Richard Okoth
Nairobi
Summary
With over 4 years of hands-on experience, I am a seasoned professional in implementing end-to-end Business Intelligence solutions across diverse industries such as retail, banking, and taxation. My expertise revolves around Business Intelligence Analytics and strategy, encompassing data modeling, ETL processes, data visualization, and trend interpretation. As a skilled Business Intelligence developer, I excel in sourcing data from disparate systems into the data warehouse, identifying data patterns, creating insightful data visualizations, and building robust reports, dashboards, and scorecards.
My career journey has honed my analytical prowess and problem-solving abilities, enabling me to deliver tailored BI and Data Engineering solutions that drive informed decision-making and operational efficiencies. I bring to the table a strong track record of success, underpinned by my proficiency in Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, and Reporting and Dashboarding. I am passionate about leveraging data-driven insights to empower organizations, optimize processes, and achieve strategic objectives.
My specialties include:
Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse Management, Data Modeling, Reporting and Dashboarding.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Intelligence Developer
Co-Operative Bank Of Kneya
06.2023 - Current
- Designed customized data collection models for specific visualization tasks.
- Liaised with DevOps team to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
- Monitored and optimized Oracle Analytics Server performance for efficient reporting and less than 1 parcent downtime.
- Created and maintained ODI packages and scenarios to load data from disparate sources to data mart.
- Participated in a sprint planning session to elicit requirements, design decisions, and estimate effort required to complete a product backlog item (PBI) using agile scrum methodology.
Data Engineer and BI
EnlaitIT Kenya Ltd
11.2021 - 05.2023
- Designed, implemented and managed analytics ecosystem
- Collected and analyzed business use case on key analytic/reporting needs from key business stakeholders.
- Developed and implementedd Business intelligence reports, dashboards and other solutions that ensured business optimization and supported decision making.
- Defined data modelling requirements and developed data structures to support generation of business insights.
- Developed data mappings, source data profiling and designed Extraction Transformation and Load (ETL) routines for migrating data from non- relational or source relational to target relational.
Lead CMS Developer/Data Analyst
Umoja Rubber Products Ltd
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Creation and optimization of PL/SQL queries, procedures, and packages.
- Created and maintained data visualizations that educated, informed and engaged the management on key metrics and performance measures.
- Raised user clicks by 36% and page views by 40% by optimizing strategically important web-pages in the marketing funnel.
- Improved visitor conversion rate by 25% on the company’s e-commerce platform by optimizing key landing and product pages, reducing page load times by 13%.
- Managed a process re-engineering to restructure communication flow among 4 departments involved in product launch and cut down launch time 50%.
Full Stack Developer
Wild Waters Kenya Ltd
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Spearheaded the development of a secure cross-platform mobile application for generating and validating qr code based complementary cards, helping the company cut loses by more than 40%
- Re-engineered systems workflows through code and process review and using new technologies
- Utilized software development constructs to code, verify and test Java-based distributable.
- Identified and eliminated performance bottlenecks by determining root causes and remediating problematic code.
Computer Studies Teacher
Mombasa Baptist High School, Mvita
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Facilitated hands-on learning experiences by conducting different practical sessions with the learners.
- Collaborated with other faculty members on cross-curriculum plans and troubleshooting all technology related services.
- Integrated special lesson plans with core academic curriculum and other classroom activities.
- Successfully achieved the position of the best performed subject in the 2018 KCSE.
ICT Intern
KenGen Ltd
09.2017 - 12.2017
- Assisted with troubleshooting computer hardware and software.
- Performed cloning and Software installations and configurations.
- Set up computer workstations for new staff.
- Set up teleconference & video conference meetings.
- Ad hoc end-user support via email, IM, phone or in-person.
- Ensured that requests are properly opened, resolved in a timely manner, documented and closed in the ticketing system.
- Email setup and troubleshooting.
- Other similar duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology
Kakamega, Kenya2017
Skills
- Cloud Computing on OCI and Microsoft Azure
- Big Data, Kafka, Airflow
- Visualization using Power BI, Oracle Analytics Server
- Python
- ETL/ELT using ODI, Informatica Power Center and Python
- Business Intelligence Roadmap Design
- PL/SQL
- Agile
Certification
- Azure Data Engineer Associate, Microsoft - Ongoing
- Microsoft Power BI - Business Intelligence, Udemy - Nov 2022
- Data Modeling For Power BI, Pragmatic Works - Oct 2022
Refferees
Available upon request.
Timeline
Business Intelligence Developer
Co-Operative Bank Of Kneya
06.2023 - Current
Data Engineer and BI
EnlaitIT Kenya Ltd
11.2021 - 05.2023
Lead CMS Developer/Data Analyst
Umoja Rubber Products Ltd
03.2020 - 10.2021
Full Stack Developer
Wild Waters Kenya Ltd
04.2019 - 02.2020
Computer Studies Teacher
Mombasa Baptist High School, Mvita
01.2018 - 03.2019
ICT Intern
KenGen Ltd
09.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology
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