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Yatish Karkera

Delta,BC

Summary

Experienced Data Operations Director with 15+ years of success in the Market Research industry. Proficient in managing data operations, analysis, and project management. Demonstrated leadership in overseeing data professionals and external vendors, ensuring seamless internal data management and maintaining high data quality standards. Proven expertise in cultivating strong vendor relationships for uninterrupted product operations.

Skills

  • Team Management
  • Project Management
  • Product Demo’s
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Data Processing & Cleaning
  • Data Reporting & Analysis
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Tableau
  • Strategic Planning
  • People Management
  • Operations Management
  • Decision-Making

Technologies Used & Exposed to

  • Python
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JQuery
  • AWS (Glue, Athena, S3, Apache Airflow)
  • Alchemer

Personal Achievement

As one of the early team members in a startup, I honed valuable soft skillsadaptability, problem-solving, and accountability-while seamlessly wearing multiple hats as needed. I proactively learned new technologies on the job, swiftly addressing diverse business needs.

Work History

Data Operations Director

AMPD Research
10.2019 - Current
  • Led the development of an in-house analytics platform focused on consumer behaviour which resulted in close to 30% reduction in operational costs
  • Responsible for implementing and optimizing end-to-end processes to ensure uninterrupted access to audience measurement product and seamless delivery of data reports to clients and leadership team
  • Gather client requirements, conduct product demos and assist clients with data-related inquiries
  • Manage external software and data vendors as needed to support product development and data delivery for various research projects
  • Identified and implemented automation pipelines and data processing / cleaning tasks to supplement data insights using third-party API’s / web scraping and technologies such as Python along with relevant AWS cloud services
  • Implement BI dashboards on Tableau for clients and leadership team.

Technical Sales Director

FocusVision (now called Forsta)
03.2017 - 10.2019
  • Deliver product demonstrations and offer technical assistance for products designed for the market research sector
  • Analyze client requirements, propose solutions, and create tailored Proof-of-Concepts
  • Assist with RFQs, collaborate on sales initiatives, and conduct SaaS solution training
  • Engage with internal teams on software issues, improvements, and competitor product SWOT analysis
  • Script online web surveys on Decipher survey tool using Python programming language.

Data Processing Team Manager

IPSOS
10.2013 - 03.2017
  • Manage operations and oversee daily data processing and programming for research projects
  • Lead project management activities including costing, resource planning, task allocation and vendor sourcing
  • Conduct kick-off meetings with clients and researchers, review questionnaires, and generate progress reports
  • Survey scripting, data cleaning, and produce customized reports based on researcher requirements.

Team Lead – Survey Programming

Ugam Solutions Pvt. Ltd
06.2007 - 10.2013
  • Program online web surveys using survey programming tools like Dimensions
  • Oversee daily operations, ensuring adherence to project processes and client requirements
  • Interact with clients for project-specific queries
  • Establish team processes and standards, optimizing team utilization
  • Conduct regular review meetings to evaluate team and individual performance
  • Conduct training sessions for new recruits.

Education

Bachelor in Comp. Science -

Mumbai University
03.2007

Timeline

Data Operations Director

AMPD Research
10.2019 - Current

Technical Sales Director

FocusVision (now called Forsta)
03.2017 - 10.2019

Data Processing Team Manager

IPSOS
10.2013 - 03.2017

Team Lead – Survey Programming

Ugam Solutions Pvt. Ltd
06.2007 - 10.2013

Bachelor in Comp. Science -

Mumbai University

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