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Sufyaan Patel, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Sufyaan Patel

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst·Old Mutual Limited

South Africa

High school or equivalent, English Language, Afrikaans Language, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accounting

Work experience

Total years of experience: 32 years, 10 months

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

November 2023 - Present

Old Mutual Limited

Cape Town, South Africa

November 2023 - Present

• Accountable for gathering and documenting data and reporting requirements.
• Performs data analysis and design.
• Independently or collaboratively specify, map and model data to meet stakeholder requirements.
• Produce clear and comprehensive delivery artefacts.
• Provides leadership and guidance to developers during build to ensure delivery.
• Oversees testing phases and quality assure final output.
• Facilitates implementation and delivery to stakeholders.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to deliver on solution requirements.
• Collaborates effectively with BI team to meet deliveries.
• Ensures project alignment with company strategy and deliverables.
• Is accountable for project results.
• Is accountable for service delivery through own efforts.

Company industry:
Financial Services

Senior Data Architect

February 2022 - October 2023

Sawubona

Cape Town, South Africa

February 2022 - October 2023

• Analyses the data needs of the company and use skills to maintain secure databases.
• Is required to plan and organize the data estate.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to determine and deliver on solution requirements.
• Works closely with the holding company group Analytics team to create valuable insights and products from the data.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Data Architect and Analyst

February 2022 - October 2023

Sawubon

Cape Town, South Africa

February 2022 - October 2023

Sawubona is a Data Insights company based in Johannesburg. I am working fully remotely from Cape Town with occasional travel to Johannesburg.
• Develops and manages the data architecture strategy.
• Plans and regularly reviews / audits the data estate to ensure architectural consistency.
• Ensures that the data architecture is aligned with strategic and operational goals.
• Provides leadership and guidance on the direction of the companys data strategy.
• Ensures that the data strategy is aligned with the companys OKRs.
• Ensures that the data held by the organization meets regulatory and compliance standards and is secure.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to determine and deliver on solution requirements.
• Works closely with the holding company Group Analytics team to create valuable insights and products from the data.
• Creates and manages project plans to fit stakeholder needs and delivery outcomes.
• Ensures project alignment with company strategy and deliverables.
• Is accountable for project results.
• Creates road-maps, program plans, and scrum boards.
• Performs duties of Scrum Master for agile events and ceremonies.
• Manages, mentors and oversees the development team.
• Screens, interviews and hires new team members as the need arises.

Company industry:
IT Services

Big Data Engineer

July 2021 - February 2022

Capitec

Stellenbosch, South Africa

July 2021 - February 2022

• Contributes to the design and development of new applications / systems to meet the business requirements of the D&A environment.
• Analyses business or system requirements and data to enhance understanding of the D&A environment
• Participates in and provides input to the Architect during the compilation of solution design documentation (technical specifications) for new and existing D&A products and systems.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Banking

Data Engineer

July 2021 - February 2022

Capitec Bank

Cape Town, South Africa

July 2021 - February 2022

• Is a recognised specialist and advisor in Data analysis and synthesis, Data development process, Data integration design and Data modelling.
• A generator of ideas, methods and tools.
• Leads or guides others in Microsoft SQL Server best practice use.
• Provides input to the overall strategy of the Data and Analytics function and translates functional strategy into development plans.
• Codes and tests database migrations from on premises SQL Server databases to a new AWS cloud solution using Amazon S3 and Redshift.
• Provisions cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform.
• Develops data pipelines using Apache Airflow.

Company industry:
Banking

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst | Solutions Architect

January 2013 - June 2021

Quilter | Global Edge Technologies

Cape Town, South Africa

January 2013 - June 2021

• Leads a team currently involved in a system-wide migration project. Provides strong ETL skills andguidance.
• Leads and co-ordinates the team of data administrators responsible for the development andimplementation of data policies, standards and models of the Data Warehouse.
• Conducts research and provides advice and insights into company data to management andsupervisor-level business decision makers.
• Operate database management systems to analyze data and perform data mining analysis.
• Reviews and occasionally writes stored procedures for data extraction / aggregation.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst | Data Architect

January 2013 - June 2021

Quilter (Global Edge Technologies)

Cape Town, South Africa

January 2013 - June 2021

• Leads a team currently involved in a system-wide migration project. Data migration from SQL server and other non database and proprietary database systems into Microsoft SQL Server.
• Provides strong ETL skills and guidance using SQL Server.
• Leads and co-ordinates the team of data administrators responsible for the development and implementation of data policies, standards and models of the Data Warehouse.
• Conducts research and provides advice and insights into company data to management and supervisor-level business decision makers.
• Operates SQL Server database management systems to analyze data and perform data mining analysis.
• Reviews and writes SQL Server stored procedures for data extraction / aggregation.

