Despina Blandin

About Despina Blandin

Data Analyst with 5+ years of experience leading end-to-end analytics initiatives across healthcare, education, and tech sectors. Proven track record in building scalable data infrastructure, mentoring other analysts, and delivering actionable insights that drive revenue, operational efficiency, and product innovation. Adept at bridging technical systems and business goals using SQL, dbt, Python, Looker, Tableau, and AI tools like Google Gemini.

Experience

1. Data Analyst

   Talkspace

   Oct 2023 — Present · NY, US

   Directing the development, maintenance, and deployment of actionable data insights using dbt and AWS Redshift to integrate into Looker- Leading the creation of interactive dashboards and data visualizations that provide real-time results and strategic recommendations for various diverse departments, including executives, product, clinical, enterprise, and finance- Mentoring new data analysts on the team by presenting recommendations to enhance their personal growth and align their work with the company’s KPIs- Balancing leadership and teamwork by effectively collaborating with all team members to achieve shared objectives within tight deadlines - Championed the build of the data infrastructure for Teenspace NYC, marking Talkspace\'s first partnership with NYC DOH- Collaborated with the product department to develop the data infrastructure for async messaging as sessions, marking first tangible cost for insurance and enterprise buyers- Training and deploying Google Gemini AI to generate strategic insights from Looker by enhancing self-serve analytics capabilities for non-technical stakeholders and reducing reliance on manual reporting

Education

• General Assembly

  Data Science

  2019 — 2020

• Springboard

  Data Science Career Track Prep Course

  2019 — 2019

• Queens College

  Master's degree, Applied Mathematics

• Hunter College

  Bachelor's degree, Statistics

  2013 — 2017