CV

Kai Walker Donovan

kaiwalker001@gmail.comHertfordshire, UKlinkedin.com/in/kai-walker-donovan

Professional Summary

#1 LookML contributor serving multiple partners across 100+ sites. Built analytics hub used by ~500 daily; trained ~100 users on self-serve tools. 4+ years in BI platforms, data modelling, and pipeline engineering.

Work Experience

Data Analyst

September 2021 - Present

employer - Hatfield, UK

  • Top contributor to the company's Looker Enterprise back-end with ~125,000 lines of LookML across ~750 commits, recognised as the #1 contributing developer.
  • Built Analyticado, a centralised analytics hub that boosted engagement 10x (~500 daily users), becoming the one-stop platform for discovering dashboards and reports.
  • Built K-AI, an AI-powered assistant enabling natural-language discovery of dashboards and documentation, reducing analyst dependency for routine data discovery.
  • Created Python framework automating data pipelines across Looker, Slack, BigQuery; ~10 contributors, ~5 GCP Cloud Functions in production.
  • Trained ~100 users on Looker and self-serve analytics, fostering data-driven decision-making across the organisation.

Senior Analyst - International Secondment (client partnership)

2025 - 2026

employer - Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • Led analytical workstreams, translating complex data into clear recommendations for operations leadership and partner teams.
  • Mentored partner team members on data interpretation, reporting tools, and building their own analytical solutions, delivering hands-on training across teams.
  • Acted as senior analytical specialist embedded at the client for ~15 months, bridging technical systems and operational decision-making across supply chain, warehouse, and last-mile logistics.
  • Delivered $2M in traceable cost savings through analytical models: Cost to Serve (~$1M/year) and Water Limit geo-cubing (~$550K/year), with further recommendations up to ~$2M/year.

Key Projects

Analyticado

Next.js · React · Looker API · TypeScript

Centralised analytics hub with ~500 daily active users

K-AI - Conversational Analytics Assistant

Vertex AI · BigQuery · GCP · Looker API

AI-powered analytics discovery across dashboards, docs, and Slack

Python Framework

Python · GCP · BigQuery · Slack API

Shared analytics automation platform with ~10 contributors

OSP Insights Platform

LookML · Looker · SQL · BigQuery

Partner reporting platform with ~3,000 monthly report runs

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science, First Class

2024

University of West London, London

BTEC Extended Diploma in IT, D*D*D*

2020

West Herts College, Watford

Skills

LookML / Looker EnterpriseSQL (BigQuery)PythonJavaScript / TypeScriptNext.js / ReactdbtGCP (Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Secrets Manager)Data ModellingDashboard Design & VisualisationLooker API IntegrationCI/CD (GitLab)Stakeholder Enablement & Training