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Michael Gates

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New Light Analytics | Wayland, MI

Technologies

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My New Course

Introduction to SQL

My New Course

Introduction to SQL

Data ambassador, bridging the gap between numbers and human understanding.

My Work

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Introduction to Power BI

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Introduction to SQL

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Intermediate SQL

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Introduction to Power BI

My Certifications

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Other Certificates

Exin Agile Scrum Foundations

Microsoft Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Microsoft Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate

DataCamp Course Completion

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Courses

Introduction to SQL
Introduction to Power BI
Intermediate SQL
Joining Data in SQL

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Inc. | Oct 2015 - Present

Director of Retail Store Operations and Data Analytics

• Launched data analytics program at Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids • Design and maintain data analytics reports • Trained employees how to utilize the analytics reports to grow productivity and operating gain. • Utilized analytics to implement a processing procedure which increased productivity by 18% and produced a 19% increase in operating gain over the prior year • Agile experience • Project management • Strategic planning experience
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Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Inc. | Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

Store Manager

• Hire, train, and scheduled employees, allocated resources to meet and exceed production and sales goals. • P&L responsibility, budgeting, merchandising, inventory, analyze sales trends and bring merchandising and inventory in line to maximize sales and profitability. • Changed the material processing procedure to eliminate wasted movement and time. This increased the amount of product we could get to the sales floor and decreased the time it took to do it. • Increased net operating gain by 12%

My Education

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Master of Science Data Analytics, Data Analytics  · (July 2021 - December in Data AnalyticsWestern Governors University | 2022
Graduate Certificate of Executive Leadership  in Business University of Notre Dame | 2019
Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics  in Data Analytics Michigan State University | 2018
BBA in FinanceGrand Valley State University | 1993

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