Jihwan Kim

Power BI Developer & Data Model Architect

The Netherlands jonathan.jihwankim@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/jihwankim1975 github.com/JonathanJihwanKim powerbimvp.com

30K+ users 2,700+ solutions 58+ GitHub stars 8+ yrs Power BI

Professional Summary

Microsoft MVP | Power BI Developer & Data Model Architect with 8+ years of Power BI experience and 2+ years of Microsoft Fabric expertise. Architects enterprise-scale analytics on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI serving 30,000+ users across 500M+ records. Designed the Direct Lake migration, CI/CD governance architecture (PBIP/TMDL), and performance engineering framework at Fortune 500 scale. Creator of open-source Power BI developer tools (58+ GitHub stars). Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Community Super User. Combines deep technical expertise in semantic modeling, DAX optimization, and CI/CD governance with supply chain business acumen. AI-augmented workflow pioneer boosting development speed 3x.

Experience

IKEA — Data Analyst | Power BI Developer

Feb 2023 – Present · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Architect semantic models and analytics pipelines on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI serving 30,000+ users across 500M+ records in the global supply chain organization
Migrated legacy Import-mode models to composite models with Direct Lake mode — 90%+ refresh elimination and 25% better query performance for 30,000+ supply chain users
Designed Git-based source control architecture for Power BI artifacts (PBIP/TMDL) with CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and GitHub — zero-downtime deployments and full audit trail
Implemented systematic parameterization — reproducible deployments across 3 environments, eliminating deployment failures and reducing release time by 70%
Streamlined semantic models: 30% model size reduction and 25% performance gain
Reduced Fabric Premium capacity (CU) usage by 25% through hands-on tuning and AI-supported performance analysis
Integrated AI copilots into DAX authoring and performance diagnostics—including early adoption of the Power BI MCP server for AI-driven semantic model development—boosting development speed 3x
Mentored analysts on semantic modeling best practices, DAX optimization, and AI-powered report generation

ITVT Group — Senior BI Analyst

Jun 2022 – Jan 2023 · Utrecht

Enterprise Power BI solutions across Supply Chain, Logistics, CRM, HR, PM integrated with Dynamics 365
Created logistics dashboard cutting weekly reporting from 6 hours to 10 minutes
Optimized query folding and DAX logic, improving report load times by 40–60%
Built reusable Power BI templates for faster client rollouts

GXO Logistics — BI Analyst

Jun 2021 – May 2022 · Schiphol-Rijk

Power BI Dataflows, datasets, and reports for 10+ EU sites
Weekly Stability, Monthly Business Review, and Productivity dashboards
Nominated Power BI Super User by Microsoft for technical leadership

Supply Chain Flow — Freelance Data Analyst

Feb 2020 – May 2021 · Amsterdam

Power BI insights on freight pricing, process bottleneck analysis, cash flow visibility
Launched FlowAnalysis.co for data modeling and supply chain analytics content
Earned CSCP, MCSA BI Reporting, MCT, MOS Excel Expert certifications

Samsung SDS Cello Logistics — Business Development Manager

Feb 2019 – Feb 2020 · Delft

Key Account Management across global air/ocean freight, European trucking, warehouse handling
Operational analytics: shipment visibility, SLA root-cause analysis, cost-to-serve modeling
Asia-Europe trade lane optimization with data-driven carrier selection

Education

Rotterdam Business School — Master in Logistics Management (2018–2019)

Korea University — Bachelor in Geology (1994–2001)

Certifications

Studying for: DP-700 (Fabric Data Engineer)