Nikhileswar

Objective
Reddy
* Senior SAS/SQL Consultant with SAS base and advance certified, having about 6.5
years of SAS/SQL and base experience on R and Python programming/analysis
experience on Windows and UNIX environment with knowledge on various sectors like
Financial, healthcare, retail, etc.* Extensive experience in SAS/SQL programming and
data analysis on Windows Power Shell, UNIX and Mainframe environments.*
Expertise in using various SAS report generating procedures like PROC REPORT,
PROC SQL, PROC FREQ, PROC MEANS, PROC TABULATE, PROC TRANSPOSE
and PROC PRINT* Extensive experience in working with Base SAS (MACROS, Proc
SQL, ODS), SQL, SAS Grid, SAS Enterprise Guide, Enterprise Miner, SAS/ ACCESS
and SAS/DI in UNIX, Windows environment.* Strong SAS programming background
for creating, maintaining existing code, ad hoc reporting and supporting the reporting
functions.* Developed new or modified SAS programs and used SQL Pass Through
and Libname methods to extract data from the Teradata DB and created study specific
SAS datasets, which are used as source datasets for report generating programs.*
Additional experience includes using Base Procedures, Graph, Macros, Data Step,
SQL, and Data Mining, extracting internal/external data including cleaning and
validation, use of formats and in formats.* Experience in working with multiple
databases like Oracle Server, DB2, MS SQL Server, and MS Access.* Knowledge on
working with Oauth 2.0 process flow to log in to salesforce to extract data using
PowerShell Script.* Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC) including Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing.*
Experience in agile and waterfall project management methodologies to produce high-
quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets* Skilled in data
manipulation and generating customized reports with SAS data steps and procedures
and have experience in handling large amounts of data for Data Cleansing, D

Work Experience

Sr SAS/SQL Analyst
2/2017 - 8/2018 Kellogg's,
 Responsibilities:
 * Implement solutions to meet high end business needs using SAS/SQL.
 * Converted the weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports from ad-hoc
database to new data warehouse using SAS, SQL and Macros with better and
accurate values.
 * Analyzed customer spending patterns, and purchase frequency to create clusters
for customer relationship management (CRM)
 * Prepared new datasets from raw sets files using Import Techniques and modified
existing datasets using data statements such as SET, MERGE, JOIN, UPDATE and
PROC SORT.
 * Gathering Business requirement through meeting and conferences with clients and
suppliers.
 * Work with Project Managers design, execute, and document data management
and quality assurance procedures for research data collection projects using SAS
and other statistical packages.
 * Manipulate and manage very large data files in SAS
 * Design projects that apply valid statistical techniques utilizing various data types in
order to structure relevant and actionable analyses
 * Develop and test experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical
methods and decide which data are pertinent to answer specific questions or
problems
 * Support research efforts by reviewing statistical methodologies, recommending
 methodological best practices and implementing statistical analysis solutions
 * Worked on pre-defined roles of SAS VA, SAS DI to view, analyze the reports on a
bimonthly basis
 * Decreased the run time of the existing SAS programs by eliminating redundant
DATA steps by using WHERE statements instead of IF statements and using
PROC FORMAT to format SAS/SQL variable values instead of multiple IF
statements.
 * Connected various databases (DB2, Teradata SERVER) such as development and
production database (Teradata on UNIX) using SAS/ACCESS
 * Involved in building product matrix which determines the progress of all the product
line.
 * Extensively performed Data Cleansing during the ETL's Extraction and Loading
Phase by analyzing the raw data and writing SAS Program and creating complex
reusable Macros.
 * Creation and maintenance of mainframe execution JCL (jobs) to support system
replacement project in User acceptance (UAT) and Production environments.
 * Worked with the client to develop marketing campaigns for customer acquisitions
that involved third party Data Providers, setting up internal IT systems and
Campaign data analytics.
 * Managed multiple projects in a fast-paced environment meeting milestones and
deliverable dates with no supervision.
 * Used parallel processing in SAS to aggregate programs to significantly reduce the
execution time of the applications that fetch aggregated and partitioned data.
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 Environment: SQL, SAS EG, Power Shell, Oracle, UNIX, Teradata, SalesForce,
visual analytics, Putty, Teradata, MS office.

