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Nisal


     

Big Data engineering and Business Intelligence Professional who has overall 10 years of experience in IT domain, and 8+ years of exposure to the Microsoft Business Intelligence/Analytics stack and data-driven culture. I'm very passionate about Data Engineering/Data Science/ Machine Learning, related tools, and technologies. In my professional life currently, working as an Architect - Data and AI at Zone24x7 where I mainly focus on building data products and advanced analytics solutions to allow customers to make business decisions more effectively and efficiently. I'm a Microsoft Certified Trainer with experience in conducting technical training programs. As a tech community contributor, I share my knowledge with the community by writing technical articles, and speaking at tech forums and conferences locally and overseas.

Specialties:
  •    Business Intelligence
  •    Data Warehouse design
  •    Database Design and development
  •    Microsoft BI (SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI)
  •    Dimensional modeling skills
  •    Data Analysis
  •    Could Architectures    
  •    Modern Data Warehousing 
  •    Big Data Engineering
  •    Data Lake Design/ Delta Lake 
  •    Data Science
  •    Machine Learning 
  •    Consulting
  •    Training 
  •    Team Management
  •    Leadership 
  •    Mentoring  








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