Sahithi Yakkali

BI Engineer @ Costco | Turning Data into Strategy | UW Alum in Data Science & Psychology

Greater Seattle Area

About

Sahithi is a University of Washington graduate with two bachelor's degrees in Informatics, specializing in Data Science, and Psychology. She is currently a BI Engineer at Costco IT in the Data Science and Analytics department. Her mission is to unlock the true potential of data and help the business make data-driven decisions. Sahithi enjoys blending her technical and managerial backgrounds to drive lasting impacts, and never hesitates to dive into the details, take on a challenge, and find areas for improvement. She is passionate about telling stories with data and using her psychology background to help analyze human behavior with the goal of bringing a human touch to technology. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, painting, and dancing. She dedicates most of her free time to her non-profit that she founded in 2015, Saving Smiles Inc. Its purpose is to provide basic necessities to those in need and help bring a smile to their faces. Read more about her work and leadership experiences on her resume!

Experience

  • Costco IT (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • BI Engineer II
      Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • BI Engineer
      May 2023 - Nov 2023 · 7 mos

    • BI Engineer Intern
      Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos

  • Technical Product Manager at T-Mobile
    Jun 2022 - Sep 2022 · 4 mos

  • Product Manager at NewPoint.io
    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr

    • Manage multiple products, lead a team of 25 to design and test products • Identified and analyzed KPIs (SQL) and visually presented findings

  • University of Washington Information School (Part-time · 1 yr 7 mos)
    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
      Dec 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      • INFO 430 - Database Design, Modeling, and Management (Advanced SQL) • INFO 340 – Client-Side Web Development • INFO 201 - Using R for data wrangling, analysis, and visualization with real data

    • Project Manager and Full Stack Web Developer
      Jun 2021 - Dec 2021 · 7 mos

      • Built a website for matching post-doctoral fellows with faculty with 3 other web designers to help increase diversity in postdoctoral candidates • Conducted the project in an Agile method, held Scrum meetings, timeline check-ins, communicated with clients and other involved parties

  • IT Intern - Quality Engineer-eCom Fulfillment at Costco IT
    Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 · 4 mos

    Design, code, verify, test, document, amend, and refactor complex programs/scripts in C# to ensure efficiency in internal processes.