Welcome! I hope you enjoy my blog and the future posts to come. I wanted my first post to set the tone and give new readers context, more information about me, and reasons for why you should read my blog. Below are some questions and answers to get to know me better and to understand what I will be blogging about:
First, what are some personal facts about me?
- I played golf competitively as a student-athlete at a division I college and won an All American Scholar Award from the National Golf Coaches Association.
- I worked in Washington, D.C., doing work related to data analytics, at major firms and organizations, including the International Monetary Fund and Fannie Mae.
- My name Sachiye means “Blessed Happiness” in Japanese.
What are more details on my professional career that could be insightful?
- One job I would like to share in more detail is working with the Office of Management and Budget.
- Office of Management and Budget is part of the Executive Office of the President that handles the President’s budget and management policies for all federal agencies. I worked in an office that specifically focused on IT management policies for all 24 federal agencies directed by the federal Chief Information Officer (CIO).
- My role was a data analyst consultant to help lead the analysis on PortfolioStat, data-driven meetings with agency leadership on information technology spending and the Obama Administration’s efforts to modernize the Federal Government. As a consultant, I helped create a standardized methodology to hold all 24 federal agencies accountable for efficient spending and implementing high priority initiatives of the Administration. I created metrics, I automated reporting, and provided feedback on analysis.
- This was my first government job. While it was only for 9 months, as a consultant I learned a lot to work for such a client.
- I learned how to work with budget officials, business executives from different agencies, and how to support an elected official.
- I also used highly-skilled coding for automation work to ensure the client I was helping could be as efficient as possible for their reporting.
- I would like to share some of my experiences working for these real clients and tips on how to be effective at your job as a data analyst through this blog and through teaching. I have worked with a variety of different clients to help you become a pro-data analyst expert in your field of interest.
Why am I blogging publicly?
- I’m blogging publicly to share some of my expertise and commentary to my readers. I’m hoping to foster a love for data analytics and an interest to look at data in strategic and insightful ways.
What topics do I think I’ll write about?
- I’ll be writing about statistics or studies I see in the news to provide insight into how to interpret analysis and limitations of data. I’m hoping this will provide more strategic thinking to my readers and gather more interest in data analysis.
- I’ll be sharing fun articles and links on data analysis that gives tips for your career.
- I’ll be sharing posts about open source technology and their importance. Open source technology, like R (a software I’m teaching), is important to learn as these are free tools at your disposal you can use at any place or time. These are good pragmatic tools to learn. There will be no cost hindrance to use these tools for data analysis work and you should be able to use these tools at any company. (I specifically decided to focus on R for teaching because it has the best visualizations capabilities out of the free open source applications.)
Why do I like data analytics?
- I am a very analytical person and I like to think strategically about communication. It is also a very transferable skill that can be used in any field or company.
Who would I love to connect with via my blog?
- Any current or prospective leaner of data analytics or anyone from the public that’s interested in my writing.
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