Carla Davis

Led end-to-end development of enterprise reporting solutions for the Texas Education Agency, supporting K-12 funding, enrollment, assessment, and compliance reporting. Migrated legacy Cognos/MicroStrategy reports to Power BI and implemented Row-Level Security (RLS) to ensure district-level access controls.

Directed the full SDLC for data projects and led teams in designing, developing, and deploying Power BI reports and dashboards. Integrated diverse data sources including SAP SuccessFactors, Snowflake, and Azure SQL, and managed role-based access controls.

Led design and implementation of enterprise Power BI architecture supporting self-service analytics, built centralized semantic layer using shared datasets and dataflows, and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps. Mentored teams and enabled self-service BI adoption across business units.

Involved in requirement gathering, meeting customers, understanding data needs, and working with the data team to get data for reports. Created 95% custom Power BI visualizations and dashboards, imported data from SQL Server and Azure SQL DB, and created DAX queries for computed columns and tables.

Developed 90% custom Microsoft Power BI dashboards, visualizations, and interfaces with Microsoft SSRS to deliver meaningful and actionable insights. Implemented financial analytics/reporting deliverables with multiple reports, prompts, calculations, nested queries, and variables.

Created and converted widely used MicroStrategy Reports to Power BI reports on MS Azure in compliance with the strategy of the State. Imported data from SQL, SharePoint, and Oracle Database to Power BI to generate reports.

Created and converted widely used Cognos reports to SSRS and Power BI reports on MS Azure in compliance with the strategy of the C Suite to move from IBM to Microsoft. Imported data from SQL Server and Azure SQL DB to Power BI to generate reports.

Gathered and analyzed business requirements and documented technical specifications for reports. Architected BI reporting solutions supporting Medicaid programs and CMS compliance reporting, and led a team of two Cognos developers.

Implemented Analytics/Reporting deliverables with multiple reports, prompts, calculations, nested queries, nested objects, and variables using Cognos 10.x. Designed technical solutions that addressed business requirements and served as the main technical support.

Involved in gathering requirements, providing input into project timelines, and ensuring adherence to project timelines. Designed and implemented technical solutions that addressed complex business requirements and served as the main technical support.

Bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of New Orleans.

MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of New Orleans.