Ryan Cannin, Developer in Greenville, SC, United States
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Ryan Cannin

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Analyst, BI, Tableau, and DB Developer

Location
Greenville, SC, United States
Toptal Member Since
March 30, 2021

Ryan has over a decade of experience in data analysis and engineering. He began his journey by launching Power BI in a billion-dollar real estate company that was manually producing financial reports. Using that experience, he has launched visualization tools in multiple large companies. Ryan has grown by discovering back-end engineering of data from a variety of sources, utilizing numerous technologies. Ryan is an expert problem solver and thrives in complex and high-uncertainty challenges.

Portfolio

Phoenix A.M.D International Inc.
Tableau, SQL, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, ETL...
Alteryx - Trifacta Product Management
Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, Data Visualization
General Assembly
Tableau, SQL, Looker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, PySpark...

Experience

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Tableau, Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop Pro, SQL, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redshift, Snowflake, Data Visualization, Consulting

The most amazing...

...product I've developed is an automated monthly investment report for a company that was spending hundreds of hours manually developing them each month.

Work Experience

Data Analyst | Tableau Expert

2022 - 2023
Phoenix A.M.D International Inc.
  • Developed a custom-designed dashboard for reporting key metrics.
  • Performed an ad hoc data analysis to ensure correct calculations.
  • Provided multiple checkpoint stops to carry out quality control and quality assurance with the customer.
Technologies: Tableau, SQL, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, ETL, Business Intelligence (BI)

Dashboard Developer

2022 - 2022
Alteryx - Trifacta Product Management
  • Converted numerous reports from Google Data Studio to Tableau.
  • Helped design and integrate a master template for future Tableau conversions.
  • Helped a team achieve ahead-of-schedule conversion for the project.
Technologies: Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, Data Visualization

Data Engineer

2021 - 2022
General Assembly
  • Led conversion and standardization of reports from Looker to Tableau.
  • Implemented a standardized template and provided internal training to Tableau users.
  • Became GA's senior data engineer and helped solve complex data problems.
Technologies: Tableau, SQL, Looker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, PySpark, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

Business Intelligence Developer

2019 - 2021
Intermountain Healthcare
  • Redeveloped and transitioned the company from Cognos to Tableau.
  • Acted as lead designer of the company's in-house COVID-19 Tracker.
  • Served as the go-to person for intracompany Tableau training and engagement.
Technologies: Tableau, Tableau Server, IBM Cognos, ETL, SQL, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, ETL Tools

Analyst

2019 - 2020
MGM Resorts
  • Analyzed and presented strategic data sets to casino management.
  • Pulled vast amounts of complex data from extremely large databases and performed complete, actionable analyses routinely.
  • Oversaw table game performance recommendations for 13 casino properties.
Technologies: SQL, Excel 365, Hadoop, Teradata, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, ETL Tools

Tableau Developer

2018 - 2019
Hometrust Bank
  • Developed a Tableau server into a large regional bank.
  • Spearheaded the total design and development of all dashboards.
  • Trained and sponsored self-exploration through a Tableau Sandbox.
Technologies: Tableau, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SSIS Custom Components, SQL, Microsoft Business Intelligence (MBI), Tableau Server, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, ETL Tools, Microsoft Power BI

Senior Investment Analyst

2015 - 2018
The RADCO Companies
  • Managed the analytics of more than 50 commercial real estate investment properties.
  • Developed automated reporting through Power BI that drastically reduced the company's analyst team's working hours.
  • Spent time developing reports in multiple business units to help increase their productivity and access to data.
Technologies: Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Excel 365, Azure, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, ETL Tools

Tableau Public

https://public.tableau.com/profile/ryan.cannin#!/
I developed a dashboard that illustrates how gun purchasing activities were affected by the pandemic and social unrest in 2020. I scraped data from the FBI's website, loaded it into Tableau, and produced some interesting visualizations that illustrate just how drastically Americans flocked to gun stores during 2020.

Tableau Developer

I successfully completed an engagement with the Boston Consulting Group as a Tableau developer. I worked with business analysts to create compelling dashboards and analytics that helped key managers make critical decisions.

Languages

SQL, Python, Snowflake

Tools

Tableau, Tableau Desktop Pro, Power Pivot, Microsoft Power BI, IBM Cognos, Looker

Paradigms

ETL, Business Intelligence (BI)

Platforms

Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), PostgreSQL, Teradata, Redshift

Other

Tableau Server, Excel 365, Microsoft Business Intelligence (MBI), Data Analytics, Visualization Tools, Visualization, Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Consulting, SSIS Custom Components, ETL Tools, Quantitative Analysis, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Business, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Dashboards

Libraries/APIs

PySpark

Frameworks

Hadoop

Industry Expertise

Accounting

2008 - 2009

Master's Degree in Business Administration

Columbus State University - Columbus, Georgia, USA

2004 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

Columbus State University - Columbus, Georgia, USA

JUNE 2023 - PRESENT

Tableau Certified Desktop Specialist

Tableau

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