Gireesh Machani
Hyderabad
Summary
Strategic Lead Power BI Specialist with 5.3 years of experience specializing in end-to-end Business Intelligence solutions and complex enterprise migrations. Recently promoted to a leadership role following a proven track record of migrating high-priority legacy reporting (Qlik, Tableau, SAP Crystal Reports) to Power BI. Expert in Advanced DAX, SQL optimization, and Power Platform (Power Apps & Power Automate).
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Power BI Specialist
Accenture
Hyderabad
07.2021 - Current
- Project: Gallagher Insurance — Strategic Migration & Enterprise Analytics
- Legacy Modernization: Spearheading the end-to-end migration and source-to-report data reconciliation of critical BI ecosystems from Qlik Sense, Tableau, and SAP Crystal Reports to Power BI, ensuring zero-defect data parity across platforms.
- Technical Leadership: Acting as the primary technical point of contact for the Gallagher account, overseeing report architecture and standardizing best practices across the development lifecycle.
- Logic Engineering: Deconstructed complex Qlik scripts and Tableau calculated fields, successfully replicating advanced Set Analysis and aggregation logic within Power BI semantic models.
- Performance Optimization: Significantly reduced report latency by implementing Query Folding, optimizing visual load times, and designing efficient DAX measures.
- Innovation & Automation: Designed a Power Automate workflow that triggers semantic model refreshes based on backend SQL ETL completion, ensuring 100% data integrity.
- Developed a Power Apps embedded solution allowing real-time data corrections via DirectQuery, adopted as a client-wide standard for data quality.
- Enterprise Security: Implemented granular Row-Level Security (RLS) across regions, departments, and user roles to ensure secure, role-based data access.
- Service Administration: Managing Power BI Service workspaces, deployment pipelines, and on-premises data gateways to maintain seamless connectivity with SQL Server.
Power BI Analyst
Pramati Technologies
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Project: ATI Physical Therapy — Healthcare Ecosystem
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborated with clinical leadership to translate Business Requirement Documents (BRD) into high-impact operational dashboards.
- Clinical Analytics: Engineered data models integrating SQL Server and Excel sources to track patient outcomes and recovery trends using Time Intelligence DAX.
- Regulatory Compliance: Designed and deployed RLS-secured dashboards covering multiple locations nationwide.
- Self-Service BI: Created drill-through and drill-down reports enabling management to analyze performance at national, regional, and individual clinic levels.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) -
Santhiram Engineering College
Nandyal, India 08.2011 - 05.2015
Skills
- Power BI Desktop
- Power BI Service
- Power BI Report Builder
- DAX Studio
- Advanced DAX
- SQL Server
- Migration Specialist: Qlik Sense/View → Power BI, Tableau → Power BI,SAP Crystal Reports → Power BI & Excel → Power BI
- Power Automate (Flows)
- Power Apps (Direct Query write-back)
- Star/Snowflake Schema
- Enterprise Row-Level Security (RLS)
- Gateway Management
Certification
Microsoft PL-300 Certified, Power BI Data Analyst Associate
Accomplishments
- Successfully delivered 4+ major cross-platform migrations (Qlik/Tableau/Crystal Reports to Power BI) with zero data discrepancies.
- Replaced manual Excel/VBA reporting with automated Power BI workflows, eliminating manual effort and improving accuracy.
- Recognized by the Qlik team for superior visual quality, performance, and ease of use in the new Power BI environment.
Education Certifications
- Certification, Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate, PL-300
- Degree, Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), 08/01/11, 05/31/15
Languages
Telugu
Upper Intermediate
B2
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Timeline
Lead Power BI Specialist
Accenture
07.2021 - Current
Power BI Analyst
Pramati Technologies
01.2021 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) -
Santhiram Engineering College
08.2011 - 05.2015