About

Praveen A. is a Lead Business Analyst with over 6 years of experience in Business and Data Analysis. He is currently working at ADP where he leverages his expertise in data analysis and information technology to drive intelligent automation. Praveen has a Master's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Osmania University. Praveen has a diverse professional background, having worked in various roles such as Senior Software Developer at Niftek Inc and Process Analyst at UnitedHealth. He has extensive experience in gathering, defining, and translating business and data requirements. Praveen has also built highly scalable data pipelines using technologies such as Kafka and Spark Streaming. He has worked on building, querying HBase tables using Java API’s and Spark SQL code, and has developed automated XML parsing using HIVE SerDe and open-source parsers like DOM, SAX & JAXB. Praveen is proficient in SQL, Software Engineering, Spark, Apache Hive, Hadoop, Kafka, UI, Python, and Java. He has a passion for research and has worked on OCR POC’s using Python and UNIX commands to extract text and images from PDFs. Praveen has also set up SAS connectivity to Hadoop and written base program using Data Step and Proc SQL. Praveen is a mentor and has provided knowledge transfer to fresh entrants on application and healthcare-related insights. He is a skilled project manager and has worked on multiple projects in a fast-paced Agile environment using JIRA and Rally. Praveen is a team player and has excellent communication skills, which enable him to present business problems, research, and build strategies to senior management. With 10.27 years of relevant experience, Praveen is a highly skilled and accomplished Lead Business Analyst with a strong track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.