Company industry:
Financial Services

Senior Analyst

August 2008 - December 2012

Old Mutual SA | Global Edge Technologies

Cape Town, South Africa

August 2008 - December 2012

• Developed software specifications based on user and business analyst requirements.
• Specified the design and co-ordinated the development and integration of system enhancements.
• Developed data models and service interfaces for services exposed to the front end.
• Ensured that system calculations were compliant with legislation governing the Financial Platform.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Analyst

August 2008 - December 2012

Old Mutual Wealth UK / Quilter (Global Edge Technologies)

Cape Town, South Africa

August 2008 - December 2012

Involved in the backend of a Web Enabled Wealth Management Platform.

• Developed software specifications based on user and business analyst requirements.
• Specified the design and co-ordinated the development and integration of system enhancements.
• Developed data models and service interfaces for services exposed to the front end.
• Ensured that system calculations were compliant with legislation governing the Financial Platform.

Company industry:
Financial Services

Self Employed IT Technician

March 2002 - July 2008

AllSoft Computing (Self Employed)

Bloemfontein, South Africa

March 2002 - July 2008

Provide IT support and programming services to private clients.Mostly develop and suport PC based POS systems.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Self Employed Software Developer

March 2002 - July 2008

AllSoft Computing

Bloemfontein, South Africa

March 2002 - July 2008

• Provided IT support and programming services to private clients.
• Mostly developed and suported PC based POS systems.

Company industry:
IT Services

System Analyst

January 2001 - February 2002

Atraxis Africa (A subsidiary of SwissAir)

Johannesburg, South Africa

January 2001 - February 2002

• Maintained and Developed Atraxiss Expert Systems written in Objectstar and Java.
• Development entailed coding as well as design & assisting junior programmers with coding.
• Took part in the enterprise wide systems migration of South African Airways IT systems to Atraxis products. At the time, this was the largest complete switchover of systems for a large corporation.

Company industry:
Ground Fleet, Aviation, & Marine Refuelling
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Database Administrator

January 2000 - December 2000

South African Airways

Johannesburg, South Africa

January 2000 - December 2000

• Administered and Maintained SAAs Objectstar and DB2 environments as well as general system programming

Company industry:
Airlines
Job role:
Information Technology

Programming Analyst

August 1993 - December 1999

South African Airways

Johannesburg, South Africa

August 1993 - December 1999

• Maintained, Developed and Supported SAAs Loyalty programme systems (Voyager &
Frequent Freighter).

Company industry:
Airlines
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Brebner High School

December 2024

December 2024

High school or equivalent, English Language, Afrikaans Language, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accounting

South Africa

GPA (point): 12 out of 20

GPA (point): 12 out of 20

University Of Cape Town

November 2024

November 2024

Diploma, • Data Analysis

South Africa

University of Cape Town

November 2019

November 2019

Diploma, Diploma Data Analysis

South Africa

UNISA

November 1996

November 1996

Bachelor's degree, BSc (Incomplete)

South Africa

Brebner High School

January 1991

January 1991

High school or equivalent, Secondary Education

South Africa

Skills

Requirements Analysis
Expert
Requirements Analysis
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
IT Architecture
Expert
IT Architecture
Expert
ETL
Expert
ETL
Expert
Data Analysis
Expert
Data Analysis
Expert
Software Development in a Service Oriented Architecture
Expert
Software Development in a Service Oriented Architecture
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
Machine Learning
Intermediate
Machine Learning
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Expert
MANAGEMENT
Expert
RESEARCH
Expert
RESEARCH
Expert
EXTRACT TRANSFORM LOAD (ETL)
Expert
EXTRACT TRANSFORM LOAD (ETL)
Expert
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Expert
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Expert
SQL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
Expert
SQL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
Expert
DATA EXTRACTION
Expert
DATA EXTRACTION
Expert
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Expert
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Expert
DATA MIGRATION
Expert
DATA MIGRATION
Expert
DATABASE SYSTEMS
Expert
DATABASE SYSTEMS
Expert
MS SQL Server
Expert
MS SQL Server
Expert
ETL / Data Cleansing
Expert
ETL / Data Cleansing
Expert
System Analysis & Design
Expert
System Analysis & Design
Expert
Agile
Expert
Agile
Expert
Data Analysis
Expert
Data Analysis
Expert
Requirements Analysis
Expert
Requirements Analysis
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
Data Integration
Expert
IT Architecture
Expert
IT Architecture
Expert
ETL
Expert
ETL
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Afrikaans
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
BSc Computer Science (Incomplete)
Jan 1993 - Dec 1998
ITUC COBOL Programming Diploma
Jul 1995 - Dec 1995
Objectstar Application Developement
Jan 1996 - Jan 1996
ITIL v3 Foundation
Dec 2008 - Dec 2008
Java Programming
Jan 2000 - Jan 2000