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What Does A Business Intelligence Analyst At project44 Do All Day

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By Janey Zitomer

For the last year and a half, Alena Slavasheuskaya has been working across departments at project44 to make her customers’ lives easier. When she’s not fixing a bug or helping develop a new feature at the logistics tech company, Slavasheuskaya is reading up on market industry trends so she’s always ahead of the game. Her to-do list is full, and we’ll get a glimpse into it here.

Where she works: project44 is a visibility platform for shippers and third-party logistics firms. The business connects and automates key transportation processes and insights like performance trends and carrier benchmarking.

Chicago, IL

Location

2014

Founded

On her to-do list:

Release new analytics product to project44’s customer base
Connect with a customer for feedback for an upcoming analytics product
Create dashboard for internal team, capturing product usage and trends across project44’s customer base
Monitor data quality and locate root cause for any issues
Read articles on business intelligence, market and industry trends

“I participate in the whole analytics product lifecycle – from initial researching and planning to tactical execution and after-launch support. When users get their hands on the final product, it’s extremely rewarding. But being that involved also puts a lot of pressure on me to develop a product users find helpful.”

Which task gets her out of bed in the morning: Developing new products. “It involves collaboration across different teams all focused on one goal: to build a tool that helps its users identify any trends or gaps so they can make sound business decisions,” Slavasheuskaya said.