Sai Sumanth Vulli
Frisco,TX
Summary
Over 11+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, working with a wide range of modern BI tools. Extensive hands-on experience of 9+ years with QlikView and Qlik Sense. Real time IT experience in Development, analysis, design and implementation of Database/BI Applications. Expert in Business intelligence. Passionate about Visualizing and presenting data from diverse business areas in a novel and insightful ways. Worked on QlikView versions 12.1 and Qlik Sense versions 2.x,3.x,3.1.X and 3.2 Hands on experience in Qlik Sense development, data modelling and architecture. Experience creating the Qlik Sense dashboards and charts. Expertise in Qlik Sense performance optimization. Experience in migrating the dashboards from Tableau to Qlik Sense. Handled Tera data in Qlik Sense. Extensively worked on QlikView and Qlik Sense upgrades. Experience in attribute-based access control, security rules and role creation. Experience in Qlik Data Connectors & Qlik Web Connectors. Expert in implementing the Governance and Security. Worked on Power BI PoC project. Expertise in Migrating Qlik report to Power BI platform. Expertise in Qlik APIs and automating the Administration tasks with proxy and repository APIs. Experience in error handling and debugging of Qlik Sense and Qlik view dashboards. Extensive experience with Qlik sheet objects, scripting, and optimizing applications. Expert in handling production issues like report failures, missing counts in reports, resolving synthetic keys, Loops. Expertise on set analysis, advanced aggregation and section access. Expertise in the Qlik Sense apps, stories, KPI and Story generation. Expert in Nprinting and report generation. Completed POC on Geo Analytics and its various layers. Migrated Qlik scripts to Python using Pandas,FastAPI ,SQL etc.; Expertise in tracking the Rest API (Get/Post) calls using the Bruno or Insomnia tools. Expert in Agile project methodology and scrum. Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical skills and strong ability to perform as part of a team.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr.Qlik Sense Developer
T.Rowe Price
08.2022 - Current
- Created mock-ups showing the intended functionality and visual aspects of the dashboards to be developed.
- Developed dashboards pertaining to KPI monitoring using Qlik Sense Enterprise 13.72 version.
- Developed complex Qlik Sense scripts to build models to support various KPIs and time comparison.
- Leveraged enterprise AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek) to develop scripting solutions, automate workflows, and enhance productivity in professional tasks.
- Responsible for positioning and delivering Qlik Sense projects and cross-building applications into new and existing customer base.
- Managed data consumption of 40 million records directly from the SQL Server database.
- Worked with database team to convert the primary data source from flat files to SQL Server database to make the data layer dynamic.
- Handled the ETL jobs at extract and transformation layers at Qlik layer.
- Implemented section access to add row and column level security in most of the dashboards.
- Emphasized data integrity alongside high-quality chart aesthetics.
- Integrated and converted existing dashboards to utilize Vizlib extensions, enhancing usage with Vizlib Custom Chart and Sheet Menu.
- Conducted a Proof of Concept (POC) in Google Looker Studio to evaluate its feasibility as an enterprise BI replacement for Qlik, benchmarking performance, scalability, and ease of use.
- Designed and presented a POC dashboard in Looker Studio integrating multiple data sources (BigQuery, Google Sheets, etc.), demonstrating cross-source data blending capabilities to leadership.
- Authored POC findings and recommendations report comparing Qlik vs. Looker Studio on KPIs such as development effort, licensing cost, and end-user adoption.
- Handled various admin activities like publishing apps over different environments and setting up refresh/reload jobs.
- Managed full-stack ETL jobs at the extract and transformation layers to support Agile squads in delivering rapid business insights.
- Led the full migration of the Qlik codebase to Python on a Linux server, establishing a modernized scripting foundation using Pandas and PyCharm.
- Designed and established API endpoint connections within Qlik.
- Environment: Qlik Sense Enterprise 13.72, QlikView, SQL Server, Snowflake, Google Looker Studio,Google sheets, BigQueryPython (Pandas, PyCharm), Power BI, Vizlib Extensions, Bruno, Insomnia, GitHub, Linux Server, ETL, API Integration, Claude AI, ChatGPT, DeepSeek AI.
Qlik Sense Developer
Biogen
02.2019 - 07.2022
- Create and enhance applications based on business purposes with advanced development concepts.
- Integrated Vizlib and Geo analytics extension into Qlik Sense enterprise versions.
- Understand and design data model in Qlik to accommodate the application requirements.
- Involve in requirement gathering, documentation of business requirements.
- Create optimized data model and QVD store to handle complex relationship between multiple fact tables.
- Provide technical expertise, direction, and development support to the Qlik teams.
- Collaborate with data sourcing and Business teams to setup common workflow to develop analytics dashboards.
- Expertized in performing
- Conduct impact analysis and fine tune the performance of the applications.
