Experience & Education

A career built around curiosity and data.

Data & BI professional with a background in reporting, dashboard development, and data-quality management across multi-country programs.

Experience

Where I've worked

2023 — Present

Group Data Associate - Insights & Impact

Rising Learning Technologies Limited (Rising Academy enterprise) · Accra, Ghana (Remote)

  • Build and maintain reporting and dashboards (Power BI, Looker Studio) tracking program KPIs and performance for stakeholders across multiple countries, including school leaders, delivery teams, and government partners
  • Collect, extract, and transform data from multiple field and product sources (CommCare, Kobo, SurveyCTO, and core app/event data) into BigQuery/PostgreSQL, writing and validating SQL logic to produce accurate management information and catch data-quality issues before they affect reporting
  • Validate data accuracy by testing app releases and cross-checking event tracking (Firebase Analytics) against the underlying database and reporting layer
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Academic teams (via Jira) to manage data and reporting requests, translating stakeholder needs into clear, decision-ready outputs
  • Present data and reporting insights directly to executive stakeholders, translating technical analysis into clear, decision-ready summaries
  • Mentored a data analyst intern, supporting their onboarding and development in data analysis and reporting
  • Contribute to defining what the organization measures and reports on through Results Framework and KPI-monitoring work within the Insights & Impact function
2021 — 2023

Data Research Analyst

IT Pros LLC (tech recruiting company) · Remote

  • Analyzed labor-market trends, competitor activity, and salary-benchmarking data to support recruitment strategy and client advisory decisions
  • Presented research findings clearly to clients and internal teams, translating data into practical recommendations for non-technical audiences
2021 — Present

Independent Projects

Self-directed, alongside full-time roles

  • Built and tested data pipelines and dashboards (Python, SQL, Power BI, Looker Studio, AWS) across independent projects spanning credit-risk modeling, cloud ETL automation, and financial analysis
  • Full portfolio available at: ddkryptonite.github.io

Education & Certifications

Learning & credentials

2025

Policy Making with Big Data Analytics

Center for Executive Education in Technology Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

2024

Data Analysis and Visualization with Python

IBM

2024

Machine Learning with Python

IBM

2013 — 2017

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

University of Ghana, Legon

Technical toolkit

Skills I use to get the work done

Data Visualization & BI

Power BI · Looker Studio · DAX · Power Query

Interactive dashboards, KPI tracking, executive reporting

Product Analytics

Firebase Analytics · Event Tracking · User Behavior Analysis · Funnel Analysis · Retention Metrics

Understanding how users interact with products to drive growth and retention

Data Engineering & ETL

Python · SQL · BigQuery · PostgreSQL · AWS (S3, Lambda, Redshift, EventBridge) · Airbyte

Cloud data pipelines, ETL automation, data warehousing

Applied AI & LLMs

LLM Integration · Prompt Engineering · AI-Powered Automation · NLP

Transforming structured data into narrative summaries, automating reporting workflows

Machine Learning & Analytics

Scikit-learn · Pandas · NumPy · Matplotlib · Seaborn · Statistical Analysis

Regression, classification, clustering, predictive modeling

Data Quality & Governance

Data validation · QA testing · Data accuracy · Release testing · Troubleshooting

Catching data issues before they reach stakeholders

Stakeholder Communication

Executive reporting · Data storytelling · Translating technical to non-technical

Presenting complex insights to diverse audiences

Tools & Collaboration

Excel · Jira · CommCare · Kobo · SurveyCTO

Project management, field data collection, cross-functional collaboration