
  • Worked with principal investigators to coordinate qualitative research into Political,Fiscal,Administrative and Developmental Development.
  • Prepared materials for reports, presentations and submission to peer-reviewed journal publications.
  • Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science And Analytics

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO
01.2021 - Current

MBA - Management Information Systems

Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO
01.2020 - 2023.05

Certificate - Office Management And Supervisory Skills

Ghana Institute of Management And Public Admin
Legon, Accra
03.2017 - 2017.04

Certificate - Research Methodology, Analysis And Advocacy

West Africa Civil Society Institute
East-Legon, Ghana
09.2016 - 2016.10

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Languages, French

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi-Ghana
09.2011 - 2015.05

Skills

    Research and analysis

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Accomplishments

  • Certifications Research Methods-West Africa Civil Society Institute Research Advocacy-West Africa Civil Society Institute Youth Advocacy Forum-British High Commission Interests Research and data gathering Data carpentry and Visualization Research Advocacy.

Software

Python Programming

R statistical Programming

SQL

Intro to C

PowerPoint Presentation

Microsoft Word

Excel Spreadsheet

Tableau

Snowflake

AWS Quicksight

Project Experience

  • Developed a Machine Learning classification model on the factors that affected the loss ratio of the alternate channel department.
  • Worked with Customer Experience Department on a postcard project to pull data of customers without mail preferences or with paper preferences to convince them to switch to paperless formats.
  • Analyzed Cerner Corporation's Diabetes data and developed a classification machine learning model on the factors that affect diabetes diagnoses.
  • Developed a focused data story on Malaria using the stages of the project life cycle. The dataset was sourced from the World Health Organization.
  • Findings in this data story telling projected WHO regions that is most affected by Malaria cases and deaths, top 30 countries severely hit by Malaria in the years 2016 and 2017, Relationship between number of deaths and cases reported, Malaria deaths and cases over the years using python programming language.
  • Developed a data story using data sourced from a dating website.
  • The findings projected the zodiac distribution of users which could serve as a population sample, cities with maximum usage, sex and age ratio, education levels of demographics, drinking habits, ethnic distributions and profiles using R statistical programming.
  • Developed a data story using the Chicago Crime dataset and postgres sql language.
  • Identifying entities and attributes, creating an ERD, creating tables(DDL), querying information_schema for table definition, loading data from giving dataset and developing distinct and useful queries to aid the police possibly.
  • Findings after these queries projected total reports per each distinct crime in the Chicago area in the given year, sum of each distinct crime per police district per the given year, sum of crimes per block, average domestic arrests made per the given year and statistical groupings to find the average, variance and standard deviation of crimes to find statistics for various offences where arrests were made.

Timeline

Data Strategy Analyst

Shelter Insurance Companies
05.2022 - Current

Customer Experience Specialist/Sales Advisor

Best Buy Inc
04.2021 - 10.2021

Master of Science - Data Science And Analytics

University of Missouri - Columbia
01.2021 - Current

Graduate Research Assistant

Lincoln University Of Missouri
01.2020 - 05.2022

MBA - Management Information Systems

Lincoln University
01.2020 - 2023.05

Certificate - Office Management And Supervisory Skills

Ghana Institute of Management And Public Admin
03.2017 - 2017.04

Certificate - Research Methodology, Analysis And Advocacy

West Africa Civil Society Institute
09.2016 - 2016.10

Research Assistant

Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee
10.2015 - 01.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Languages, French

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
09.2011 - 2015.05
Linda AbudulaiData Science And Analytics