Taras Gudz, Developer in Jacksonville, FL, United States
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Taras Gudz

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Bio

Taras is a senior BI developer with 15+ years of experience. He is proficient in various BI technologies, such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, and Qlik Sense, and all stages of product development. His skill set encompasses data management; extraction, transformation, and loading; visualization design and implementation; and performance optimization. Taras is passionate about improving the efficiency of existing BI products and creating an ecosystem of interconnected products.

Portfolio

Self-employed
Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, Microsoft SQL Server...
Murka
Tableau, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google BigQuery, QlikView, Apache Airflow...
Altareturn
Microsoft SQL Server, Data Warehousing, OLAP, DAX...

Experience

  • Microsoft - 12 years
  • T-SQL (Transact-SQL) - 12 years
  • Microsoft SQL Server - 12 years
  • Data Warehousing - 10 years
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) - 8 years
  • Tableau - 5 years
  • Microsoft Power BI - 5 years
  • Azure - 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Microsoft, Azure, Microsoft SQL Server

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed and implemented is a groundbreaking metadata-driven ETL framework enabling near-real-time dynamic processing.

Work Experience

Senior BI Developer | Data Engineer | Data Analyst

2019 - 2023
Self-employed
  • Developed and delivered 15+ projects of different complexity levels for up to five counterparties from the consumer packaged goods (CPG), telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop requirements and design, implement, and publish over 50 reports, applications, dashboards, and workbooks.
  • Conceived and implemented multiple metadata-driven ELT frameworks to fulfill business requirements.
Technologies: Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Data Warehousing, OLAP, DAX, MDX, Azure, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Snowflake, SQL, Dashboards, Data Visualization, ETL, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Engineering, Microsoft Excel, Warehouses, Data Pipelines, BI Reporting, Microsoft Azure, ETL Implementation & Design, ETL Development, Data Analysis, APIs

Senior BI Developer | Data Analyst | Data Engineer | Team Lead

2018 - 2019
Murka
  • Delivered proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to implement new technologies within the company.
  • Led the BI front-end infrastructure migration from on-premises to the cloud.
  • Developed extensive work with real-time big data using stream and batch processing techniques.
Technologies: Tableau, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google BigQuery, QlikView, Apache Airflow, Python, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Apache Hive, GitLab, SQL, Data Visualization, ETL, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Engineering, BI Reporting, ETL Implementation & Design, ETL Development, Data Analysis, APIs

Senior BI Developer | Data Engineer | Data Analyst

2016 - 2018
Altareturn
  • Developed and maintained over 30 reports and dashboards, utilizing T-SQL and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) capabilities to create pixel-perfect, parameterized reports for diverse business units.
  • Built and delivered a new ETL framework utilizing cutting-edge technologies to meet complex business requirements.
  • Collaborated with business stakeholders to understand their storytelling needs, integrating them into the BI solutions under development.
Technologies: Microsoft SQL Server, Data Warehousing, OLAP, DAX, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX), Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Data Visualization, ETL, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Engineering, Microsoft Excel, Warehouses, BI Reporting, ETL Implementation & Design, ETL Development, Data Analysis

Senior BI Developer | Data Analyst

2014 - 2016
Luxoft
  • Developed and delivered a pack of dashboards, reports, and ad-hoc data utilizing QlikView and SAP BusinessObjects technologies at a prominent global bank.
  • Designed and built QlikView applications to provide robust data discovery and analytics capabilities. Implemented QlikView scripting and expressions for efficient data modeling and visualization.
  • Collaborated with data engineers and architects to ensure seamless integration between the BI solutions and the underlying data infrastructure.
Technologies: QlikView, SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Data Visualization, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Reporting, Data Analysis

BI Developer | Data Engineer | Data Analyst

2007 - 2014
Various Clients
  • Worked on various projects for renowned organizations such as VFG, ProCredit Bank, Kraft Foods, and AVK.
  • Led the end-to-end development and implementation of a new data warehouse (DW) solution, leveraging my expertise in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server, and slowly changing dimensions (SCD) methodologies.
  • Designed, developed, and maintained various reports to meet the informational needs of different business units.
  • Held a pivotal role in extracting actionable insights from complex datasets, transforming raw data into meaningful reports that informed critical business decisions.
Technologies: T-SQL (Transact-SQL), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Data Warehousing, OLAP, OLTP, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Multidimensional Expressions (MDX), QlikView, Oracle, PL/SQL, Crystal Reports, SQL, Data Visualization, ETL, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Engineering, Microsoft Excel, Warehouses, Data Analysis

New ETL Framework

A groundbreaking ETL framework was needed for real-time dynamic processing. I led its development from scratch and its implementation within the company.

The key innovation was implementing a metadata-driven approach, allowing for unique processing tailored to each client environment. It also incorporated dynamic refreshing capabilities, enabling seamless adaptation to source changes on the fly.
2002 - 2007

Master's Degree in Computer Science

National Technical University of Ukraine | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute - Kyiv, Ukraine

OCTOBER 2023 - OCTOBER 2024

Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate

Microsoft

SEPTEMBER 2023 - PRESENT

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals

Microsoft

Tools

Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Qlik Sense, Azure Logic Apps, Apache Airflow, GitLab, Microsoft Power Apps, Crystal Reports

Languages

T-SQL (Transact-SQL), SQL, MDX, Python, BIML, Excel VBA, Power Query M, Snowflake

Paradigms

Business Intelligence (BI), ETL Implementation & Design, ETL, OLAP

Platforms

Azure, Microsoft, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), QlikView, Oracle

Storage

Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Azure SQL, Data Pipelines, PostgreSQL, Apache Hive, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), MongoDB, OLTP, PL/SQL

Frameworks

Hadoop, Windows PowerShell

Other

Dashboards, Data Visualization, Data Engineering, BI Reporting, Data Analysis, Data Warehousing, Azure Data Factory, Cloud, Data Architecture, Data Warehouse Design, Data Modeling, Warehouses, Microsoft Azure, ETL Development, APIs, Computer Science, DAX, Google BigQuery, SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)

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