I am a data-driven professional with an MSc in Data Science and strong hands-on experience in Power BI, SQL, Excel, and Azure. I specialise in integrating data from multiple enterprise sources, building automated workflows, and delivering insights that support strategic decision-making, workforce planning, and risk mitigation. Over the years I have delivered BI solutions across insurance, retail, and consulting sectors, aligning analytics with business goals and driving adoption among stakeholders. I enjoy turning complex data into clear, actionable dashboards and models, and I thrive in cross-functional teams to deliver tangible value. I bring strong stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and leadership capabilities, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across organisations.

Vamsikrishna Bapatla

I am a data-driven professional with an MSc in Data Science and strong hands-on experience in Power BI, SQL, Excel, and Azure. I specialise in integrating data from multiple enterprise sources, building automated workflows, and delivering insights that support strategic decision-making, workforce planning, and risk mitigation. Over the years I have delivered BI solutions across insurance, retail, and consulting sectors, aligning analytics with business goals and driving adoption among stakeholders. I enjoy turning complex data into clear, actionable dashboards and models, and I thrive in cross-functional teams to deliver tangible value. I bring strong stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and leadership capabilities, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across organisations.

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I am a data-driven professional with an MSc in Data Science and strong hands-on experience in Power BI, SQL, Excel, and Azure. I specialise in integrating data from multiple enterprise sources, building automated workflows, and delivering insights that support strategic decision-making, workforce planning, and risk mitigation. Over the years I have delivered BI solutions across insurance, retail, and consulting sectors, aligning analytics with business goals and driving adoption among stakeholders.

I enjoy turning complex data into clear, actionable dashboards and models, and I thrive in cross-functional teams to deliver tangible value. I bring strong stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and leadership capabilities, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across organisations.

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Work Experience

Senior Data Analyst at Lavensa Ltd, UK
August 1, 2025 - Present
Delivered BI and analytics solutions for external clients by centralising data from multiple sources into Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), using Azure and Power BI connectors to ingest, transform, and prepare data for consistent, business-ready reporting. Extracted and modelled data from SQL Server (SSMS), and Dynamics CRM databases, developing stored procedures and database views to optimise data retrieval, enforce business logic, and support scalable Power BI reporting. Designed and maintained Power BI dashboards and semantic models, transforming curated datasets into high-level performance views and detailed drill-down insights for operational and leadership teams. Improved reporting performance and reliability by applying optimisation techniques such as incremental refresh in Power BI Service/Microsoft Fabric, reuse of semantic models, and reduction of redundant transformations—significantly reducing refresh times and improving user experience.
Business Intelligence Engineer - Contract at University of Warwick, UK
January 1, 2025 - June 1, 2025
Designed and delivered end-to-end analytical dashboards and reporting suites in Power BI, supporting audit reviews, performance tracking and ad-hoc insight needs across multiple directorates. Served as a Point of Contact for Power BI dashboards for immigration compliance and operational reporting, supporting audits, performance tracking, and ad-hoc insight requests. Built and supported data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and SQL (SSMS), implementing data quality and validation checks to ensure accurate, reliable datasets for regulatory reporting. Worked closely with immigration stakeholders to gather requirements and translate regulatory needs into KPIs and governed reporting solutions, ensuring clarity and consistency of insights. Supported BI engineering operations by resolving ServiceNow tickets and managing delivery through JIRA, maintaining dashboards, pipelines, and enhancements within agreed SLAs.
Business Data and Quality Specialist - Contract at Willis Towers Watson, UK
January 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024
Delivered deep-dive analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities and operational risk reductions, contributing to $19M technology simplification roadmap happening around the globe in ~300 sites. Led analytical reporting for a multi-million pound technology simplification programme, delivering monthly and quarterly MI packs with cost-saving insights and operational risk indicators to senior leadership. Designed and maintained enterprise Power BI semantic models for automated KPI tracking and management information reporting across ~300 business sites. Consolidated and modelled 40+ disparate data sources into structured star-schema datasets, replacing manual spreadsheet workflows with automated BI processes to improve data quality and reduce reporting time. Built paginated financial reports and dynamic drill-down dashboards to support governance meetings, regulatory-style submissions, and executive decision-making cycles. Managed ongoing ad-hoc MI and performance requests, producing r
Programmer Analyst – Data Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
May 1, 2018 - September 1, 2020
Delivered reporting solutions for a nationwide insurance association serving 5,000+ credit unions, supporting policy analysis and claims performance tracking. Built Power BI dashboards with KPIs (Claim Settlement Ratio, Policy Information, Customers information, Churn), advanced visuals (Gantt, Scroll Dials), and secure access using RLS and RBAC to meet varied stakeholder needs. Developed complex SQL queries and created optimized database Views to streamline credit unions reporting processes, ensuring efficient data retrieval and documented view structures for future reference and governance compliance. Documented data sources, transformation logic, and report structures to ensure transparency and maintainability. Extracted claims-related data from Dynamics CRM using Power BI connectors and validated it against client log data to ensure accuracy and consistency of reported information. Developed predictive models and conducted exploratory data mining using Python libraries such as Seab

Education

MSc in Data Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK
September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, India
June 1, 2013 - April 1, 2017

Qualifications

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Professional Services, Software & Internet, Education, Healthcare, Life Sciences