STEPHEN STRANGE
Chicago, IL · (555) 013-9926 · stephen.strange@example.com · linkedin.com/in/stephenstrange-example
Data Analyst · 6 years turning messy operational data into decisions. SQL first, dashboards second, slides last.
Experience
Senior Data Analyst
Harlan Logistics, Chicago, IL · Mar 2022 – Present
- Built the carrier-pricing model used on 1,100 lanes; margin per load up 6.2% in the first year
- Own the SQL layer (dbt, 240 models) behind company dashboards used by 90 weekly viewers
- Cut month-end reporting from 5 days to 1 by replacing 14 spreadsheets with one warehouse pipeline
- Mentor 2 junior analysts; both promoted within 18 months
Data Analyst
Midwest Health Partners, Chicago, IL · Jun 2019 – Feb 2022
- Analyzed claims data (40M rows/yr) to flag billing anomalies; recovered $2.3M in year one
- Wrote the readmission-risk report reviewed monthly by clinical leadership across 7 hospitals
- Moved team from Excel to versioned SQL + Tableau; report errors down 80%
Operations Analyst (contract)
Brightcart, remote · Aug 2018 – May 2019
- Weekly demand forecasts for 3 fulfillment centers; stockout rate down from 4.1% to 2.6%
Skills
Core: SQL (Postgres, BigQuery), dbt, Python (pandas), Tableau, Looker, Excel
Statistics: A/B testing, regression, forecasting, cohort analysis
Working knowledge: Airflow, git, R
Education
B.S. Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018
Minor in Computer Science · GPA 3.7/4.0
Certifications
- Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate, 2023
- Tableau Desktop Specialist, 2021
Selected Project
Open-source: sql-lint-rules, a shared dbt style ruleset, 400+ GitHub stars, used by 3 companies I know of.