{ Data & Reporting Specialist · Hamilton, NZ }

RANDY BRYAN
PANOPIO

Strategic BI Leader & Senior Data Engineer

43% done in 10 yrs
57% — 13 years remaining
2016 – 2026: BI & Data Career  →  Delivering value of BI & Data until 2039
"Strategic BI Leader, Senior Data Analyst & Data Engineer in 10 years (+14 years in IT) delivering modern cloud platforms — Snowflake, Fabric, Azure — and AI analytics across public and private sectors. I help organizations turn complex data into actionable insights that drive smarter decisions."
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BI and Data Maturity Level
PMHN
2016 LMI
2017 WDHB
2019 WDC
2021 WRC
2023 LINZ
2023 QBE
2025 TM
2025 HCC
2026
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01 / Story

10+ years of turning data into decisions.
Backed by 20+ years in Global IT.

Randy Bryan Panopio

10+ Yrs BI & Data Engineering  |  3+ Yrs Strategic BI Leadership  |  20+ Yrs Global IT

Advanced Data Storytelling & Visual Expertise

Passionate about transforming complex metrics into tangible, intuitive Power BI dashboards designed for immediate business impact. Blending visual design principles with behavioral psychology to capture executive attention within seconds and directly drive strategic decisions.

Early Adopter of Cloud & AI Innovation

Architecting cloud data platforms (Snowflake, MS Fabric, Azure, dbt) and pioneering AI-ready analytics using Snowflake Cortex, Claude Code, and Gemini/BigQuery — proven in recent contract deliverables across Trade Me and Hamilton City Council.

Proven Global Leadership & Architecture

Expertise in Medallion architectures and enterprise Power BI adoption across New Zealand sectors (health, local government, insurance, and marketplace). Backed by 14 years in enterprise software engineering, agile/DevOps methodology and ITIL change management at global MNCs including Accenture, Citibank, and Bank Julius Baer.

✓ Power BI✓ Snowflake✓ DAX✓ SQL✓ Azure✓ MS Fabric✓ DBT✓ Medallion Architecture✓ AI Analytics✓ Qlik Sense✓ SSRS✓ SSIS✓ ADF✓ Synapse

02 / Career Journey

BI and Data Maturity Evolution: From Technical Foundations to Enterprise Leadership

Developer → Specialist → Team Leader → Principal & Senior Data Engineer. Each milestone marks a step up in scope, from single dashboards to enterprise-wide platforms.

03 / My In-House Skills

From Data to Decisions

"A strategic-to-technical view of how I enable data value delivery."

AgileMedallion ArchitectureData Governance & ManagementCI/CD · Deployment Pipelines · Azure DevOps

Data Engineering

Ingest + Orchestrate (Bronze Layer)

Snowflake, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, VS Code, SSMS, OneLake, Delta Parquet, ADLS Gen2

Data Modelling

Transform + Integrate (Silver Layer)

Star-schema, SSAS, MS Fabric Dataflows, Data Warehouse, T-SQL, Datamart, Lakehouse

Data Visualization

Aggregate + Present (Gold Layer)

Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, SSRS, DAX, Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics, Storytelling, Self-Service BI

People

Team Leadership · Mentorship · User Engagement · Effective Communications

"People skills are the first step to transforming insights into action."

04 / Achievements

Testaments of BI & Data Maturity

05 / Testimonials

What colleagues & managers say

Refer to below quotes or see more testaments in my LinkedIn profile thru this link: Read on LinkedIn

06 / Learnings

What shaped this practice

Courses, training, conference talks, and one book that still sits on my desk. Each entry links to the source.

07 / Blogs & Social Posts

Thoughts, from the field

Bryan is active at LinkedIn and you can find his profile link here: linkedin.com/in/randybryan-p-0b47b087

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09 / Connect

Let's chat.

I'd love to understand your challenges and see how I can help your team unlock better insights.

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