AKSHAY SURYAWANSHI
Mumbai
Summary
Results-oriented Senior Data & Analytics professional with over 7 years of experience in developing enterprise Business Intelligence solutions. Expertise in BI architecture, data modeling, and dashboard development using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Snowflake, and SQL. Skilled in establishing data visualization standards and BI governance across diverse industries, with a focus on modern analytics and AI-assisted data visualization.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Lead Specialist – Data & Analytics
Gallagher Re
03.2025 - Current
- Architected and delivered an enterprise-scale Business Intelligence solution consisting of multiple Power BI reports, paginated (RDL) reports, and composite semantic models to support organization-wide reporting and analytics.
- Developed interactive Power BI dashboards using advanced DAX, Power Query, and Snowflake, delivering actionable insights for business stakeholders.
- Designed and maintained composite semantic models for reusable datasets, enhancing report performance and supporting self-service analytics governance.
- Led the Data Visualization Working Group, establishing enterprise-wide standards for Power BI dashboard development and report design.
- Defined and implemented Power BI development standards, including: Dashboard layouts and page structure, Visual selection and best practices, Corporate branding guidelines (colors, typography, spacing, padding), Standard report components (filters, navigation, headers, footers, date information, KPIs), DAX naming conventions and reusable calculation patterns, User experience (UI/UX) consistency across reports.
- Published visualization and development guidelines to standardize dashboard consistency, usability, and maintainability across teams.
- Optimized semantic models and report performance by applying data modeling best practices and efficient DAX calculations.
- Collaborated with business users, analysts, and developers to translate reporting requirements into scalable BI solutions.
- Managed report lifecycle in Azure DevOps, coordinating sprint planning, work tracking, testing, and deployments.
- Leveraged Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, SQL, and Power BI Service to deliver secure, scalable analytics solutions.
Power BI Developer
Neoquant Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Developed interactive Power BI dashboards to visualize key performance metrics.
- Created DAX measures and Power Query transformations to enhance data analysis capabilities.
- Implemented Row Level Security and scheduled refresh to ensure data security and timely updates.
- Worked on SQL development and database migration.
- Client: Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (Taj Hotels)
Data Analyst / Power BI Developer
StepStrong Software Pvt. Ltd.
01.2019 - 04.2023
- Developed Power BI dashboards and reports that provided actionable insights for stakeholders.
- Performed query optimization and Power BI deployments.
- Executed SSIS, ETL processes, and managed data integration in Snowflake and SQL Server.
- Built SQL queries, stored procedures and views.
- Client: Cognizant
Education
MBA - Marketing & Business Analysis
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Skills
- Business Intelligence
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- Paginated reports
- DAX
- Power Query
- Data Visualization
- Data Modeling
- BI architecture
- Snowflake
- SQL
- Azure DevOps
- Data Warehousing
Timeline
Senior Lead Specialist – Data & Analytics
Gallagher Re
03.2025 - Current
Power BI Developer
Neoquant Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - 02.2025
Data Analyst / Power BI Developer
StepStrong Software Pvt. Ltd.
01.2019 - 04.2023
MBA - Marketing & Business Analysis
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University