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Rachel Patterson

BI Analyst

Yahoo

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My New Course

Intermediate SQL

My New Course

Intermediate SQL

Quantitative storyteller, captivating audiences with tales of data analysis.

My Work

Take a look at my latest work.

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Intermediate SQL

DataLab

Project: Analyzing Students' Mental Health

DataLab

Project: Analyze International Debt Statistics

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Intermediate SQL

DataCamp Course Completion

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

Courses

Introduction to SQL
Intermediate SQL
Joining Data in SQL
Data Manipulation in SQL

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Yahoo | Aug 2018 - Present

Business Intelligence Manager

Led consumer data analytics for Yahoo News partner relationships and the Yahoo for Creators program, providing audience insights to drive product strategy. Identified product improvements by analyzing large data sets. Built interactive dashboards via Looker, facilitating effective data visualization. Summarized insights into analytical reports, enabling informed decision-making. Served as communications expert for the Consumer Analytics and Data Science organization, possessing unique skills amongst colleagues in writing, editing, and storytelling. Wrote, edited, and compiled numerous executive reports. Led Yahoo Homepage and News’ Voice of the Consumer (VoC) initiative, using natural language processing modeling to conduct analysis leading to over 100 product improvements. Uncovered trends to improve customer experience. Gathered business intelligence data from tools such as Similarweb and Comscore, ensuring an understanding of marketing trends. Communications Lead, Prism ERG: Helped further diversity and inclusion efforts at at Yahoo by helping to drive the Prism ERG communications strategy and author promotional content.
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United States Department of Defense | Dec 2009 - Aug 2018

Branch Chief, Office of Middle East and Africa

Branch Chief, Office of Middle East and Africa: Forged new team of civilians, military, and contractors. Leveraged experience as senior intelligence analyst by managing SIGINT intelligence production in support of a priority one mission. Set branch priorities, conducted performance evaluations, and mentored analysts. Operations Officer, Office of Counterterrorism. Managed mission across the counterterrorism enterprise by enabling leadership actions and crisis operations. Oversaw and prioritized high-level senior leadership tasks, White House and National Security Council-related actions, Intelligence Community (IC) strategy, and policy coordination requests. Other Positions: * Representative to IC Pride. Advanced equality by serving as a representative to IC Pride, which fosters a diverse workplace and provides input into LGBTQ+ policies impacting the IC. * Lead Intelligence Analyst, Cyber Cross-functional Team * Analyst, Office of Middle East and Africa * Analyst, Office of Counterproliferation * Credentialed Special Agent/Counterintelligence Investigator. * Acquisition Security Analyst

Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Mar 2009 - Nov 2009

Substitute Teacher

Taught in a variety of schools and grades in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Patterson Investment Group | Jul 2008 - Jan 2009

Writer and Staff Editor

Authored books, materials, and web content. Served as staff editor.

Care Net | Aug 2006 - May 2008

Web Content Administrator; Research/Communications Associate; Intern

Authored/edited website and promotional content. Managed the production of a journal. Conducted research projects.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Master of Arts - MA, GovernmentThe Johns Hopkins University | 2014
Bachelor's degree, JournalismPatrick Henry College | 2007

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