Karla Rivas has several years of work experience in the field of data analysis and software development. Karla currently works as a Business Intelligence Engineer at Cloudbeds since June 2019. Prior to that, they worked at TELUS International Central America as a Data Warehouse Technical Lead from September 2017 to May 2019. Karla also worked at LifeMiles as a Data Specialist from April 2017 to September 2017.
Before these roles, Karla held various positions at TELUS International Central America. Karla worked as a Business Analyst from April 2016 to March 2017, a Data Warehouse Team Leader from November 2014 to March 2016, and a Data warehouse ETL Developer from October 2013 to October 2014.
Prior to working at TELUS International Central America, Karla worked as a Developer at the same company from December 2011 to July 2013. Karla also worked as a Java Programmer at SvSoft from July 2010 to February 2011.
Karla's early work experience includes working as a Software Development Engineer at INTELFON from November 2006 to June 2010 and an Internship at Siemens in September 2005.
Karla Rivas has a comprehensive education history in the field of data science, software development, and electronic engineering.
In 2020, Karla obtained a certificate in Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions from MIT xPRO.
From 2016 to 2017, Karla pursued a certificate in Business Intelligence: Building the Data Warehouse from the University of Washington.
In 2015, Karla pursued a certificate in Database Management from Universidad Don Bosco. Additionally, they completed a course on DW/BI Lifecycle In Depth from the Kimball Group.
During the same year, Karla also obtained a specialization in SCRUM Methodology from Universidad Don Bosco and pursued a project management course at Universidad Centroamericana 'José Simeón Cañas'.
Karla further enhanced their skills in 2014 by completing QlikView Server Publisher Training from Qlik. Karla continued their education in 2013 with QlikView Designer & Developer Training.
Prior to their specialization in data science and software development, Karla earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering from Universidad Don Bosco from 2000 to 2005.
In addition to their formal education, Karla has obtained various certifications. In 2023, they obtained an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Karla also completed the AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner program from AWS in 2022.
Karla's additional certifications include Hands-On Essentials - Data Warehouse from Snowflake in 2022, Creating Interactive Tableau Dashboards from LinkedIn in 2022, Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform Specialization from Coursera in 2019, and Big Data Hadoop and Spark Developer from Simplilearn in 2018.
Lastly, Karla obtained a Scrum Fundamentals Certified certification from SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile in 2016.
June, 2019 - present