Indonesia

Data Scientist

Sales

Business Development

Customer Success Management

Project Management

Data engineering

AI/ML Engineering

Data Analysis

Business Transformation

UCN European Programmes

Muhammad F. Sinaga

Senior Data and AI Partner Technical Specialist

Relationship management

Public Speaking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Advanced data analytics

AI/ML

Business intelligence

Conversational AI

Chatbot

Data mining

Data visualisation

Deal strategy

Forecasting and reporting

Information architecture

Machine learning

Sales plan and process

Python

Tableau

ChatGPT

HTML

Jira

IBM SPSS

PowerBI

Conflict resolution

Critical-thinking

Partnership

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

Increased IBM partners’ technical capabilities by enabling their sales and technical sellers to experientially demonstrate IBM Technology at scale to their clients (using live workshops, labs, and training sessions). Demonstrated a deep technical competence with client-facing experience in IBM Data & AI Cloud and Hybrid Cloud solutions, with the ability to participate in challenging architecture discussions. Showcased a track record of networking and influencing at all levels during the successful completion of difficult technological sales cycles with and via others (between $250k and multi-million dollar pipeline deals). Proven use of sales management and documentation tools, expectation setting/follow-up, and demonstrated discipline and attention to detail.

In my role as a Senior Consultant at Home Trust Company, I leveraged my dual expertise in Business Analytics and Business Agility, serving as both a team member and Scrum Master for a strategic financial project. I collaborated closely with senior management and diverse stakeholders, creating and delivering a range of training materials, requirement documentations, and high-impact presentations on analytics. Moreover, I significantly assisted the Business Intelligence team in the development of various reports and solutions, and effectively resolved data quality and dashboard issues. My commitment to Agile principles was key to enhancing operational efficiency and driving the successful delivery of complex projects.

In my position as a Senior Agile Consultant at BC Ferries, I embraced the role of servant-leader for the Business Intelligence division, working on a pivotal analytics modernization project. As part of this initiative, I successfully addressed a range of database, ETL, metadata modeling, and reporting challenges. Furthermore, I provided numerous insightful recommendations to enhance the team's agility, presenting these to the Senior IT Enterprise Manager. My extensive toolkit, which includes experience with ETL processes, metadata modeling, various reporting tools, and budgeting and forecasting systems, has been integral to troubleshooting and developing solutions across the organization's business intelligence areas. My focus on Agile principles was key to driving efficiency and the successful advancement of the project.

As a Senior Consultant at Home Trust Company, I played a key role in a pivotal business analytics upgrade project, leveraging the Disciplined Agile framework. My primary responsibilities included collaborating with the Vice President of Data Management and Analytics, providing extensive training and documentation for senior executives, and supporting the Business Intelligence team in the development of the system architecture. I contributed significantly to the conversion of various packages and the resolution of numerous upgrade issues, bolstering the organization's analytics capabilities. I have also utilized my expertise in data modules and dashboard development to enhance reporting functionalities, creating comprehensive and insightful visualizations. My focus on Agile principles has been crucial in driving the project forward and fostering efficiency and agility in our processes.

As a Senior Consultant at Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, I have acted as the lead specialist on a vital internal upgrade project, applying a blend of Scrum and Kanban methodologies (Scrumban). My responsibilities included analysis and development of data models, enhancing report generation, and aligning business intelligence resources with our new ERP system. My role also involved close collaboration with the senior project manager to maximize business value delivery through agile frameworks. I have effectively utilized my expertise in business analytics and agility to facilitate a smoother, more efficient transition during this upgrade, ensuring enhanced security and scalability for our data management needs.

As a Senior Consultant at Axiall, a Westlake Company, I have been instrumental in driving the use of the Scrum framework to deliver high-value business analytics solutions. My role involves acting as a critical link between business and IT teams across multiple locations in the USA and Canada, handling tasks from requirements elicitation to deployment. I have analyzed existing business, security, and finance rules within our current system, working in tandem with directors, managers, architects, and developers to build a new operational data store (ODS) model, an updated enterprise data warehouse (EDW), and new data models. Additionally, my contributions have helped enhance report generation and financial data analysis, leveraging my expertise in business agility to optimize processes and outputs.

Developed a Business Intelligence reporting model based on the company’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) physical model using star schema and snowflake schemas metadata modelling techniques. Delegated the responsibility to create 5 online and interactive Report Studio reports to provide information on the impact of the launch of a new internal program within the corporation. Provided recommendations to the client on how to proceed with the BI data access strategy.

Delegated the responsibility to setup and develop reports on a complex multi-tiered Business Intelligence (BI) environment using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, Oracle 11G database, WebLogic Application Server, Apache web server (with SSL) and Active Directory authentication using an LDAP namespace to serve the client’s need of having a BI enterprise application that processes driver’s license and vehicle registration information.

Developed multiple complex Business Intelligence (BI) reports to produce nuclear plant outage related data. Worked closely with the Solution Architect and ETL developer on establishing proper physical data modelling for effective Cognos reporting purposes. Tested, verified and documented multiple BI report test cases to validate the functionality of the BI reports using SQL statements that were developed in Oracle SQL Developer. Provided recommendations to the team on how to resolve various reporting issues within a BI report.

Collaborated with the senior financial analysts within the finance team to create a complex Business Intelligence (BI) report for the CFO that shows forecast, plan and actual data. Developed BI ad-hoc reports to support the ongoing work of the financial analysts. Provided recommendation to different teams on how to resolve various BI report related issues.

Collaborated with the business users and documented their requirements to deliver various Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. Conducted various BI development and production support tasks within different SDLC phases. Worked closely with the BI users to resolve various Business Intelligence issues, ranging from metadata development and report development to administration, as well as installation and configuration issues. Provided strategic advice to optimize the BI content management process within the BI team.

Worked closely with IBM Consultants, customers, and management teams from multiple software departments to deliver cutting-edge IBM BI and performance management solutions. Resolved escalated issues involving different platforms and versions to ensure timely solution delivery; communicate with sales representatives to identify software defects and promote enhancement requests. Translated different business requirements into IBM BI solutions.

Designed, developed, and tested an online test board system for Algonquin College using ASP.NET and C# to replace their manual testing system. Executed various types of testings, such as functional and user acceptance testing through out the SDLC to meet customer’s requirements.

Muhammad F. Sinaga🇮🇩