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Steve Rimar Analytica CEO
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Steve Rimar

CEO & Founder

Jennifer De La Cruz
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Jennifer De La Cruz

Senior Director of Analytics

Clifton Leung
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Clifton Leung

Senior Director of Finance & Operations

Brent Johnson
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Brent Johnson

Director of Analytics

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Laura Powell

Associate Director of Finance & Operations

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Josh Karpen
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Josh Karpen

Principal Lead Consultant

Jun Lee
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Jun Lee

Principal Lead Consultant

Thomas Mackay Analytica
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Thomas Mackay

Principal Lead Data Engineer

Michael Marks
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Michael Marks

Principal Lead Data Scientist

Consultants and Data Experts

Jake Coniglione
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Jake Coniglione

Principal Consultant

Carl Hollingsworth
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Carl Hollingsworth

Principal Consultant

Brendan Law
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Brendan Law

Principal Consultant

Daniel Molitor
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Daniel Molitor

Principal Consultant

Emily Rail
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Emily Rail

Principal Consultant

Sophia Sha
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Sophia Sha

 Principal Consultant

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Naoufal Benelhajjam

Senior Data Engineer

Bryan Bui
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Bryan Bui

Senior Consultant

James Logan
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James Logan

 Senior Data Engineer

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Taheer Rahim

Senior Data Engineer

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Adita Zeqollari

Senior Data Engineer

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Steve Rimar

CEO and Founder

Steve Rimar is a data analytics expert, technology evangelist, entrepreneur, and engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the software engineering, business intelligence, and IT industries. Steve has earned multiple honors including being published in CNN, NBC, Investor’s Business Daily, InformationWeek, Accenture’s Annual Report, Qualcomm’s Report About People and holds two U.S. patents. Steve’s experience and industry recognition within the data analytics field provided him the opportunity to found Analytica Consulting in 2014.

Jennifer De La Cruz

Senior Director of Analytics

As Senior Director of Analytics, Jennifer manages Analytica’s consulting organization and is responsible for the delivery of all client projects. She is an accomplished data analytics professional with over 25 years of experience in consulting and industry. Jennifer holds a master’s degree in data science and engineering from UC San Diego, an MBA from Wharton, and a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford University. She is also certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Jennifer has a passion for using statistics and data science to solve complex, high-value business problems. Her experience spans a range of functions including financial management, process improvement, operations management, product development and product quality. Jennifer’s industry strengths lie in information systems, financial services, healthcare, engineering, manufacturing, and insurance.

Clifton Leung

Senior Director of Finance & Operations

Clifton is an accomplished Finance and Operations executive with over 17 years of expertise working for large consulting firms such as Deloitte and PWC. He has expertise specializing in strategic and financial advisory, business operations process redesign, and advancing high performing teams. Clifton holds an MBA in Finance and Management Science from the University of California Irvine and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Clifton excels at restructuring business processes, leading the implementation of complex financial procedures to optimize resources, driving analytical support and execution of business development initiatives, and partnering with cross-functional teams to achieve objectives. He has a dynamic professional background with experience across industry verticals, including Consumer Products, Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Entertainment, and Telecom.

Brent Johnson

Director of Analytics

Brent is a seasoned business intelligence executive and data visualization expert with over 15 years of experience and an MBA from UC Davis. He is a Tableau Certified Professional and is proficient with several platforms including Microsoft, Tableau, Salesforce, Cognos, and Denodo.

Brent has deep expertise in the public health, healthcare, vision, pharmaceutical, and biomedical research industries. He helps clients utilize their data to improve decision-making and increase efficiency. He has garnered extensive experience managing numerous government agency data projects for the the States of California and Nebraska. He has also managed implementations at several commercial Fortune 500 organizations including Pfizer, Illumina and Qualcomm.

Laura POWELL

Associate Director of Finance & Operations

As an Associate Director, Laura serves as a project manager for several multi-year state and local government engagements, while also managing key operational functions of the business including financial analysis, forecasting, business development, and HR compliance. Laura joined Analytica in 2021 after an 8 year career in various back-office roles at Goldman Sachs in NYC. She supported various divisions during her time at GS, and most recently managed bespoke Physical Commodities arrangements for the Structured Finance Desk, overseeing client relationships and critical processes including contract reviews, reconciliations, model creation, process enhancements, and reporting. 

Laura holds a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Bucknell University and is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Her expertise lies in project management, risk mitigation, and providing exceptional client service. With a commitment to excellence, she is dedicated to driving success and efficiency in every project she undertakes.

 

Josh Karpen

Principal Lead Consultant

Josh holds a Master of Science in Data Analytics from Northwestern University, and a Data Mining Certification from University of California, San Diego. He is an expert in data modeling, data visualization and predictive analytics. He has expertise and certifications in many data analysis tools and platforms including Tableau, Denodo, Microsoft, R, SAS, Python, and SPSS.

Josh’s domain expertise spans multiple domains including Public Health, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Development and Insurance.

Jun Lee

Principal Lead Consultant

Jun is a data analysis expert and BI tools specialist with expertise in Qlik, Tableau, Microsoft BI, JReport, D3, and various other software. He has extensive knowledge in software development, having developed in C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript and various related frameworks/IDE’s.

Jun has domain expertise within the biotech, media and entertainment, product development, software, finance, public health, and manufacturing industries.

