Cormac Biggar
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German Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Full professional proficiency
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Luxembourgish Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Experience
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Palantir Technologies
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Developer
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Feb 2021 - Present
Tech Lead for Palantir’s No-Code rules engine product Foundry Rules.- Built backend server from scratch, including a state machine for automated orchestration of rules pipelines.- Built derived time-series executor for Foundry’s Flink-based real-time streaming rules app.- Built a first-class integration with Foundry’s Pipeline Builder execution backend.- Built Foundry Rules workflow configuration frontend, including an elegant edit conflict resolution framework.- Managed the Foundry Rules production launch, including a zero-downtime migration from legacy versions. Show less
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Deployment Strategist
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Jan 2019 - Feb 2021
Delivered results at the intersection of solutions architect, software engineer, and data engineer on large-scale technological implementation projects.- Responsible for designing and implementing a novel geotechnical risk management framework at Rio Tinto’s flagship underground mining project. Directly led to large enterprise deal and a published research paper.- Built a custom case-management application for a nation-state’s Ministry of Cyber Security, that supported real-time collaborative incident response.- Built a complex geospatial data pipeline to automate operational task prioritisation and alert generation. Show less
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Zego
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United Kingdom
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Insurance
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200 - 300 Employee
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Data Analyst
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Oct 2017 - Dec 2018
o Product & Growth analytics: - Dedicated and fully embedded data analyst in product & growth team. Contributed actionable and effective analyses predicting and monitoring impact of initiatives in weekly meetings. - Modelled the expected impact and user adoption of new product and pricing features including changes to the onboarding and retention features and various per minute and capped pricing models - Close cooperation with data engineers and developers on spec’ing and developing complex ETLs to track the performance of new product features and marketing initiatives. o BI tool and dashboards: - Joined, when KPIs were still manually recorded, with the mission to democratise and automate data usage Phase 1: Consolidation of queries into single SQL script to paste into pre-formatted dynamic gsheet Phase 2: Full python driven automation of KPI sheet with updates every 15 minutes Phase 3: Finalised testing, selection and set-up of BI tool Phase 4: Iterative releases of KPIs and features on fully sliceable dashboard version of KPI sheet o Finance analytics: - Refined the transaction model and process to reflect evolving product and marketing initiatives. - Developed a real-time set of historic user balances to track client-money and promo credits used. - Fully automated revenue recognition and financial reporting to insurance partners. - Consolidated and streamlined existing reporting in a modular approach, built for flexible scalability. Show less
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Candesic
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Manager
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Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
Responsible for complex excel modelling and forecasting, and managing client engagements. o Completed a long-term 3-phase private clinic project from market entry strategy, to business modelling, and implementation: - Analysed the supply-demand landscape on a national and micro-market level to quantify the opportunity - Developed a detailed bottom-up financial model to predict free cash flow and IRR - Took charge of strategic outsourcing, HR, and medical & service scope implementation modules o Delivered a large pharma outsourcing diligence project under a tight deadline whilst managing 4 analysts o Successfully pitched and managed a 4 week diligence project on consumer drugs with 2 analysts o Modelled market size for a cancer tech project by correlating medical suitability with epidemiology data o Managed a storage market entry project with a bottom-up business model and triangulated P&L forecasts Show less
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180 Degrees Consulting
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Australia
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Team Leader
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Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
- Managed a team of 6 through a project devising a strategy to double the volunteering revenue for a UK based charity that seeks to improve the education, healthcare and living standards in West Africa - Gained client buy-in for an overhaul of the pricing structure, achieved approximately 50% in revenue increase after 6 months - Voted best 180 Degrees Consultant - Managed a team of 6 through a project devising a strategy to double the volunteering revenue for a UK based charity that seeks to improve the education, healthcare and living standards in West Africa - Gained client buy-in for an overhaul of the pricing structure, achieved approximately 50% in revenue increase after 6 months - Voted best 180 Degrees Consultant
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The Ambitious Group
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Netherlands
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales consultant
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Finance & IT recruiters - A recruitment sales role involving the selling of employment opportunities to prospective candidates and the company’s services and candidates to clients. - Top sales person of the team in 3rd month with approximately €50,000 in Sales. - Opened the most new accounts in the team in three months. Finance & IT recruiters - A recruitment sales role involving the selling of employment opportunities to prospective candidates and the company’s services and candidates to clients. - Top sales person of the team in 3rd month with approximately €50,000 in Sales. - Opened the most new accounts in the team in three months.
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Avanteam (Leadership & Organisational Development)
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Business Consulting and Services
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2014 - May 2014
Temporary Assignment - Conducted a numerical analysis of project acquisition costs, volume and profitability through various sales channels to identify which avenues to leverage. - Performed a profitability analysis of the various products & services and customer segments by industry and region, identifying key profit drivers. - Assisted with competitive analysis, research on prospective clients and the development of presentation material. Temporary Assignment - Conducted a numerical analysis of project acquisition costs, volume and profitability through various sales channels to identify which avenues to leverage. - Performed a profitability analysis of the various products & services and customer segments by industry and region, identifying key profit drivers. - Assisted with competitive analysis, research on prospective clients and the development of presentation material.
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Simon-Kucher
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Germany
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Consultant
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Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Post-graduate internship - Conducted a numerical analysis of the client’s sales transactional data to determine the financial impact of client’s promotional activity and recommended the new strategy. - Developed a computational ‘market sizing and revenue’ model to forecast newspaper subscription adoption and revenue generation, confirming economic viability of proposed plan - Analysed the customer survey results and historical sales data to predict a £20m market opportunity and estimate the penetration in a key product line. Show less
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Simon-Kucher
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Germany
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Consultant
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Summer internship - Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis of extensive primary research findings determining that the client’s product was deemed market leader in quality and value - Recruited and interviewed hospital purchasing subject matter experts on procurement and clinical issues resulting in key purchasing decision-making insights - Worked autonomously on conducting research, performing analyses and developing final presentation material resulting in being given full responsibility for a major work stream Show less
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Rolls-Royce
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Air systems Engineer
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Jun 2010 - Jun 2011
Industrial work placement - Designed and analysed a sensitivity study across the rear bearing chamber system leading to a 30% optimisation of the flow through the labyrinth seals - Remodelled the engine’s computational bearing load system providing 3% increased accuracy of the required bearing specification - Created a transient model of an active air manifold prototype, confirming the viability and flow requirements of the design Industrial work placement - Designed and analysed a sensitivity study across the rear bearing chamber system leading to a 30% optimisation of the flow through the labyrinth seals - Remodelled the engine’s computational bearing load system providing 3% increased accuracy of the required bearing specification - Created a transient model of an active air manifold prototype, confirming the viability and flow requirements of the design
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Education
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University of Bath
Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical and Electrical Engineering -
Aston Business School
Master of Science (MSc), Strategy and International Business -
International School of Luxembourg
International Baccalaureate, 39 out of 45 (equivalent to 250 UCAS points)