Mike Yu
Senior Data Analyst
Languages: Python, SQL, SparkSQL
Platforms: AWS, Databricks, Confluence/JIRA
Tools: Airflow, PostgreSQL, JupyterLab, pandas
2020-04-01 to 2021-12-03
Senior Data Analyst at Ekata (a Mastercard company)
Senior member on project to design and implement data evaluation methodology responsible for guiding $7M/year in data buying decisions
Responsible for maintaining and improving Ekata’s data quality process to ensure products were consistently backed by accurate data
Worked on data engineer tickets such as using Airflow to automate data loads
Led Scrum ceremonies (stand up, etc.) and managed Jira metrics for a team of seven
Mentored new team members on Ekata’s Graph schema and how to use Spark SQL
Created self-serve Databricks notebooks to teach Ekata’s schema and common Spark SQL idioms
2019-01-01 to 2020-03-31
Data Analyst at Ekata
Combined systems knowledge, SQL, and programming abilities to model the impact on downstream product performance based on changes to our data ingestion pipeline
Wrote a Jenkins integration to enable version control on Databricks notebooks
Took the initiative to create a take-home interview assignment to test candidates on their analytical skills, presentation abilities, and creativity
2017-11-01 to 2018-12-31
Solutions Architect at Ekata
Created tailored API recommendations for customers to demonstrate positive ROI by decreasing e-commerce fraud and increasing approval rates
Introduced Jupyter notebooks to the team as a replacement to Excel. This enabled rapid scaling of team output through code automation. It also paved the way for moving beyond rules-based recommendations to machine learning solutions and resulted in closing deals with increasingly sophisticated customers
Automated work by developing a Python module of analytical tools for the team
2015-05-01 to 2017-10-31
Business Analyst at University of Washington
Project manager for a custom implementation of JD Edwards (Oracle), responsible for managing $300M/year in grant funding
Generated reports for budget analysts using SQL and UW’s Enterprise Data Warehouse
2012-10-01 to 2015-04-30
Business Analyst / Project Manager at Intermedix
PM of Nuclear energy customers for professional services projects for a crisis management platform
Lead Business Analyst for a $5M, multi-year project with the state of California that involved frequent onsite discovery sessions with business process modeling
2010-08-31 to 2012-09-28
Sales Specialist at Comcast Spotlight
Supported sales team with contract management and billing inquiries
2006-09-15 to 2010-06-05
Knox College
Bachelor of Arts: Music (Jazz Studies)