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Nilesh Kakade

Nilesh Kakade

London, United Kingdom

Summary

Data analytics professional with over 10 years of experience in analytics and visualization solutions across Postal, Automotive, and Pharma industries. Expertise as an Analytics SME for delivering end-to-end agile analytics projects and Migration. Proven track record in client-facing roles with successful collaborations across the UK, US and Middle East, covering project scoping, stakeholder engagement, and resource planning. Skilled in managing technical support & BAU activities for analytics projects with managing a team of 25+ data analysts and developers.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Application development specialist

Accenture UK
London, United Kingdom
10.2023 - Current
  • Successfully delivered end-to-end agile analytics and visualization solutions using QlikView, Qlik Sense, Qlik Cloud and Power BI across both on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Directed Qlik cloud migration project, transitioning over 140 applications from QlikView and Qlik Sense estate to Qlik Cloud.
  • Developed interactive self-service analytics solutions using Qlik’s AI/ML features to enable data-driven decision-making for end users.
  • Served as a Subject Matter Expert across organizational projects, providing guidance on application portfolio utilization and decommissioning strategies.
  • Implemented DevOps practices in reporting workflows using Platform Manager and Git for version control and deployment automation.
  • Performed server sizing and capacity assessments aligned with the Qlik estate migration strategy, enabling the client to achieve up to 45% annual savings in infrastructure costs.
  • Experienced in project scoping and planning, includes preparation of ROM, team enablement, cost estimations and defining tentative delivery timelines.
  • Facilitated hands-on user training and workshops that improved adoption rates and reduced support queries following the deployment of new features.
  • Implemented and supported Qlik’s Dynamic Views and On-Demand App Generation to deliver real-time analyticsat scale, supporting over 2,000 daily users
  • Enabled hybrid data access by implementing Qlik Data Gateway, allowing Qlik Cloud to connect with on-premises data sources securely.

Application development specialist

Accenture
Mumbai, India
01.2018 - 10.2023
  • Developed customized Qlik applications using native and custom extension objects to meet client needs.
  • Lead application enhancement team, optimizing and developing Qlik applications with stakeholder communications and workshops.
  • Governed Qlik platform administration, handling upgrades, security patches, and certificate renewals across a multi-node environment.
  • Supported the seamless migrationof QlikView infrastructure from on-premises servers to Google Cloud VMs, ensuring minimal downtime and optimized performance
  • Implemented and supported Qlik Geoanalytics packages for geospatial solutions in Qlik applications.
  • Managed ongoing BAU supportfor a portfolio of 120+ QlikView and QlikSense applications, ensuring smooth BAU transitions and required commercial uplifts.
  • Hands-on experience with publishing Power BI reports to the Service, configuring scheduled data refreshes, and performing administrative tasks
  • Designed Power BIdashboards to analyze data volume trends during the client's peak business cycles, enabling better capacity planning and performance monitoring.
  • Build Qlik tabular reporting solution on Qlik Cloud for multiple geographical users for their daily operational decision making.
  • Contributed to and enhanced centralized Section Access model leveraged by 55+ Qlik applications to enforce robust data security controls.
  • Maintained and updated all project documentation in the central repository to ensure accessibility and version consistency.
  • Worked on DAXstudio for query building and query optimization for Power BI reports.
  • Executed project to source data from various on-premises and cloud-based sources and materialized into data insights using Power BI.
  • Leveraged GCP Big Query and Teradata to extract and transform large datasets, contributing to the successful delivery of analytics applications.

Software engineer

Infogain india pvt ltd
Mumbai, India
01.2016 - 12.2017
  • Collaborated with U.S.-based client Trilogy to design and enhance QlikView dashboards for automotive lead and sales analytics.
  • Led end-to-end QlikView development, including scripting, data modelling, and advanced visualizations.
  • Implemented Complex section access model with nested conditions for brand-based, role-specific data security.
  • Developed custom Heat map visualizations to analyze lead and sales performance across geographies and channels.
  • Built Qlik nprinting reports and implemented On-Demand functionality for real-time report generation.
  • Utilized Git for version control to enable collaborative development and change tracking.
  • Contributed to Power BI POC for Viacom18, leveraging DAX for interactive KPIs and dashboards.
  • Migrated QlikView applications to Qlik Sense, incorporating Ad-hoc reporting functionality for enhanced user-driven analysis.

System engineer

Blue Star Infotech
Mumbai, India
02.2015 - 01.2016
  • Developed and optimized complex SQL scripts for dashboard data extraction, transformation, and performance tuning.
  • Worked extensively on query optimization to improve database efficiency & runtime.
  • Designed and developed QlikView dashboards for lead and sales analysis for U.S.-based Trilogy SmartLeads platform.
  • Applied QlikView scripting and Set Analysis techniques to build dynamic, user-friendly visualizations and KPIs for multiple Automotive brands.
  • Implemented Qlik loop & reduce and document chaining functionalities to enhance report performance and enable navigation between related reports.
  • Worked on automations power shell scripts to support Qlik infrastructure.

Education

Bachelor of engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University
India

Post Graduation Diploma - Advanced Computing

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
India

Skills

  • Data analytics & Engineering
  • QlikView, QlikSense
  • Qlik Cloud
  • Qlik nprinting & Tabular reporting
  • Power BI, DAX
  • SQL
  • Qlik predict & AutoML
  • GCP Big Query & Teradata
  • GCP Cloud
  • Project Scoping
  • Team management
  • Agile Delivery
  • Dev-Ops pipeline
  • JIRA and Service Now

Certification

  • Qlik Business Analyst
  • Qlik AI Foundation
  • Google Cloud Certified - Professional Data Engineer
  • Google Cloud Certified - Professional Data Base Engineer
  • Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI - DA-100

Accomplishments

  • Accenture UKI Trendsetter Award
  • ACE (Accenture Celebrates Excellence) award
  • Zenith Award- Employee of the month

Timeline

Application development specialist

Accenture UK
10.2023 - Current

Application development specialist

Accenture
01.2018 - 10.2023

Software engineer

Infogain india pvt ltd
01.2016 - 12.2017

System engineer

Blue Star Infotech
02.2015 - 01.2016

Bachelor of engineering - Information Technology

Mumbai University

Post Graduation Diploma - Advanced Computing

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

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