PRADEEP KUMAR
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Strategic Business Intelligence professional with expertise in BI strategy, team leadership, and enterprise analytics. Developed Power BI solutions and managed data warehousing on cloud platforms like Azure, enabling data-driven decision-making through dashboards and KPI management. Experienced in SQL Server, DAX, and analytics technologies, including AI and machine learning. Delivered agile projects to improve business performance and fostered stakeholder relationships for innovation.
Overview
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work history
BI MANAGER
KUWAIT FOOD COMPANY
Sharjah, UAE
2019.05 - 2026.09
- Provide BI leadership across Sales, Operations and Finance, translating business requirements into scalable analytics and reporting solutions.
- Lead development and delivery of enterprise BI dashboards, reports and analytical solutions using Power BI and Microsoft BI technologies.
- Architected and maintained cloud-based data warehouse and ETL solutions with SSIS and Azure Data Factory to streamline data integration and reporting.
- Design and maintain SSAS Tabular models and Power BI semantic models to support scalable business reporting and KPI analysis.
- Enable near real-time KPI visibility for sales and operational decision-making through Power BI analytics and integrated data platforms.
- Lead modernization of legacy reporting by migrating SSRS-based reporting to Power BI, reducing manual reporting effort by 50%.
- Work directly with C-level and senior stakeholders to define business metrics, reporting strategies, dashboards and analytics priorities.
- Provide leadership and direction for BI delivery, ensuring alignment between business requirements, data architecture and reporting outcomes.
- Drive adoption of modern cloud-based BI capabilities using Azure and Power BI.
- Support enterprise data analytics initiatives covering operational performance, sales performance and business KPIs.
- Explored and implemented AI-driven analytics and LLM-based solutions to enhance BI capabilities and support intelligent decision-making.
- Promoted scalable data models and reusable BI components to optimise reporting processes and meet enterprise analytics requirements.
- Lead team of 15 BI professionals delivering enterprise Business Intelligence and data analytics solutions for major retail/QSR organization.
- Key Technology Environment: Power BI, DAX, SQL Server, T-SQL, SSAS Tabular, SSIS, SSRS, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Data Warehousing, Python, AI/LLM
DEPUTY MANAGER – BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / ANALYTICS
JUBILANT FOODWORKS LTD.
Noida, India
2017.05 - 2019.05
- Developed Power BI dashboards and reports to present business insights and support management decision-making.
- Delivered self-service BI solutions enabling business users to access and analyse key performance information.
- Delivered periodic data analysis findings to senior management, facilitating informed organisational decision-making.
- Improved flow and availability of business information through technology-enabled reporting solutions.
- Enhanced report and dashboard performance using aggregate tables, materialised views, table partitioning and cache management.
- Performed data cleansing, transformation and ETL activities to prepare reliable datasets for analytics and reporting.
- Collaborated on data, reporting and analytics requirements to optimise efficiency and performance of BI solutions.
- Used SPSS and R statistical tools for data analysis and business insights.
- Extracted and analysed data from OLO to support campaign and business performance analysis.
- Conducted market analysis to support business objectives and customer-focused initiatives.
- Key Technology Environment: Power BI, SQL, ETL, SPSS, R, Data Analytics, Self-Service BI, Database Performance Optimisation
SYSTEM ANALYST
PATH INFOTECH LTD. – INTERGLOBE AVIATION LTD. (INDIGO)
Noida, India
2012.10 - 2016.12
- Analysed flight booking, pricing and sales data to identify business and operational trends.
- Developed data-driven reports and analytical solutions supporting airline business performance.
- Monitored and analysed KPIs and financial ratios to evaluate aviation business performance.
- Conducted SQL analysis on data gathered from multiple sources to identify seasonal patterns and business trends.
- Produced daily, weekly, and monthly booking reports to support management decision-making.
- Analysed agency commission data and generated automated reports for agencies.
- Supported business users with data analysis and reporting requirements across operational and commercial areas.
- Utilised SQL Server, SQL, and SharePoint for data analysis and reporting in aviation analytics.
- Developed Pilot Roster application in SharePoint with custom integration.
- Implemented HR referral system using SharePoint framework.
Education
MASTER OF - COMPUTER SCIENCE
UPTU
IndiaBACHELOR OF - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Agra University
IndiaSkills
- Power BI governance
- Data warehousing
- Data engineering
- Enterprise analytics
- C-level management
- Azure cloud services
- SSAS modelling
- AI Applications
- Business Intelligence AI
- Agile project management
- Team leadership
- C-level management
- Team leadership
- AI concepts
- Data analytics
Personal Information
Title: BI & DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER | POWER BI | AZURE | MICROSOFT FABRIC | DATA & AI
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
SELECTED BI & ANALYTICS PROJECTS
Customer Analytics, Developed customer analytics initiatives including RF/RFM-style customer segmentation and analysis to support customer understanding and business decision-making., Sales Analytics & Forecasting, Delivered sales analytics, forecasting and product-planning initiatives for the restaurant business, supporting performance analysis and planning., Load Factor Projection, Developed Load Factor Projection analytics for the airline industry to support analysis of flight capacity and occupancy trends., Customer Insights, Delivered analytical solutions focused on customer behavior and insights to support business understanding., Forecasting Models, Worked on forecasting models to identify trends and support business planning and decision-making., Market Basket Analysis, Worked on Market Basket Analysis (MBA) to identify relationships and patterns within customer purchasing behavior., Pilot Rostering, Developed a Pilot Rostering application using SharePoint with custom integration, supporting aviation workforce and operational processes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Industry Experience: Retail / QSR / Restaurant | Aviation
- Core Focus: Business Intelligence | Data Analytics | Cloud BI | Data Warehousing | AI-Enabled Analytics
- Location: UAE
Timeline
BI MANAGER
KUWAIT FOOD COMPANY
2019.05 - 2026.09
DEPUTY MANAGER – BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / ANALYTICS
JUBILANT FOODWORKS LTD.
2017.05 - 2019.05
SYSTEM ANALYST
PATH INFOTECH LTD. – INTERGLOBE AVIATION LTD. (INDIGO)
2012.10 - 2016.12
BACHELOR OF - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Agra University
MASTER OF - COMPUTER SCIENCE
UPTU