Venkata Malisetty
Santa Clarita,CA
Summary
Data & Analytics Leader with 17 years of experience driving data-driven cultures and organizations. Skilled in transforming data assets into actionable insights across industries such as Education, Retail, and Energy. Proven track record in leading and managing cross-functional teams, delivering impactful solutions, and fostering collaboration. A tech-savvy professional, certified in industry-leading tools, with extensive experience in development and strategic execution. Recognized for delivering significant value to projects and teams, consistently contributing to business success through data innovation and analytics excellence.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Analytics Lead
California State University
12.2016 - Current
- Acts as lead to data and analytics unit in information technology division
- Supervises senior data architect, database admin, and a student assistant
- Collaborates with stakeholders in identifying requirements, and strategizing data to solve those requirements
- Partners with other units and groups in optimizing processes and achieving innovation excellence
- 18000+ early interventions from 200+ faculty is made possible
- Built the entire data pipelines: learning analytics and student 360, from scratch - facilitating faculty, advisors, administrators, and leaders to track key student success indicators and mobilize necessary support or just in time intervention schemes
- Architected a data lake house solution using AWS, Talend, Oracle, and Python that hosts student, employee, IT systems and many disparate data elements allowing cross domain reporting and downstream applications
- 7% increase in student retention and $1000s tuition savings
- Collaborated with Deans office to invent a unique student risk score using predictive analytics and ML methods to detect underperforming student very early in the semester thereby increasing retention or inform them to withdraw in time to save tuition
- $200k YoY savings in operation costs, from newly developed data analytics strategy by identifying right tools, training right skills, maximizing resource utilization, and delivering project excellence
- Provided findings and recommendations from the administered annual surveys (n>10000) to leadership by delivering compelling storyline-based presentations
- Tableau site administration, Talend Server maintenance and patching, AWS resource scaling and cost monitoring, Staff reporting, task and delivery management, communicating to stakeholders and leadership
- Reduced data processing time from 11 to 1.5 hours by modernizing legacy data warehouse and migrating to AWS Cloud, streamlining ETL processes and eliminating unnecessary steps
- Improved efficiency by leveraging AWS for direct data loading
- Spearheaded analytics initiatives, including HR and IT compliance projects, resulting in zero level-5 IT vulnerabilities, setting up data retention policies, and employee system access based on training compliance
- Won the Jolene Koester Team Award for pivoting to virtual operations during COVID-19 and providing critical daily reporting
Technology Lead
Wipro
05.2015 - 12.2016
- Drove one of the largest retail analytics implementations tracking store performance, project, and supply chain data for JCPenney
- Spearheaded upgrade of Oracle BI Apps for Finance and HR analytics
- Ensured seamless cross-functional collaboration across infrastructure, release management, and QA teams, improving system integration and operational efficiency
- Won recognition for project success and timely delivery
- Slashed multi-million-dollar maintenance and support costs by 80% for JCPenney's analytical solutions by consolidating 4,000 disparate reports into 400 streamlined reports, enhancing operational efficiency and data consistency across departments
- Developed and launched a store performance dashboard for 1,200 retail locations, enabling store managers to track performance metrics against district, regional, and state benchmarks
- Fostered data-driven decision-making to optimize revenue
- Led cross-functional teams of up to 20 offshore and 2 onshore employees, ensuring alignment on project requirements and successful completion of user acceptance testing while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders
- Developed interactive dashboards using Oracle Business Intelligence, enhancing data visualization and accessibility for end-users across various functional areas such as Finance and HR
- Improved user engagement and report usability
- Facilitated a shift towards centralized technology implementations, moving away from siloed systems and fostering a collaborative environment focused on leveraging data for strategic decision-making across departments.
Senior Associate
Cognizant
10.2014 - 05.2015
- Delivered critical projects on time and within budget by managing offshore vendors, meeting SLAs, and overseeing scope, budget, risks, and communication across multiple projects
- Provided actionable insights and project transparency by creating PMO tracker templates, delivering consistent status reports, and maintaining project charters and documentation for key stakeholders
- Reduced QA ticket backlog from 200+ to
- Accelerated resolution of technical challenges by rapidly mastering ODI, leveraging prior ETL tool experience
- Collaborated with teams to deploy fixes in minimal time
- Developed documentation for a Center of Excellence by consolidating issue resolution processes and providing comprehensive reports to the client and implementation partners, driving ongoing improvements and knowledge sharing.
Technical Lead
Infosys
10.2010 - 10.2014
- Led data integration projects for clients such as Pfizer, University of Melbourne, Weatherford, and Wood Group Mustang
- Developed reports, dashboards, and ETL processes using OBIEE, Informatica, and ODI
- Developed complex BI solutions in high-stakes client environments meeting unique business needs.
Senior Software Engineer
Satyam
06.2007 - 10.2010
Education
MBA -
12.2021
Bachelor of Science -
05.2007
Skills
- Data-driven decisions
- Process optimization
- Digital transformation
- Data infrastructure: Viz, ETL, DB
- Certified: Oracle 3x, Tableau 2x
- SQL, Python, API
- AWS & Big Data
- Power BI, Snowflake
- Informatica, Talend, PostgreSQL
Certification
- Oracle Certified Professional 4x
- Tableau Qualified Associate 2x
- Tech Conf Presenter 3x
Personal Information
Title: Data Solution Architect
Professional Highlights
- Directed a team in improving student pass rates by 11% and retention rates by 7% using early intervention data.
- Achieved $4MM IT cost savings, consolidating & optimizing 4000+ store, home office reports into 250+ reports.
- Led and mentored 100s of IT staff, won service awards, presented at conferences fostering innovation excellence
Timeline
Data Analytics Lead - California State University
12.2016 - Current
Technology Lead - Wipro
05.2015 - 12.2016
Senior Associate - Cognizant
10.2014 - 05.2015
Technical Lead - Infosys
10.2010 - 10.2014
Senior Software Engineer - Satyam
06.2007 - 10.2010
California State University - MBA,
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Bachelor of Science,
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