1. Nicole Sarkisian (619) 415-7392
Senior Data Analyst nicsarkisian@gmail.com
Nicole Sarkisian nicsarkisian@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Business analytics professional with over 8 years of experience developing impactful
analyses from raw sources. Expert in translating business requirements to programming
specifications and communicating analytical results clearly for clients.
Capabilities
Providing full range data analysis and interpretation: Data extraction, scrubbing, profiling,
segmentation, modeling, validation, interpretation, and reporting.
Education M.A. Economics, B.A. History - Western Michigan University / A.S. Engineering
Data Science Professional Certificate - New Horizons Computer Learning Center - 2016
(Oracle 12c, MySQL, PL/SQL, Python, Ruby, R, Hadoop, Hive, NoSQL, Tableau)
Analytical Skills
SAS - Expert MODULES: BASE, SQL, ODS, ACCESS, STAT, CONNECT, MACRO, ETL
SQL - Expert (Oracle, IBM, MySQL)
R – Writing functions, import/export data, graphics, loading packages, analysis, modeling
Python, UNIX scripting,Tableau, KnowledgeSEEKER, SAS Connect, SAS Studio, SAS
Enterprise Miner, R Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, MySQL Workbench, Mailchimp,
Filemaker. MS Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Outlook, MS Access, Mac OSX. Big
Data, Large and small Flat Files, SAS Data Sets, SQL Tables, relational databases, data
warehouses, Excel spreadsheets, and Access tables.
IBM Mainframe computers (w/SAS related JCL), UNIX networks and PCs.
Qualitative Skills
Management/Relationship Management, Training, Presentation, Facilitation, Coaching
Positions and Clients
Data Analytics Consultant 2/2012 – 10/2015
Independent - Bangkok, Thailand
• Provided structured queries and reports for import/export companies and international
schools with R and MySQL.
• Using R, evaluated and cleansed data sources, developed analyses, and provided
interpretations with impacts.
• Guided business for organizations to improve their use of information.
• Strategic data-related decision making through analyzing data.
Analytics Manager 1/2008 – 1/2012
The Port Authority of NY & NJ - New York, NY - Office of the Chief Operating Officer
• Designed Grants Management reporting to provide the COO visibility and management of
over 2.3 billion dollars in grants from several Federal funding agencies
• Developed new tables and reports with analytical interpretation for operational training.
• Provided key information and metrics as the COO’s lead information manager.
• Regularly implemented SQL scripting from Oracle, and analytical interpretation.
• Managed data and technology projects focused on facilitating senior management
decision support, goal setting, business development, and key performance indicators.
• Produced monthly senior management reporting that tracked the state of the business.

2. Lisanicole Sarkisian (619) 471-4084
• Identified and measured targets, key metric trends, and key client relationships.
• Supervised two management associates and provided feedback in their performance
reviews, including goal setting and recommendations for promotion.
Peace Corps Volunteer (NGO Development) 9/2004 – 9/2006
Senior Business Analyst 5/1999 –11/2003
Charles Schwab & Co. - San Francisco, CA - Database Marketing Group
• Produced analytical and direct mail projects with use of SAS and SQL on UNIX and
Mainframe systems.
• Developed the specifications and requirements, pulled, and scrubbed the data, built
descriptive analyses and more advanced modeling.
• Developed the analysis for a major project to promote and populate 25 new private client
offices throughout California.
• Collaborated with team members from 8 different business units and 4 geographic
locations, producing new revenue.
• Provided internal business clients with offer analysis, back-end analyses and ad-hoc
reporting. Prioritized projects, taking into consideration customer needs, resource
constraints, and project complexity.
• Devised and implemented file management and programming conventions, and developed SAS
macros to standardize documentation and reporting processes.
Analytical Team Leader 4/1997 – 5/1999
Providian Financial - San Francisco, CA
Marketing Analytics Group
• Provided critical analysis for senior management and presented in written and oral form
relevant analyses for timely and accurate decision making.
• Directed the programming and analysis of junior analysts, evaluated results and reviewed
SAS and SQL code.
• Created and automated statistical reports used for strategic analysis.
• Created tracking methodology for the design and automation of forms for end users.
• Worked with senior management to translate unstructured data requests into clearly
defined queries and reports.
• Extracted and loaded data from flat files into various applications.
• Provided data/reports that tracked and monitored relevant aspects of marketing tests.
Risk Management Analyst 1/1996 – 4/1997
First of America Bank - Kalamazoo, MI
Decision Technology Group
• Using mainframe SAS, and PC SAS, provided economic analysis and risk assessment of
credit portfolios and developed strategies to counter existing and potential threats.
• Provided loan origination, credit quality, and portfolio performance analyses. Responsible
for programming and automating periodic and special request reporting using SAS.
U.S. Citizen / Veteran, U.S. Air Force