Alexandra Barker
Lead Analyst, Analytics & Insights, People Analytics @Lowe's Companies, Inc.
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Analyst, Analytics & Insights, People Analytics @Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Charlotte, NC, US
Led data science and analytics initiatives for HR policies at Lowe\'s, developing machine learning models and conducting rapid insights for stakeholders and key clients.• Built, refined, and maintained NLP comment classification model to flag toxic comments from free-text employee feedback pathways. The business was able to utilize this model to flag immediate threats or hostile work environments and triage remediation efforts by urgency.• Built and published weekly metrics updates for the CHRO to track HR metrics across the business. Spearheaded weekly \"insights\" for the CHRO involving deep dives into available data or labor market research, testing hypotheses, conducting analysis, and presenting results on key topics or questions directly impacting the enterprise. Insights results directly drove business decisions. Key insights examples include research studies into the future of the labor market and significant predictions to include the looming prime-age gap, the influence of AI, changing political landscapes, and the impact of global immigration trends.• Developed progressive evaluations model tied to annual pay increases, wherein employees that received better performance ratings received a corresponding annual increase. Developed this model based on synthetic data derived from historical data and probabilistic ratings likelihoods. Delivered the model ratings scale, weighting, and score thresholds with highly successful implementation into the annual ratings cycle.• Developed and maintained Power BI dashboards to empower business stakeholders to monitor metrics and trends.Environment, Tools & Techniques: Python, Jupyter, Visual Studio Code (VSCode), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) BigQuery, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Power BI, Windsurf, Alteryx, Knime, Confluence/Jira, R, RStudio, scripting, machine learning modeling, natural language processing, dashboard development, product development, ad-hoc analysis, statistical analysis, stakeholder management
EDUCATION
UC Berkeley School of Information
Master of Information and Data Science, Data Science
United States Military Academy at West Point
Bachelor’s Degree, Kinesiology, minor in Cyber Engineering
ABOUT ALEXANDRA BARKER
Alex is a Lead Analyst in People Analytics at Lowe\'s. Driven data science and analytics leader with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills and a background in human resources and military leadership. Demonstrated experience in building teams and programs, business development, establishing buy-in, and delivering initiatives with a history of success. Passionate about data science, analytics, and the science of decision-making.UC Berkeley Master of Data Science and West Point graduate with previous experience building and leading teams as a military officer.
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