"It always seems imposible until it's done."
- Nelson Mandela
As a data-driven Business Intelligence specialist with a strong foundation in data analysis, process optimization, and dashboard development, I bridge the gap between technology and business strategy. With a Cum Laude degree in Business Intelligence and a PSPO I certification, I excel in transforming complex data into actionable insights based on business needs, automating workflows, and driving strategic decision-making.
My expertise spans data visualization, analytics, and automation, allowing me to streamline business processes, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver user-centric dashboards. My ability to translate business needs into practical solutions ensures organizations can harness data effectively for growth and innovation.
Key strenghts
By leveraging my analytical expertise, process optimization skills, and business intelligence background, I enable organizations to extract meaningful insights from their data, improve workflows, and implement scalable BI solutions. Whether optimizing data-driven processes, automating workflows, or enhancing dashboard capabilities, I focus on delivering strategic value through innovation and efficiency.
Discover my business intelligence skills to gain insight into your business processes and systems to improve your operations.
Describes my skills in developing back-end solutions in programming languages like Java Spring boot and/or Quarkus and front-end in Angular, Javascript and html/css.
Describes my skills in developing solutions to extract data from one or more sources, transform it to a usable format and load it to a storage solution.
As owner of Slimmer-Kiezen I'm proudly describing this project to illustrate my skills in setting up an extensive back- and front-end solution to support political voting.
While being posted at various clients, I've always worked in Scum team structures and therefore learned a lot on the different roles. I gained PSPO and PSM 1.
A game I developed as a passion project. Currently in beta, it is still undergoing improvements. Feedback is welcome! You experience it best when the frame is opened in a new window.
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As a business, it is important to use IT to help your organization operate as efficiently as possible and create maximum value. As a BI consultant, I find it just as challenging and exciting to examine your processes and help you with issues of automation and optimization, as it is to provide insight and develop solutions.
Transform data into clear and practical insights critical to decision making in your organization. This portfolio focuses exclusively on data visualization, as well as the skills to analyze and improve processes using Process Mining.
I hold Microsoft's prestigious Power BI Data Analyst Certificate, proving that I have the necessary skills and knowledge to analyze and visualize complex data sets. I have also taught “Dashboard in a day” classes on using Power BI as an instructor, teaching others how to harness the full power of this platform.
What sets me apart is my ability to transform data into clear dashboards that truly impact decision-making within your organization. I understand that no one has time to flip through endless spreadsheets or interpret complicated reports. That's why I strive to present information in a clear and visually appealing way so that important insights become immediately apparent.With my help, you can make more informed decisions, identify trends and discover growth opportunities that would otherwise remain hidden. Whether you need one-time advice or long-term support with your data analysis projects, I am ready to take your business to new heights.
With my help, you can make more informed decisions, identify trends and discover growth opportunities that would otherwise remain hidden. Whether you need one-time advice or long-term support with your data analysis projects, I am ready to take your business to new heights.
More and more companies are using Process Mining to visualize and analyze the processes in their systems. This allows them to explore where improvements can be made and waste can be eliminated. To explore the possibilities of Process Mining in Power Bi, the dashboard below was created. This dashboard shows fictional data from a call center and displays not only general Key Performance Indicators, but also the processes of the underlying registration system such as TopDesk.
Chart.JS is a fantastic Javascript Library used to provide websites with engaging and understandable visualizations. We recently deployed this library to add a complete dashboard to Slimmer-kiezen.nl. Over the past few months we have been working hard to improve this solution. Below you will find a glimpse of the possibilities of ChartJs and what I have created with it. Thanks to clever use of ChartJs, it is even possible to create dynamic visualizations and work with drilldowns. Moreover, you can also easily change the datasets of a visualization based on actions on the website.
Slimmer-Kiezen is a handy tool that gives visitors the chance to vote like a full-fledged member of parliament. This is achieved by offering the same documents used in the House of Representatives, which can then be voted on. Users can even select their own files through a Filter function, so that they only receive relevant information. In addition, the dashboard provides insight into the voting behavior of different political parties relative to each other and/or specific political issues/files. Using a database, documents can be easily searched and analyzed on their own initiative. The project consists of a solid back-end application (Spring boot) that retrieves all votes from the web and APIs, as well as a user-friendly website (Javascript) that users interact with. So, whether you want to experience what it feels like to be a real member of the House of Representatives or just want to get a little more insight into the political landscape, Slimmer-Kiezen is for you!
Slimmer-Kiezen was initially and project that originated during the Data Driven Business Lab Minor at the Fontys Colleges IT & Business. The idea came about because of the growing public dissatisfaction with politics, the lagging or complex transparency and disclosure. With Slimmer-Kiezen, users were to be enabled to vote as the members of parliament do in the second chamber, after which their voting behavior is compared to that of the parties.
First, work was done to set up a mechanism for bringing in the data from the second room, stretching it where necessary and storing it in a database. This was initially carried out using Python scripts. Because the Opendata portal was not operational at the time, it was necessary to resort to WebScraping. At that time, all information was extracted from various websites and processed in a MySQL database.
When setting up the scripts, the setup was used as shown below. 2 scripts were created for document retrieval and vote and result retrieval. The scripts ran on a Linux server and were started according to and fixed schedule.
After the back-end was operational, we also created a front-end using HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP. This led to the creation of Slimmer-Kiezen.nl, a website that is still under development. We had interviews with various media, including the Eindhovens Dagblad, and articles were published in the Algemeen Dagblad and other news websites. During the March 2021 elections, many visitors used Slimmer-Kiezen.
In the fall of 2022, Slimmer-Kiezen took on a new life as a hobby project. First of all, it investigated how data could be brought in more efficiently. This is because the disadvantage of Web scraping is that Web sites change, after which the entire script no longer works. Research showed that the Opendata portal was operational again. Having chosen a new setup with Java Springboot, data is now retrieved from the Opendata portal and verified against website data. The application is hosted in a Docker environment, with a breakdown between acceptance and production.
In addition to the back-end, the front-end has also been redesigned. User feedback showed that the GUI was too complex, so it was completely redesigned. In addition, the OpenAI chat API has been integrated to simplify and summarize the complex texts from the parliamentary documents. The front-end also includes a dashboard and database in which various elements of parties in the second chamber can be analyzed.
With the new base and new elections coming up earlier than usual, Slimmer-Kiezen was once again widely used. Visitor numbers were higher than in the 2021 elections.