- Turning abstract information from data analyses into appealing and understandable visualizations that improve business insights from the results of the analyses.
- Facilitate meetings with business subject matter experts, decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define goals and requirements for reports, dashboards, and analytics.
- Translate business goals and requirements into designs, utilizing best practice design patterns.
- Run code review meetings with the application teams and guiding them on best practices and sizing.
- Set up, propose the architecture and governance models for fast growing Qlik Sense environment.
- Engages with data architects and ETL developers to assist with creating optimal data structures to
- Analyzed complex data, perform gap analysis, design and implement solution, and prepare technical design documents; migrating data between different environments and perform data profiling.
- Gathered data sources like QVD files, Excel, Oracle DWs, binary QVW, Inline & txt files in developing the QlikView Data Models.
- Support BI, reporting, dashboards and analytics.
- Collaborates as an expert in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new BI applications and enhancements to existing applications.
- Collaborates with source system developers to identify relevant data to be included in the warehouse and in the big data environment.
- Participate in Change management meetings with infra and application teams to give the impact on the Qlik deployments and upgrades.
- Attend regular scrum meetings and provide the insights to all the team members.
- Migrate applications across servers and upgrade support.
- Evaluate Qlik’s new features and create PoC for them
- Automated report generation and distribution using NPrinting Server, ensuring timely delivery to stakeholders.
- Provided technical support and resolved issues related to NPrinting report failures and job scheduling.
- Expertise in NPrinting Creating Apps, Connections, task, Users, generating reports and publishing and importing.
- Expertise in Migrating Tableau reports into Qlik Sense applications.
- Environment: Qlik sense 3.1x and 3.2, Qlik Web Connectors, Vizlib Package, Tera Data, Redshift, Qlik Extensions, Jira, BO, Tableau, Cognos, Agile etc.
Qlik Sense Developer
Citibank
01.2016 - 02.2019
- Work directly with business users to define and build Qlik Sense Applications.
- Worked with senior management to plan, define and clarify dashboard goals, objectives and requirement.
- Leading, developing the Qlik Sense and Qlik view environment and supporting the business decision process.
- Creating the Qlik Sense dashboards and charts and Qlik Sense performance optimization.
- Basic Knowledge of how Qlik Sense advanced Mashups and Themes works.
- Performance tuning of SQL Queries.
- Building the Qlik Sense Governance dashboard.
- Integrating the version control like SVN and GIT for Qlik sense.
- Qlik Sense Attribute based access control and role creation using security rules.
- Move to Integration & Move to Production of Qlik Sense Apps.
- Configured the Qlik sense Governance version v2.x.
- Configured the Multi-node built-in Apps (License monitor, and operations monitor) with in the Qlik sense.
- Data modelling, analysis, design, testing, development and implementing the Security.
- Building the Self-service Model Creating dashboards by extracting data from database write and externalize the load scripts, store the data as QVD files and designing the UI based on business/user requirements.
- Use of Set analysis and aggregation functions for sheet objects.
- Governing data connections within the Qlik sense.
- Worked on Qlik Web Connectors and Qlik Data Connectors.
- Good knowledge on writing Security rules and Custom properties in Qlik Sense.
- Hands on experience in setting up Qlik Sense for external users/providers.
- Developed dashboard for manual testing as complexity index which is integrated with Qlik sense Governance Dashboard.
- Integrated NPrinting reports with QlikView and Qlik Sense dashboards for seamless data visualization.
- Installed and Configured QMC utilities.
- Created the external triggers in Qlik Sense and QlikView like Qlik sense Task runner form Qlik Branch.
- Expertise on creating security rules.
- Worked on bulk volume of data sets and different data sources like .csv files, oracle tables, excel files, images, etc.
- Environment: Qlik sense 3.x,3.1x and 3.2, QlikView 12.1, Agile Manager, Qlik Web Connectors, Qlik Mango DB connector, NPrinting
Qlik view Consultant
Blue Health Intelligence
05.2015 - 11.2015
- Developed highly customized QlikView, Qlik Sense, dashboard applications.
- Designed and developed a wide variety of charts and associated sheet objects to satisfy complex business requirements.
- Designed Graphical User Interface with Qlik view Extension objects according to requirement.
- Qlik view and Qlik Sense Design, Development and Administration.
- SSRS to QlikView report development.
- Created the report datasets in SSIS and OBIEE.
- Created a navigational system that utilized QV hierarchy that used weights to identify values.
- Worked on enhancements and Performance tuning of existing Apps.
- Implemented Security & involved in Deployment of QlikView Applications.
- Back traced data to make sure it works cohesively as well as accurately by looking for discrepancies such as duplicates, rescinded information etc...
