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Curriculum Vitae · 2026
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Vitalie Ciobanu

Data Analyst · Power BI Specialist · Trainer & Consultant

Profile About

Two decades in IT - the last ten years focused on data. I design ETL pipelines, build interactive dashboards, and turn raw data into decisions.
Microsoft-certified Power BI specialist and trainer, currently teaching at EAE and OBS Business School while consulting independently.
Strong client-facing background, multilingual, and equally comfortable mentoring teams or working solo on technical builds.

Experience 2007 - Present

Power BI Professor at EAE Business School & OBS Business School

Barcelona · Mar 2025 Now
  • Teaching beginner and advanced Power BI courses in the Master in Big Data and Master in Finance programs.
  • Power BI Desktop, ETL with Power Query, data modelling, dashboards, and Power BI Service.

Data Strategy & Operations Consultant at Self-Employed

Barcelona · Mar 2025 Now
  • Training and consultancy on Power BI, Excel and data analytics for SMBs and enterprise teams.
  • Interactive reports, dashboards, and process automation; ETL design and reporting strategy.

EMEA Power BI Support Engineer at Microsoft

Barcelona · Jun 2022 – Mar 2025
  • Resolved complex multi-product Power BI cases for EMEA enterprise customers.
  • Authored technical articles, sample scripts and diagnostic rules used by engineers and customers.
  • Delivered internal technical training; reported product bugs and customer feedback to engineering.

Global Asset Management - Insights & Analytics Lead at PepsiCo

Barcelona · Jul 2020 – May 2022
  • Built reporting and dashboard solutions across Excel, SQL, Access, Power BI and SAP Business Objects.
  • Owned the architecture, delivery and governance of the Asset Management team's analytics.

Global Hardware Asset Management Lead at PepsiCo

Barcelona · Aug 2017 – Jun 2020
  • Led 5 regional CMDB analysts; accountable for global data accuracy across compute assets.
  • Built an internal tool that automated $3M+/month in cross-charge calculations.
  • Conducted physical audits across the three main global datacenters.

EMEA Configuration Management Analyst at PepsiCo

Barcelona · Mar 2015 – Jul 2017
  • Owned the ITIL-aligned Configuration Management process and CMDB data across Europe, rolling out Europe-wide configuration management policies, standards and procedures.
  • Designed data-quality processes to identify, prevent and remediate CMDB accuracy issues - lifting one EMEA area from 70% to 100% accuracy and the rest of Europe from 65% to 98%.
  • Developed global CMDB KPIs and KQIs (Key Quality Indicators) around process efficiency, data quality and CI accuracy.

Configuration Management Advisor at Dell

Bucharest · May 2012 – Feb 2015
  • Led the Global Desktop Engineering team for Experian (a credit-score leader in the US and UK), leveraging CMDB data across all related ITIL/ITSM processes - incident, change, problem and asset.
  • Ran the monthly operational account reviews with the customer's senior leadership, reviewing the current infrastructure estate and rolling out new Windows OS and application policies and standards.

Earlier Roles

  1. Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant · MaguayBucharest · May 2011 – May 2012
  2. Senior Customer Consultant · CrescendoBucharest · Mar 2008 – May 2011
  3. IT Helpdesk / Field Engineer · MicrosoftBucharest · Jan 2007 – Feb 2008

What I Help With Services

Power BI dashboards & reports

From raw data to executive-ready visuals - semantic models, DAX measures, and reports designed for the people who'll actually use them.

ETL & data modelling

Power Query (M), DAX, star schemas, performance tuning. Pipelines that are reliable, refreshable, and easy for the next person to maintain.

Excel automation

Advanced formulas, Power Pivot, repeatable reporting workflows. Stop redoing the same monthly report by hand.

On-site & remote training

Power BI, Excel and the fundamentals of data analytics - designed for working professionals, not abstract textbook learners.

Recognition Selected awards

PepsiCo "Best of IT" award - first year with the company, for data-driven contributions to the "Performance with Purpose" program.
PepsiCo LeAD program - selected for the internal high-potential future-leaders cohort; youngest participant in Spain.
Dell "Champion" award & "Great" performance rating (FY14) - for sustained delivery on behalf of the company.
Microsoft "Drive and Determination" award & CEE Employee Productivity Education winner.

Open to new projects

Freelance projects · Corporate training contracts · Long-term consulting partnerships