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Salman AkramSA

Salman Akram

Business Intelligence Consultant | Data Analyst

€233/day
Dubai, AE
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Salman

• Data Analyst with B.I.T degree in Management of Information system and more than 4 years of experience in tech. Highly skilled expert for driving operational excellence for transport authority, aviation, manufacture, retail, and health insurance. I thrive in data analytics for translating business requirements to analyze complex data sets, which enables transformation of raw data into actionable insights. Through the strategic application of data analysis,
I actively contribute to the realization of business objectives, streamline business processes to solve issues , and the fulfillment of organizational goals.
• Expertise in BI, Big data, ETL, data warehouse tools, and Agile / Waterfall methodologies applied for project management and using Jira, Scrum, and Kanban on projects.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km), Sharjah city (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelace
    Business Intelligence Consultant
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Client: Roads and Transport Authority
    • Developed an ETL pipeline and scheduled ETL jobs using Informatica Developer to extract data from etraffic and
    license plates e-auction systems Oracle database and load it into a Hive database. Created data model in Hive by
    following star scheme. Designed a dashboard for client RTA in MicroStrategy to visualize trends in auction over
    different period and license number plates sold over time. The dashboard provides key insights, including high-value
    number plates sold within short periods and a list of unsold number plates.
    Client: Builders First Source Contractor
    • Assessed the migration of dashboards and data from MicroStrategy to Power BI. Designed a new Power BI
    dashboard for client Builders First Source contractor. Developed a data model in Power BI and optimized query
    performance in SQL Server by creating custom queries using CTEs to replace views. Created native queries in Power
    BI to enhance dataset query results. Achieved a 7% reduction in operating costs and identified high-cost materials to
    assist in setting contract pricing for construction projects.
    Client: IT Max Global
    • Designed a MicroStrategy dashboard for leadership analysis for top management. Developed schema and created
    public elements using MicroStrategy Developer. Created relationships between attributes, built a cube, and
    scheduled data refreshes based on requirements. The dashboard provided an overview of top leaders across
    various industries, comparing their performance based on overall scores, ranks, and benchmarks. These data
    insights enhanced management’s decision-making process, aiding in the identification and appointment of potential
    leaders based on scores and relevant industry expertise.
    Microsoft Power BI ETL MicroStrategy SQL Server Business intelligence
  • Dnata
    Business Analyst
    AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
    November 2021 - August 2022 (10 months)
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Designed Power BI and MicroStrategy and dashboards to monitor flight traffic patterns, flight delays, distinguish peak, normal, and low traffic periods, and delivered insightful reports for optimizing airport operations during peak seasons. Successfully mitigated 20% of flight delays, resulting in a streamlined process and 22% improvement in airport operational efficiency.
    • Designed and improved 45+ dashboards using Power BI and Tableau, offering profound insights into essential aspects of airport operations, including travel patterns, logistical trends, flight schedules, cargo management, and passenger analysis.
    • Analyzed CSV and JSON files and created data models to ingest data in the databases.
    • Skillfully engineered ETL pipelines utilizing Informatica, Python, Azure Data Lake, and Snowflake, culminating in the creation of over 80 data sets in Debi data warehouse. Important datasets from HR, finance, passenger flights, cargo flights, baggage handling, and airport operations are created through collaboration with stakeholders, with data quality and protection practices implemented to ensure compliance with GDPR standards.
    • Implemented ETL process for HR using Alteryx to extract data from sources like SQL Server, Excel and schedule and workflows.
    • Supervise the development of three colleagues, providing comprehensive training in MicroStrategy, Oracle, Jenkins, Snowflake technologies. This resulted in 18% improvement in overall employee productivity.
    • Consistently improved the Debi data warehouse Snowflake through enhancements of table structure optimization, SQL query processing refinement, and seamless integration with new data sources using Jenkins for continuous delivery. This effectively maximized system utilization while concurrently reducing resource consumption by 37%.
  • Roads and Transport Authority
    Data Analyst
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    November 2019 - December 2021 (2 years and 1 month)
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Developed Power BI reports and dashboards for tracking departments financial actual, target, budget, OPEX and CAPEX and conducted department financial performance analysis, enhanced transparency of cash inflows and outflows to review budget plans and reduced 9% financial issue debt by identifying high ratio of liability to revenue.
    • Designed Power BI report and MicroStrategy dashboards for monitoring new and re-registered of vehicles, assessing fuel consumption and co2 emission, vehicles accidents and insurance claims, fuel and electric vehicles effect on transport infrastructure, and evaluating vehicle safety standards. This proactive approach enhanced 11% resource management for vehicle testing centers, facilitating vehicle safety community with up-to-date insightful data.
    • Created 60 dashboards on Power BI and MicroStrategy, to furnish invaluable insights into consumer behavior, market trends, and financial reporting for the RTA. These dashboards effectively tracked critical metrics, consisting from Maximo and Opms project progress, passenger counts across metro, tram, marine, and taxi services, as well as vehicle registration and driver licensing statistics.
    • Engineered data models and data sets in data warehouse system SQL Server PDW, resulting in 43% improvement in system data storage and optimization. Improved optimization of RTA data warehouse, involving BigQuery, Azure SQL Server, and MS SQL Server, by restructuring tables, views, stored procedures, schemas, and simplifying intricate queries. This reduced system workload by 27% and boosted query performance by 32%.
    • Diligently automated ETL workflows utilizing Alteryx, SSIS, SSMS, DBT, C#, and Python to construct a comprehensive repertoire of 140+ data sets within the RTA data warehouse. The data quality and data protection of the datasets are achieved by creating data contracts that follow GDPR guidelines and by sharing them among data users.

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Education

  • Bachelor of IT in Management of Information Systems
    University of Wollongong UOWD
    2019

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