Thomas Mackay

Principal Lead Data Engineer

Thomas is a certified Qlik developer, engineer and business process specialist. He also has extensive experience in several analytics platforms such as Tableau and Spotfire. He holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Process Management and a Bachelor’s of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Thomas has served as the development lead on several client projects including UCSD Health, DJO Global, Sony, and Illumina. He has over 10 years of experience in IT, engineering and business intelligence.

Michael Marks

Principal Lead Data Scientist

Michael has 10+ years of experience in data analytics and holds a M.S. in Information and Data Science from University of California, Berkeley. He has expertise in several data analytics platforms and programming languages including R, SQL, Python, Microsoft (SQL Server & SSIS), Tableau, Qlik, R Shiny and D3.js.

Michael has domain expertise in several areas including healthcare analytics, agile project management, human-centered data product design, machine learning, multivariate statistics and simulation modeling.

Jake Coniglione

Principal Consultant

Jake is an experienced data analyst and engineer with expertise in developing analytics applications that are accessible to both technical and non-technical business users.

Jake has expertise with several analytics platforms including Tableau, Qlik and Microsoft BI suite and has worked with various data sources ranging from relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL), commercial applications (Salesforce, Oracle) and custom software. Jake has presented to community leaders, city officials, and executives of respected companies.

Carl Hollingsworth

Principal Consultant

Carl holds an MBA from the University of Illinois and is an expert at distilling actionable business insights from complex data sources. His expertise spans a variety of data analysis platforms and languages including Spotfire, Tableau, Qlik, Denodo, SQL, R, and Python.

Carl’s experience in data analytics and data strategy covers multiple sectors including the semiconductor, equipment maintenance, manufacturing, education, and insurance industries.

Brendan Law

Principal Consultant

Brendan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Diego State University. He developed his foundational skillset in data science with the Harvard Extension School. He has over 10 years of leadership in business intelligence with expertise in data modeling, data visualization and predictive analytics.

Brendan has domain expertise in media, entertainment, advertising, healthcare, finance, biotech and life sciences. His technical expertise includes Python, Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft SSIS/SSRS, Denodo and Spotfire.

Daniel Molitor

Principal Consultant

Daniel has more than 8 years of experience in providing data analytics and data strategy solutions in numerous business sectors. He holds a dual Bachelor’s of Science degree from Purdue University, and studied Advanced Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

He has a passion for generating insightful data stories leveraging statistical theory, economic models, scientific computing, and forecast behavior.

Emily Rail

Principal Consultant

Emily has a masters degree in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. She uses a variety of skills for data analysis including Python, R, Tableau, and SQL. Emily’s experience in data analysis includes corporate sustainability planning, building portfolio analysis, and energy use optimization.

Sophia Sha

Principal Consultant

Sophia holds a M.S. in Data Science & Engineering from the University of California, San Diego with specialization in machine learning, natural language processing, data management and business analytics. She has expertise in several analytics and visualization platforms including Tableau, Python, R, MATLAB, and SQL.

Sophia’s experience spans a variety of industries and domains including electrical engineering, telecommunications, transportation, e-commerce, e-learning and public health.

NAOUFAL benelhajjam

Senior Data Engineer

 Naoufal is an experienced data engineer with expertise in designing and managing complex data systems, and building end-to-end data solutions, including data lakes, pipelines, and reporting infrastructure, using tools like Azure, Snowflake, Power BI, and Fivetran. He has a wealth of experience he designing pipelines and implementing data migration solutions using technologies such as Azure, Cosmos DB, and Snowflake. 

Bryan Bui

Senior Consultant

Bryan is an experienced data analyst with expertise in several data analysis platforms including Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft SQL Server, and Tableau. Bryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from San Diego State University.

Bryan’s experience in data analysis and data visualization spans a variety of industries and domains including manufacturing, research & development, aerospace defense, semiconductors, and public health.

James Logan

Senior Data Engineer

James holds a master’s degree in data science and engineering and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of San Diego. James is a seasoned software engineer, data analytics expert, and data engineer whose 10+ years of experience spans a wide range of technologies including Python, Javascript, C, GO, SQL, D3, CSS, HTML, and various related frameworks. James also has domain expertise in security and DevOps and is well versed in Scrum methodology.

Taheer Rahim

Senior Data Engineer

Taheer has more than 6 years of experience in business intelligence, and data analytics across multiple sectors, including but not limited to Manufacturing, Transportation, Oil and Gas, Forestry, and the Canadian Federal Government. His expertise spans a variety of data analytics areas including data visualization, data management, data governance, data engineering, and data analysis. He has expertise in Tableau, Power BI, Denodo, Snowflake, SQL Server, SQL, Python, Wherescape, Fivetran, and SSIS. With his extensive background in both data engineering and business, he has an innate ability to review, analyze, and present data to provide comprehensive and actionable business insights.

Taheer holds a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business and a Certificate of Business Intelligence and Analytics from the University of Calgary, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a Certified Business Intelligence Professional, TDWI, and a Certified Data Professional, ICCP.

Adita Zeqollari

Senior Data Engineer

Adita holds an M.S. in Data Science & Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and a B.S. in Financial Mathematics and Statistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Adita has more than 10 years of experience in multiple sectors including healthcare, biotech, and education.

Her expertise spans a variety of data analytics areas including machine learning, natural language processing, data visualization, data governance and data management. She has a strong working knowledge of several data analytics tools including Python, Apache Spark, SAS, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Oracle BI, and IBM Cognos.