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Education & Special Training

I view learning as a never ending adventure to better yourself.  Once someone stops learning they stop growing.  So in order to operate at a level which outperforms the norm one must always be continued in their education.    

2022 - Business Science University

Data Science for Business | Base R  Certificate of Completion (pt1) 

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Measures:

  • central tendency (mean, median, mode)

  • spread (standard deviation)

  • Histograms (frequency distributions)

  • Relationship between the data for 2 features / variables (correlation)

  • Bias, & Variance

  • Over and Under Sampling

DATA WRANGLING:
(Importing, Cleaning, Preparing, & Manipulating Data): dplyr, tidyr, forcats, stringr, lubridate, purrr, broom, 

MODELING, MACHINE LEARNING & FORCASTING:

  • Parsnip

  • Linear Based Algorithms - Linear Regression & GLM 

  • Tree Based Algorithms -   Decision Tree, Random Forest, XGBoost 

  • SVG Models- Radial Basis

  • Customer Segmentation with lm, K-Means Clustering & UMAP

COMMUNICATIONS:
Data Visualization & Report Building using ggplot2, R-Markdown, and Shiny Web Dashboards

2022 - Regis University

125 SH  - Bachelors Computer Science  

2005 - Network Certificate  Computer Networking

 

125 Semester hrs -Unofficial Transcripts available upon request

GPA = 3.1

Not currently attending due to Data Science Training

May 2005

UDEMY

2022 - Tableau 2020 For Data Science

2022 - Microsoft PowerBI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Tableau 2020 For Data Science

  • Create Interactive Dashboards

  • Create Storylines

  • Work with Data Blending in Tableau

  • Create Table Calculations

  • Work with Parameters

  • Create Dual Axis Charts

  • Create Calculated Fields in a Blend

  • Work with Timeseries Data (two methods)

  • Creating Data Extracts in Tableau

  • Understand Aggregation, Granularity, and Level of Detail

  • Adding Filters and Quick Filters

  • Create Data Hierarchies

  • Adding Actions to Dashboards (filters & highlighting)

  • Assigning Geographical Roles to Data Elements

 Microsoft PowerBI Desktop for Business Intelligence

 Connect & Transform Raw Data

  • Grouping & Aggregating Data

  • Pivoting & Unpivoting

  • Modifying, Merging & Appending Queries

  • Defining Hierarchies & Categories

  • Query Editing & Power BI Best Practices

 

Relational Data Model​

  • Data ("Fact") Tables vs. Lookup ("Dimension") Tables

  • Creating Power BI Table Relationships

  • Active vs. Inactive Relationships

  • Relationship Cardinality

  • Connecting Multiple Data Tables

  • Filtering & Cross-Filtering

  • Data Modeling & Power BI best Practices

 

Calculated Fields with DAX

  • Intro to Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

  • Calculated Columns vs. Measures

  • Row Context vs. Filter Context in Power BI

  • DAX Syntax & Operators

  • Common Power BI Functions

  • Basic Date & Time Formulas

  • Logical & Conditional Statements

  • Text, Math & Stats Functions

  • CALCULATE, ALL & FILTER Functions

  • DAX Iterators (SUMX, AVERAGEX)

  • Time Intelligence Formulas

  • DAX & Power BI Best Practices

 

Interactive Power BI Reports

  • Matrix Visuals

  • Slicers & Timelines

  • Cards & KPIs

  • Power BI Map Visuals (Basic, Fill, ArcGIS)

  • Treemaps, Lines, Areas & Gauges

  • Editing Report interactions

  • Adding Drill through Filters

  • Linking to Report Bookmarks

2005-  Motorola iDen System School

System Sales Associate
Motorola iDen System School

Field of Study: Telecommunications

2001 - NASCE

Certified-NASCE Telecomm Executive

NASCE - National Association of Communication System Engineers

July 2001 - August 2002

Field of Study: Telecommunications Technology

2001 - Cross Market Managemet

Certificate - Telecommunications Systems and Services


Certificate - Data Communications and Systems



 

Field of Study:  Telecommunications and Data Networks

1993- US Army Aviation Logistics School

Diploma - (68X10) Helicopter | Armament Repair

1993 -  Diploma 

64X10 - Armament Electrical Systems Repairer

Field of Study: Mechanics and Repairers, General

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