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Sarah Mae Baring

Data Analyst
Mandaue City

Summary

Detail-oriented and highly analytical IT professional with over 17 years of experience across data analytics, business intelligence, and IT support. Currently part of Lexmark's Global Analytics Team as a Data Analyst, responsible for extracting and interpreting data from diverse sources to deliver insights that guide business strategy and operations. I also serve as IoT support, assisting the IoT team during presales, customer engagement, and post-deployment maintenance to help turn device data into practical recommendations that improve operations. Previously served as a Reports Analyst, specializing in the development of custom analytic reports beyond standard offerings to meet specific business needs. Extensive experience as a Business Intelligence Operator and Service Desk Analyst, with a solid foundation in customer service from the BPO industry. Skilled in identifying trends, resolving data issues, and improving reporting processes. Known for a strong commitment to data accuracy, timely delivery, and cross-functional collaboration to support data-driven decision-making.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Analyst

Lexmark
12.2024 - Current
  • Extracts and interprets data from diverse sources to generate insights that guide business strategy and operations.
  • Analyzes trends, patterns, and outliers to develop practical recommendations that drive planning and improve performance.
  • Additionally supports IoT projects by working with the IoT team during presales, customer engagement, and maintenance.
  • Collaborates with Data Engineers to define requirements for new reports, projects, and analytical solutions.
  • Develops, executes, and maintains Power BI reports based on business needs.
  • Reviews and approves customer setup requests by interpreting Statements of Work (SOWs) for defined KPIs and metrics.
  • Collects, interprets, and analyzes data from multiple systems, including SAP, Siebel, Kofax, BOXI, ADW, D365, and OBIEE.
  • Identifies trends and patterns in data to support business decisions and highlight areas for improvement.
  • Manages BI reporting requests, including incidents, change requests, and custom report needs.
  • Investigates and resolves issues related to data integrity and BI report accuracy.
  • Performs incident management for BI tools, reports, and infrastructure.
  • Maintains and updates Business Intelligence report trackers for visibility and governance.
  • Administers the reporting site, including user access, workspace management, and report publishing.
  • Develops and maintains thorough documentation for reports and related processes.
  • Develops, publishes, and maintains the team's internal newsletter.

IoT Support

  • Works closely with the primary IoT team to support IoT initiatives across presales, customer engagement, and maintenance phases.
  • Assists in designing and validating reports and dashboards specific to IoT use cases.
  • Helps track performance metrics and KPIs related to deployed IoT solutions.
  • Provides support for ongoing maintenance of IoT solutions, including resolving issues and checking data quality.
  • Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.

Reports Analyst

Lexmark
11.2019 - 12.2024
  • Responsible for delivering accurate and timely reports to internal and external customers.
  • This role includes developing custom analytic reports that go beyond standard offerings to meet specific business requirements.
  • Ensures high data quality and consistency while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across reporting processes.
  • Collaborates closely with operations and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that support data-driven decision-making.
  • Provides support for ongoing maintenance of IoT solutions, including resolving issues and checking data quality.
  • Collect and analyze data from various sources, including Microsoft D365, Siebel, BOXI, SAP, and external platforms, to support reporting needs.
  • Design and maintain spreadsheets and Power BI reports; perform detailed analysis and present insights to management.
  • Investigate data discrepancies, validate account data using historical trends, and identify opportunities for process or data quality improvements.
  • Create and deliver custom reports (daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly) for Geo and Worldwide MPS accounts—covering data export, calculations, formatting, linking, and chart generation.
  • Ensure accurate and timely delivery of Managed Print Services (MPS) report packages.
  • Facilitate data sharing through organized knowledge sessions with teams and departments.
  • Respond promptly to internal and external inquiries, ensuring clarity and follow-through.
  • Collaborate with Business Operations, Service Delivery, and Customer Operations teams to gather, validate, and escalate required data or issues as needed.
  • Act as the first point of contact for stakeholder concerns and clearly communicate business requirements across functions.
  • Monitor and ensure achievement of key performance metrics for timeliness, completion, and quality.

