Bassel Dakhlallah
Data Analytics & Engineering Leader
Phone: 423-667-1606
Email: bassel.dakhlallah@yahoo.com
I am a passionate and self-driven data engineering and analytics leader with a strong record of delivering reporting solutions and data engineering automation at scale, as well as modernizing legacy systems.
I champion innovation to identify problems, provide effective solutions, and build a solid foundation for data engineering systems.
My leadership approach utilizes training, knowledge sharing, and effective collaboration with matrix partners to maintain a successful team and elevate organizational performance.
Technology Stack
Data Engineering
Data Analytics & Visualization
Automation & DevOps
UX/UI & Design
Skills & Expertise
Technical Skills
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Full lifecycle of data engineering projects with Agile Methodology
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Analytics product solutions and design
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Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning
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Data and cloud solutions in Teradata, MS SQL, Hadoop, and Snowflake
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BI solutions in Tableau, Looker, Power BI, Excel, and Python
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Big data ETL and data mining using Python, BTEQ, SAS, and SSIS
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Process deployment (Jenkins), DVCS (Git), and automation (Airflow)
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Linux and Unix systems with Shell scripting
Personal Skills
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Visionary leadership
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Effective communication
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Strategic thinking
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Team building and skill development
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Process improvement
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Change management
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Creative problem-solving
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Attention to detail
Work Portfolio
Below is a compilation of projects I have contributed to that have made significant impacts on both the operational and financial aspects of the business.
2021
Business Analytics Senior Manager
2022
Data Science & Machine Learning Instructor
Leading interactive training sessions in Data Analytics and Data Science, utilizing Python, SQL, and Tableau as primary tools.
Covering a range of topics including Exploratory Data Analysis, Web Scraping, Data Wrangling, Feature Engineering, Statistics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Data Visualization.
Leading a team of highly skilled managers and analysts to develop innovative reporting and analytics and meet the needs of internal and external Medicare clients. Developed and enhanced current reporting automation to achieve savings of 20,000 work hours. Migrated the data analytics team to use new data engineering tools to improve workflow and streamline reporting assets. Designed an algorithm to calculate Stars medication adherence scores and predict non-adherence for Medicare Advantage patients.
2019
Agile Business Analytics Advisor/Lead
Led the development of a next-generation healthcare analytics platform that cuts cost and enhances quality of care. The initial product release was successful and helped analysts and clinicians enhance the forecast for savings opportunities from Cigna’s partners.
2016
Cost Containment Analytics Manager
Designed and led development of a highly automated and scalable ETL architecture that supported an offshore analytics team, reduced service level agreement time by 60%, and enabled migration of the Out-of-Network Cost Containment claims data warehouse to a new high-performance architecture.
2013
Data Engineering Senior Specialist
Led a key engineering team in building the core of Cigna's corporate data warehouse as a central hub for applications and BI reports by developing a high-performance cost analysis application leveraging the data warehouse and Tableau, and architecting ETL solutions to integrate raw medical and pharmacy data from DB2, SAS, and Oracle into Teradata.