Location
Texas, United States
Preferred Work Type
On Site
Experience
5+
Years
R. Tahir was an experienced and results-driven analytics professional with a Master of Science degree in Business Analytics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. His expertise encompassed hands-on experience in Big Data Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, and Data Visualizations.
Assessments & Skill Tests
IT Business Analyst
Assess candidates' skills in IT business analysis, evaluating their ability to bridge the gap between business needs and IT solutions, analyze requirements, and facilitate effective communication for successful project outcomes.
Score
88/100
Time Taken
40 Mins
Taken On
May, 2023
Data Storytelling
Evaluate candidates' proficiency in data storytelling, assessing their ability to communicate insights effectively through data visualization and narratives, translating complex data into compelling and understandable stories for informed decision-making.
Score
94/100
Time Taken
60 Mins
Taken On
June, 2021
Personality Test
ID: Outgoing and expressive
ID
Taken On
October, 2022
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Experience
Business Analyst
Apple
August 2022 - Present
Data Analyst
Dow Jones
September 2021 - August 2022
- Conducted end-to-end data analysis by mining large datasets using SQL and produced customized reports that provided data-driven recommendations to inform strategy across brands; and presented to tech and non-tech audiences.
- Enabled The Wall Street Journal’s membership team to track 100% of subscription renewal failures by querying Adobe Analytics usage data via BigQuery and provided a self-service Data Studio dashboard for customized reports.
- Improved access to information company-wide by automating recurring tasks and delivering reports on a schedule.
Business Data Analyst
Red Hat
May 2021 - September 2021
- Developed a Data Tracker in Python to detect & prevent 100% load failures in Amazon Redshift & Virtual Databases.
- Performed ETL on large datasets; authored Airflow workflows (Python) for automation, reducing time cost by 80%.
- Visualized KPIs from Airflow results as Tableau dashboards for real-time stakeholder visibility of business-critical info.
- Communicated insights and strategies to technical and non-technical audiences through effective presentations.
Product Analyst
Boddle Learning
August 2018 - July 2020
- Defined product strategy, priorities, roadmaps, and translated business use cases into executable JIRA epics/stories.
- Executed SQL queries on large datasets for analysis, conducted A/B testing, enabling data-driven development.
- Generated metrics to evaluate product performance; reported findings to stakeholders; designed scalable solutions.
- Led a team of 7 to garner 30,000+ users & funding of $475,000 through improvements & competitor analysis.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams/customers to develop UAT cases, increasing customer retention by 15%.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Business Analytics
2020 - 2021
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Languages
EN
English
Full professional proficiency
UR
Urdu
Native or bilingual proficiency
