Summary
Tom Brooks is a Senior Data Analyst with over a decade of hands-on experience modernizing reporting and data systems, primarily in the Greater Minneapolis–St. Paul area. He specializes in migrating and scaling Access-based solutions to SQL Server, building robust ETL pipelines with SSIS, and delivering large SSRS report catalogs—one implementation now exceeds 1,000 reports for enterprise users. Tom combines deep T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS and VBA expertise with practical .NET application development to create end-to-end solutions that automate reporting and operational workflows. His background spans healthcare, finance, and large insurers, where he has led full lifecycle projects from requirements and data modeling to deployment and support. A mathematically trained thinker, he often pushes server-side processing (stored procedures, functions) to improve performance and simplify front-end logic. Known for pragmatic migrations and durable tooling, he’s an expert at turning messy, distributed data into reliable business insights.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics, BA, Mathematics at University of St. Thomas