- Was given the task to define major KPI so analysed, brainstormed the needs of the company and created a trigger system that alerted higher ups in problems with any unit of measure they are measuring or would fall under their jurisdiction to know the status of any reports in place.
- Wrote Complex set analysis statements.
- Used SQL Server Management Studio, TOAD to run SQL queries and validate the data in Data warehouse and Data Marts.
- Testing Applications, reports using review checklists, Data quality for Quality Assurance before delivering to the end users.
- Code review as well as fine tuning of applications as well as fixing data model.
- Scheduled tasks in server and Troubleshoot application in access point as well provided maintenance.
- Dealt directly with CEO, CFO as well as all managers on day-to-day basis to create an effective system and that tailored to each person moreover primarily focused on CEO needs.
- Coordinated with offshore team in India on daily basis.
- Educated different user groups and peers with QlikView functionality
- Environment: QlikView, Qlik Sense, SSRS, SSIS, OBIEE, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), TOAD, Data Warehouse, Data Marts, Windows Server, Access Point
Qlik view Consultant
SONY Electronics
06.2014 - 01.2015
- Acted as QlikView Service Centre Lead for SONY Annual Maintenance system.
- Involved in Requirement gathering & designing QlikView applications.
- Designed and Build ‘Risk Analytics Enterprise Dashboard’ and worked with teams very closely in Design/Build/Test/UAT/Deploy/Postproduction Phases
- Created QlikView scripts to extract the data from Teradata, built QVDs, data model and dashboards
- Developed dashboards using QlikView sheet objects using list boxes, multi boxes, charts, drill downs, cyclic groups, sliders (what-if-analysis) etc.
- Developed Macros, Set Analysis in provide custom functionality in QlikView Applications.
- Implemented NT Based security based on business requirements
- Involved in the Performance Tuning of the QlikView Risk Dashboards for Various Businesses within the SONY AMS.
- Expert in Scheduling the QlikView Dashboards and Load files
- Communicating with the Qlik Tech Team, India along with TCS Technology Excellence Group for latest features, versions/migrations
- Experienced in Financial Services, Commercial domains and Sales Domains, Project Planning & Scheduling
- Sound Knowledge in Dimensional Modelling Concepts for DWH and in ETL/Database Optimization.
- Environment: QlikView, Teradata, QVDs, NT Security, Macros, Set Analysis, ETL, Dimensional Modelling, Financial & Commercial Data, Dashboard Scheduling, Performance Tuning, SONY AMS, TCS Technology Excellence Group
SAP BO Consultant
Wipro
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Designed, Coded, Tested, Implemented the Stored Procedures to support the System.
- Fixed bugs in the existing in-house developed Software which is used to upload the reports for the end users to view the reports.
- Designed, Coded, Tested, Implemented Stored Procedures to get data for the reports.
- Designed the reports using Crystal reports And SSRS to create reports for the end users.
- Created ad-hoc reports, drill down, and drill through reports using Crystal Reports and SSRS.
- Scheduled meetings with the end users and business owners and gathered requirements for the system.
- Developed triggers on tables to support the system.
- Created and configured SQL mail to send mail as events occur.
- Environment: SQL Server, Stored Procedures, Triggers, Crystal Reports, SSRS, SQL Mail, Ad-hoc Reporting, Drill-down/Drill-through Reports, Requirement Gathering, Report Scheduling.
Education
Master’s in Information Technology Management -
Campbellsville University
Louisville, KY, USA12-2019
Master’s in Computer Science - undefined
North Western Polytechnic University
Fremont, CA, USA05-2015
Bachelor’s in computer science - undefined
Jawaharlal Technological University
Hyderabad, India05-2012
Skills
- Tools & Technologies QlikSense32,31,30,22,Qlikview 12, N-printing, Geo Analytics, SAP Business Objects,Vizlib Library,PyCharm,Bruno,Insomnia,PowerBI,Tableau,Git Hub,Jira,Confluence,Agile, SSRS,Cognos
- Languages SQL, T-SQL and PL/SQL,Python
- Database Mongo DB, Oracle 11g, SQL Server, Teradata Red Shift
- ETL Tools Qlik View,mongo DB
- Operating systems Windows 2008/2012 Server
Timeline
Sr.Qlik Sense Developer
T.Rowe Price
08.2022 - Current
Qlik Sense Developer
Biogen
02.2019 - 07.2022
Qlik Sense Developer
Citibank
01.2016 - 02.2019
Qlik view Consultant
Blue Health Intelligence
05.2015 - 11.2015
Qlik view Consultant
SONY Electronics
06.2014 - 01.2015
SAP BO Consultant
Wipro
01.2013 - 12.2013
Master’s in Computer Science - undefined
North Western Polytechnic University
Bachelor’s in computer science - undefined
Jawaharlal Technological University
Master’s in Information Technology Management -
Campbellsville University