Business Intelligence Operator

Qualfon Phils.
01.2014 - 07.2019
  • Acts as an offshore Business Intelligence support for the Business Intelligence team (Report Group) of Tracfone Wireless, Inc. based in Florida, USA.
  • Monitors health and first level support for Business Intelligence, Cognos, and other reporting tools.
  • Troubleshoots job failures, RTM missing data, errors in cubing services.
  • Escalates complex issues to appropriate departments to ensure optimal runtime and uptime of critical jobs and reports used for business related decisions for the enterprise.
  • Run jobs in Datastage/Autosys per client request.
  • Checks missing files in FTP servers.
  • Ensures reports generated are up-to-date as required by the end users.
  • Performs regular checks on system’s stability after a reboot or downtime.

IT Service Desk Analyst

Qualfon Phils.
04.2010 - 12.2014
  • Provides 24/7 customer service to Tracfone Wireless IT Service Desk’s customers.
  • Provides first level desktop support to clients.
  • Responds to inquiries received thru calls and emails.
  • Follows standard Service Desk operating procedures.
  • Accurately logs all Service Desk tickets using the CA Service Desk ticketing system.
  • Escalates unresolved issues and/or requests to higher level support.
  • Troubleshoots end user issues on various software applications, hardware, network, and telecommunication systems remotely.
  • Create/reset user accounts for specific tools used by call center agents.
  • Create and modify knowledgebase for work procedures.

Customer Service Representative (Tier1, 2, 3)

Qualfon Phils.
06.2008 - 04.2010
  • Tracfone Wireless’ hotline; answers to all calls regarding the company’s products and services.
  • Tier 3: Number Portability Group focuses on line portability calls processes the porting of telephone numbers between carriers.
  • Tier 2: Customer Retention Team & Supervisory Group focuses on providing customers the best resolution to their concerns or issues answers supervisory calls.
  • Tier 1: Technical Support Representative focuses on line activation, reactivation and general concerns.

On-The-Job Trainee

NCR Corporation
07.2009 - 11.2009
  • Assists in building a web application for the center’s inventory system by designing website layout or user interface.
  • Creates database tables and definitions.

Working Scholar (Library)

University of Cebu – Banilad
10.2006 - 05.2008
  • Manages the check-in and check-out of books in the Law library.
  • Maintains order and cleanliness in the area.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

University of Cebu – Banilad
Cebu City, Province Of Cebu, Philippines
01.2006 - 01.2010

Skills

  • MS Power BI Desktop and Service

  • MS Power Automate

  • MS Power Apps

  • Tableau on-premises and Cloud

  • MS Power Query

  • MS Excel

  • DAX

  • SQL

  • ServiceNow

  • Citrix Workspace

  • Azure DevOps

  • IoT-related processes

  • Snowflake

  • Data Warehousing

  • Azure Databricks

  • IBM InfoSphere Datastage

  • CA Service Desk Manager

  • Data analysis

Certification

Certified Qualfon Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma Green Belt, 05/30/16, Keisen Center International, PH-QCI6SGB-16050119

Training

  • Python, Qualfon Phils., Cebu IT Park, 05/01/19 - 06/30/19, LYNDA
  • Leadership Academy, Qualfon Phils., Cebu IT Park, 08/01/16 - 03/31/17
  • Qualfon Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma Green Belt, Qualfon Phils., 03/01/16 - 04/30/16
  • Call Center 101, Qualfon Phils., Cebu IT Park, 11/01/12, Tesda Regional Training Center - VII

Timeline

Data Analyst

Lexmark
12.2024 - Current

Reports Analyst

Lexmark
11.2019 - 12.2024

Business Intelligence Operator

Qualfon Phils.
01.2014 - 07.2019

IT Service Desk Analyst

Qualfon Phils.
04.2010 - 12.2014

On-The-Job Trainee

NCR Corporation
07.2009 - 11.2009

Customer Service Representative (Tier1, 2, 3)

Qualfon Phils.
06.2008 - 04.2010

Working Scholar (Library)

University of Cebu – Banilad
10.2006 - 05.2008

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

University of Cebu – Banilad
01.2006 - 01.2010
Sarah Mae BaringData Analyst