Data Consultant
I am a data and analytics professional with a well-rounded set of skills.
• Design and Problem Solving Skills:
o Experienced Solutions Architect specialising in Data.
o Hands on approach, preferring to prototype and iterate.
o Aptitude for recognising business requirements, especially for data, BI and analytics
• Data Warehouse & BI Skills:
o Many successful Redshift design and implementation projects
o Expert in AWS data tools, especially Data Lakes, Redshift, Athena, EMR, DMS, S3, RDS
o Identify and implement Performance and Cost improvements
o Data analyst and people trainer in data tools, especially SQL and Python.
o Highly experienced developer, expert in complex SQL, python, etc.
o Expert level Microstrategy and conversant with many other BI tools (e.g. Business Objects, Pentaho, Tableau)
o Good technical understanding of operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mainframe)
o I rapidly diagnose issues and solve technical stumbling blocks
o Skilled at performance tuning, including MPP specifics (Redshift and Hadoop)
• Management Skills:
o Successfully led and mentored teams of analysts & MIS developers
o Keen to improve team performance & productivity improvements through coaching
o Sound commercial acumen and budget management
o Good understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies
o Able to instigate and follow good governance processes, experienced at technical governance of data warehouse deliveries.