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Eric Van Looy

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Junior Data Analyst

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My Portfolio Highlights

My New Course

Introduction to SQL

My New Course

Introduction to SQL

Analytics acrobat, performing feats of insight extraction with grace and agility.

My Work

Take a look at my latest work.

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What makes a Number 1 Song?

GitTableauExcel
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Global Schooling

GitTableauExcel
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Road Safety Dashboard

GitTableauExcel
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What makes a Number 1 Song?

GitTableauExcel

My Certifications

These are the industry credentials that I’ve earned.

SQL Associate

SQL Associate

Data Analyst Associate

Data Analyst Associate

Other Certificates

Datacamp Data Analyst Associate

Datacamp SQL Associate

Microsoft PL-300

DataCamp Course Completion

Take a look at all the courses I’ve completed on DataCamp.

Courses

Introduction to Python
Introduction to SQL
Introduction to Power BI
Intermediate SQL

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Up To Now | Mar 2024 - Present

Key Achievements

• Built Data Dashboards, monthly Quality Data Reports and guided clients through Insights, Measures and Improvement Plans. • Created and led client workshops, equipping attendees with valuable insights on Content Authoring and Terminology, resulting in a large client order for terminology services for RWS. • Experienced stakeholder and peer trainer/educator as SME • Played a large role in pre-migration language database cleanup exercise • Built and managed corporate terminology databases • Built a Road Safety Data Dashboard (Tableau Public link) as part of the Curious Academy’s Data Analytics Bootcamp graduation project, showcasing Tableau and SQL data cleaning and exploration (GitHub link) skills. • Microsoft PL-300 (Power BI) Certified • Datacamp Certified (SQL Associate & Associate Data Analyst) SKILLS • Quality Management, Customer Service, Cross-Function Influencing • Data Analytics, Visualisation and Storytelling • Confluence, JIRA, Trello, GitHub • MS Office, SQL, Tableau and Power BI • Basic HTML and CSS • Basic JavaScript and Python
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The Curious Academy | Oct 2023 - Present

Junior Data Analyst

The Data Analytics Skills Bootcamp - provided by The Curious Academy - allowed me to build on previous self-taught skills (Data Cleaning, Modelling, Dashboard Building, Storytelling) from previous roles at RWS and Expedia, and wrapping it in a solid theoretical and practical foundation in Data Analytics, with tools such as MS Excel, Sheets, Tableau and Power BI, and languages such as SQL (certified) and Python (currently WIP). For my final project: • I cleaned 2 million rows of DfT Road Safety data through MS Excel (Sheets) and PostgreSQL • I explored and analysed datasets in Power Query Editor and Tableau • I packaged the data into a Road Safety “self-serve” Tableau Dashboard My project methodology and performed tasks can be found on https://github.com/ericvanlooy/data_analytics_portfolio

RWS Group | Jan 2021 - Sep 2023

Customer Quality Manager

• Built quality data Dashboards based on language quality reviews, created monthly quality data reports and guided clients through insights, measures and improvement plans. • Transformed the linguistic data capture, analysis, and summarization processes for a large client, delivering large improvements to client reporting. • Rewrote the RWS Terminology Data library, building new Terminology Database Templates, and ensuring its readiness for seamless implementation by future clients. • Headed client workshops, equipping attendees with valuable insights on Content Authoring and Terminology, resulting in a significant boost in localization business for RWS. • Designed and executed Client Quality Frameworks to improve and maintain localization quality levels against KPIs.

Expedia Group | Dec 2017 - Jun 2020

Global Terminology Manager

• Created and implemented an industry-best-practice, concept-based terminology database model for the Localisation Group. • Created localization-based terminology production cycles, centred around data extraction, validation, translation, and sign-off processes. • Trained and guided the Localisation Group on terminology models, processes, and built relevant library documentation. • Executed the migration of the terminology database architecture from Worldserver to XTM Cloud TMS. • Led a large-scale, multilingual TM data cleaning initiative in Worldserver in preparation for the XTM migration, overseeing project scoping, preparation, monitoring, and comprehensive reporting.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Masters in Linguistics in English - ItalianKU Leuven | 2005
Diploma in Advanced Terminology ManagementECQA

About Me

Eric Van Looy

Customer-focused Data Analytics professional with a successful 15-year career in the localisation sector on the client and vendor side, of which 5+ years in data-based roles. Power BI & SQL certified

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