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Newton Mugambi Mwirebua

MBA candidate in Financial & Business Analysis. I turn raw data into decisions — building CRM and revenue-operations systems, analytical models in Python and R, and clear reporting that leadership can act on.

Current
MBA · Quinnipiac
GPA
3.96 / 4.00
Toolkit
Python · R · Power BI · Excel
Newton Mwirebua
About

A data-driven analyst with a builder's mindset.

From ecological fieldwork in Nairobi to MBA classrooms and revenue-operations teams in Connecticut, my work keeps returning to one idea: good decisions come from good data.

I'm an MBA candidate at Quinnipiac University's School of Business, concentrating in Financial and Business Analysis. My work sits where analytics, finance, and operations meet — I build the systems that capture data, the models that make sense of it, and the reports that help leaders act on it.

Right now I'm a Lead Analyst on a revenue-operations team, where I've built CRM lead-tracking systems, audited sales pipelines, and turned messy records into Power BI dashboards that expose problems worth real money. Alongside that, I support academic operations at Quinnipiac using Python and R. My toolkit spans Python, R, Power BI, Excel, QuickBooks, and GoHighLevel CRM.

My path began in environmental science, where I learned to gather and validate data in the field. That grounding in rigor still shapes how I work: careful, curious, and focused on doing something useful with the numbers.

Quick Facts

  • LocationHamden, CT
  • DegreeMBA (Dec 2026)
  • ConcentrationFinancial & Business Analysis
  • GPA3.96 / 4.00
  • ToolsPython · R · Power BI · Excel
  • LanguagesEnglish, Swahili
  • Open ToFull-time roles
Experience

Where I've put the work in.

A selection of roles that have sharpened my approach to analytics, revenue operations, and project delivery.

Jun 2026 — Present

Revenue Operations — Lead Analyst

Crawford Business Consulting · Internship
  • Built and deployed a GoHighLevel CRM Lead Source Tracker, standardizing lead capture across 11 source categories and 6 required fields
  • Ran a full pipeline-health audit (scored 1.7 / 10) and created a 10-metric KPI dictionary to define what "healthy" looks like
  • Built Power BI dashboards that revealed zero leads were being captured from 4,610 site visitors — a major leak now visible to leadership
Revenue Ops CRM Power BI
Aug 2025 — Present

Operations & Business Analyst

Quinnipiac University · Graduate Assistant
  • Analyze operational and academic data in Python and R to support administrative decisions
  • Build Excel-based reporting tools and dashboards used in senior planning
  • Support business-analysis projects that improve efficiency and the student experience
Analytics Python / R
Jan 2025 — Apr 2025

Project Planner

Quinnipiac University · Sustainable Waste Management Initiative
  • Designed an end-to-end project plan covering scope, schedule, and stakeholder mapping
  • Applied project-management principles to budgeting, execution, and risk mitigation
  • Aligned the plan with university sustainability goals and reporting standards
PMO Sustainability
Jan 2022 — Dec 2024

Business Research / Project Consultant

Sapama Technologies
  • Conducted in-depth analysis that contributed to a 25% improvement in project outcomes
  • Delivered reports and presentations with clear, actionable insights for leadership
  • Interpreted large datasets to surface trends informing environmental-management solutions
Consulting Research
Oct — Dec 2021

Ecological Research Assistant

National Museums of Kenya
  • Assisted with plant identification, biodiversity documentation, and field reporting
  • Contributed to peer-reviewed research workflows and data validation
Field Work Biodiversity
Aug 2019

Survey Enumerator

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
  • Collected and verified demographic and economic data with 100% accuracy
  • Engaged respondents across diverse communities under tight timelines
Data Collection
Featured Projects

Selected analytical work.

Three projects that show how I move from a messy dataset or an open-ended business question to a clear, defensible answer. Full write-ups available on request.

Python · Classification

MBA Job Placement Prediction

Built a classification pipeline in Python to predict which MBA students land job placements, using records for 215 students. I cleaned the data, removed variables that would leak the outcome, and ran full exploratory analysis — histograms, boxplots, and a correlation heatmap — to find that undergraduate academic performance is one of the strongest early signals for placement.

Python pandas EDA Data Cleaning
R · Statistics

AI Upskilling ROI Analysis

A full analysis in R for a 280-consultant firm deciding how to spend its training and hiring budget. I wrangled messy real-world data (twelve spellings of four program names, three date formats), then answered three business questions with multiple regression, ANOVA with Tukey HSD, and a Welch's t-test — finding that training measurably lifts performance, adoption is uneven across teams, and, against expectations, the firm's "AI-fluent" hires adopted AI tools less than legacy staff.

R Regression ANOVA t-test
Strategy · Research Paper

Responding to Geopolitical Uncertainty

An MBA research paper proposing a framework for how global firms survive geopolitical shocks. It connects three familiar tools — PESTEL analysis, risk mapping, and scenario planning — to the "sense, seize, reconfigure" model of dynamic capabilities, then tests the idea against how Apple and Nvidia navigated US–China tensions, tariffs, and semiconductor export controls.

Strategy Case Analysis Research
Insights

Three things I think about a lot.

The ideas that shape how I approach analysis, operations, and the work I want to keep building.

01

Decisions Beat Dashboards

A dashboard nobody acts on is just decoration. I try to make every analysis end in a clear recommendation — what to do next, and why the numbers point that way.

02

Systems Over Heroics

One-off fixes don't scale. Whether it's a CRM lead tracker or a reusable R function, I aim to build the thing that keeps working long after I've moved on.

03

AI as a Teammate

Through certifications in Python, machine learning, and Google AI Essentials, I treat AI as a practical, everyday tool for analysis — not a buzzword to chase.

Resume

Education, skills & credentials.

Education

Master of Business Administration
Quinnipiac University · Financial & Business Analysis · GPA 3.96
Dec 2026
B.S. Environmental Science
Kenyatta University · GPA 3.75
Aug 2021

Affiliations

Project Management Institute
Southern New England Chapter · Member
2025–26

Core Skills

Financial & Business Analysis CRM Pipeline Management GoHighLevel QuickBooks Python R Power BI Excel (Advanced) Data Visualization Financial Modeling Predictive Analytics Data Cleaning Risk & Budgeting Strategic Communication Cross-Functional Collaboration Reporting & Presentation

Certifications

Machine Learning Professional2026
AI for All2026
Google AI Essentials2025
Google Prompting Essentials2025
Python Basic2025
Problem Solving Using AI2025
Leadership Certificate2021

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Let's talk.

I'm actively exploring full-time opportunities in analytics, revenue operations, and financial analysis. If our paths might cross, I'd love to hear from you.