Takeshi Takahashi
Seattle, WA
takeshi.g.takahashi@gmail.com • https://therealtakeshi.com • https://www.linkedin.com/in/takeshitakahashi/

I’m a unique technologist with consulting experience as a full-stack developer, data engineer, and program manager. I combine technical skills with great communication and strategic vision, making me a great fit for a lead or senior position. I have a proven track record of helping teams define success, identify and scope problems, create and prioritize development approaches, build solutions, and track progress toward overall strategic goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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opstobi | Strategic Business Intelligence | Seattle, WA  				   JAN 2024 - CURRENT
●	Developed accelerator framework for embedded analytics using Qlik, Sigma, and PowerBI
●	Earned Aha! Academy certification for program & product management with Aha platform
●	Exercising technical and strategic leadership at a large American infrastructure design firm
○	Integrating work items and technical deliverables to help cross-functional teams define, implement, and track program progress 
○	Working with stakeholders to design and build reports for executives and managers
○	Implementing a DocOps process in Databricks & Azure to turn operational spreadsheets into queryable data to improve consistency in backbone data migration

Analytics8 | Data and Analytics Consulting | Dallas, TX & Remote  		   MAY 2014 - OCT 2023
    Senior Consultant:
●	Led a 30-person team autonomously under the Director of Analytics to develop an industry-agnostic embedded analytics web framework for Qlik Sense, Power BI, Sigma, Looker, and Tableau using Next.js and React deployed on AWS to open a new area of business and accelerate sales cycles.
●	Led a 5-person team to triage and refactor-in-place a large ELT outlay in GCP comprising 100s of Python DAGs managed by Airflow on Kubernetes and Cloud Composer, to enable a very large automotive acquisition company to integrate new acquisitions under tight deadlines.
●	Built a client-specific embedded analytics platform integrating Qlik Sense into React auto-deployed on serverless Azure, for a multinational pharmaceutical company. The platform directly supported a 200+ sales team to achieve record sales and company growth.
●	Assisted sales team in pre-sales situations as an SME, explaining technical details to prospective clients and building confidence in the approach.
●	Mentored associate and staff consultants in individual sessions to help them with personal, career, and technical development.
●	Led a 2-person team to investigate and document an in-production ELT process involving Airflow and the Microsoft Power Platform for a client in legal services.
    Staff Consultant:
●	Worked with VP and team of a premiere educational IT institution to integrate Qlik Sense into a SaaS React on Laravel application, enhancing SSO integration, core data visualization functionality, and visual design to meet end user needs.
●	Led a 6-person team to research, develop, and disseminate best practices for secure development in application development, including source control, CI/CD, multi-cloud deployment, and cross-system integration.
    Application Developer:
●	Developed and supported a Java-on-Tomcat application consuming SAP BusinessObjects data and exposing via REST API paired with a frontend to allow for advanced query setup in-browser and inside Tableau. This product enabled fast, procedural access to BusinessObjects data and reduced data lock-in. Customers include the global leader in premium consumer electronic devices and several others in the Fortune 500.
●	Worked directly with CTO to develop and support a ground-up mapping extension using JavaScript and HTML for QlikView and Qlik Sense, enabling advanced geospatial analysis, with sales totalling >$2M in sales and recurring maintenance.
BIspoke Analytics | Custom SMB Analytics | Dallas, TX & Remote		   MAY 2013 - MAY 2014
    Founder & CTO:
●	Developed full-stack application using microservice architecture to orchestrate ETL over a Kafka pubsub backbone to automate realtime data ingest and data visualization for non-technical SMBs
●	Developed and structured REST API to support frontend visualization engine using D3.js
●	Funded development with license sale to previous employer
Smith Monitoring | Home Security | Dallas, TX     		   			   OCT 2011 - MAY 2013
    Marketing Manager:
●	Developed the reporting schedule and structure for the department
●	Managed $2M in PPC ad spend, increasing CTR and reducing CPC
●	Used site and PPC data to attribute customers to clicks and queries

EDUCATION
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BA in English — TCU, Fort Worth TX							    SEP 2008 - MAY 2011
Graduated Cum Laude. Specialized in Rhetoric and Critical Theory, focusing on literature as text and the importance of context in understanding.