SAS Programmer/Data Analyst

10/2011 - 6/2015 GeP (Global eProcure),
 DURATION: Oct 2011 - June 2015
 LOCATION: Mumbai, India
 Responsibilities:
 * Assists in maintaining the company's credit facilities and relationships including
credit renewals, refinancing, future planning, and fulfilling all reporting and
compliance requirements.
 * Built summary reports after identifying the customers, their occupancy period and
the revenue generated using PROC SUMMARY, PROC MEANS and PROC
FREQ.
 * Independently create, execute, maintain, and validate programs that transfer data
across multiple data management systems or operating systems.
 * Creating PHI (Personal Health Information) reports in HTML, PDF and RTF
formats using SAS/ODS facility
 * Used Proc SQL joins and Proc SQL set operators to combine tables horizontally
and vertically and proficient in Integration of various Data Sources like MS-Access,
Flat and CSV Files.
 * Involved in Gathering and Analyzing Business Requirements and Detail Technical
Design of ETL.
 * Experience on SAS EG to work on Retirement Plan data for categorizing
customers demographically with respect to various offers and build sample
dashboards on SSRS
 * Produce reports to identify potential patients that meet the requirement for defined
parameter.
  * Produce and manage annual hospital performance review packets. The packets
will include membership, revenue, and cost analysis for the hospital.
 * Maintain relationship with around 1500 suppliers so as to know the current market
scenario and to help our client with the best possible supplier.
 * Design and select appropriate SAS procedures for each statistical analysis, test-
run SAS program on mock data to ensure smooth analysis implementation.
 * Worked on survey data analysis to understand the customer segmentation across
regions
 * Coding SAS/SQL programs with the use of SAS/BASE and SAS/Macros for ad
hoc jobs.
 * Design and develop stored procedures, functions, views and triggers to be used in
the ETL process
 * Assists in long-term planning and budgeting processes, especially in the areas of
cash and credit functions.
 * Used SAS VA for designing end report in more creative way to the client by using
all the features like network diagram, information maps, etc.
 * Analysis included Behavioural model, Customer Profiling, Segmentation, Trend
Analysis, and Predictive Modelling, Optimizing open-ended offers, etc.
 * Created and Automated Daily, weekly and monthly analysis on the sales of all
product categories
 * Perform Data analysis, statistical analysis; generate safety and efficacy tables,
listings and graphs using Base SAS, SAS Macros.
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 Environment: SAS BI, Windows, web portals, SAS visual analytics, Teradata, MS
office, Tableau, Oracle Sql developer.

Education
2011 Unspecified, ,

 Bachelor's Degree
 * Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering, NECG, India, 2011

Skills
.Net Acrobat AML BEST PRACTICES BI Budgeting BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS CARD SERVICES CODING
COLLECTION Cost Analysis CREDIT CARD CRM Customer Relationship
Management Data Analysis DATA ANALYST DATA ANALYTICS DATA
CLEANING DATA CLEANSING DATA COLLECTION DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA MANIPULATION Data Mining Data Profiling DATA SOURCES DATA
WAREHOUSE database DATABASE MODELING DATASETS db2
DOCUMENTING ETL excel FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
GOVERNANCE Healthcare HTML Informix INTEGRATION
INTEGRATOR JCL JIRA LARGE-SCALE LENDING LIFE CYCLE Linux
LOANS LOGGING Mainframe maintenance market research Marketing
Marketing Analysis MARKETING MIX Microsoft Access Microsoft Office
MICROSOFT SSRS MORTGAGE MS Access ms office MS SQL Server
OAUTH ODS OPERATIONAL DATA STORE Oracle PAYMENTS pdf
PERFORMANCE REVIEW Process Flow Python QA quality assurance
QUANTITATIVE RDBMS RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT REMEDIATION
Retail RETAIL MARKETING SAMPLING SAS SCRUM SDLC
SEGMENTATION Serial Attached SCSI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Software Development Life Cycle SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE
LIFECYCLE SQL SQL QUERIES SQL Server SSRS Statistical Analysis
Stored Procedures STRUCTURED SOFTWARE TABLEAU TABLEAU
SOFTWARE TECHNICAL DESIGN Teradata TEST PLANS TRANSLATE
UAT unix USER ACCEPTANCE USER STORIES Visual Studio
WORKFLOW WRITING FUNCTIONAL XML