David Nicholson-Jones, MSc

Senior Technical Consultant at IQVIA Belux
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(386) 825-5501
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Brussels Region, Belgium, BE
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Credentials

  • Up and Running with Aptana Studio 3
    lynda.com
    Aug, 2015
    - Oct, 2024
  • Up and Running with Bootstrap 3
    lynda.com
    Aug, 2015
    - Oct, 2024
  • Up and Running with Tableau
    lynda.com
    Aug, 2015
    - Oct, 2024
  • ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Foundation
    HM Government (UK)
    Jun, 2010
    - Oct, 2024
  • Prince2 Practitioner
    APMG-International
    Jun, 2010
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • IQVIA Belux
    • Belgium
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Technical Consultant
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      Continuing in the same role as with Redpharma, but under a new title after the acquisition of Redpharma by IQVIA BeLux Continuing in the same role as with Redpharma, but under a new title after the acquisition of Redpharma by IQVIA BeLux

  • REDPHARMA
    • Belgium
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Analytics Architect
      • Sep 2018 - Jan 2023

      Responsible for all Automation & Infrastructure in the cloud on a linux server farm, running Vertica Analytics Data Warehouse and a range of operational processing systems for delivery of pharmaceutical market data, as a data pooling service with a BI customer interface serving the BeLux pharma industry Responsible for all Automation & Infrastructure in the cloud on a linux server farm, running Vertica Analytics Data Warehouse and a range of operational processing systems for delivery of pharmaceutical market data, as a data pooling service with a BI customer interface serving the BeLux pharma industry

  • dFakto
    • Belgium
    • Data Infrastructure and Analytics
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior BI Consultant / Data Visualisation
      • Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

      dFakto combines both industry and technical expertise to address specific client challenges and deliver actionable insights based on real and verified data We are a focused & enlightened team of data-focused professionals blending a mix of business & technical consulting which leads companies to data maturity with strongest and best-fit agile methodology & technology to suit business requirements. A trusted data partner for blue-chip companies building agnostically on proven, advanced agile data warehousing methods and capabilities, delivering value in weeks not months using Data Vault and other leading methodology innovations. We deliver both top-down and bottom-up solutions in: - Data-driven Transformation - Data-driven Sales & Marketing - Data-driven Master Data (Operational) - Data-driven GDPR - Data-driven Risk & Compliance - Data-driven Innovation dFakto will help you integrate massive amounts of diverse information, iteratively, from different areas of your business and combine it to deliver actionable insights, in with iterative progress & FAST results (which is unusual for anything but agile data warehouse approaches). We eat Big Data and IoT data for breakfast. https://www.dfakto.com/data_driven_approach/ Show less

  • Pitney Bowes
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Location Intelligence Architect, Presales
      • Jun 2014 - Nov 2016

      Responsible for initial engagement, requirements gathering, designing and prototyping of client and go-to-market master GeoData management and Location Intelligence solutions, that blend customer and market data within its geographical context. Geo-solutions are built on previous success with multi-repository GeoData linking between multiple organisations' Big Data sources for measurable market improvements with both spatial & classic Predictive Analysis. Spatial referencing is a universal identifier for most things in one way or another.Additional responsibilities include driving prototyping of pan-European Geocoding and Data-Linking innovation to increase market relevance and location intelligence capability, enabling the next generation Internet of Things, as well as promotion and enhancement of retail offerings and SMART-technology solutions for Pitney Bowes Software clients. Show less

    • Predictive Analytics Services GeoInformatics Consultant
      • Jun 2011 - Jun 2014

      Location Intelligence data consultant within the Predictive Analytics Services Team at Pitney Bowes Software (http://www.pb.com/software/Analytics/Market-Analytics/Predictive-Analytics-Services.shtml). His primary focus was retail site selection, predictive analytics and geo-data product engineering for multi-sector clients within the mobile, retail planning and public sectors within EMEA in the Consulting Services at Pitney Bowes Software. His experience in a broad range of business & technical disciplines has enabled him to provide his clients with appropriate solution designs and managed implementations across a diverse range of large-scale enterprise sectors, handling large scale data, both on-prem and cloud based.David maintains his coveted position as trusted advisor to his clients, through embedded collaboration and business benefits focussed consulting. He has facilitated stakeholders in mapping the benefits for their organisations and managing the detailed roadmap to get there. He enjoys presenting and facilitating workshops, as as much as managing and building location-based intelligence and data-mining systems. Show less

  • PA Consulting
    • United Kingdom
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Management Consultant - GeoInformatics Specialist
      • Nov 2008 - May 2011

      Involved in developing and rationalising information system projects & programmes, and analysing complex information problems especially where they incorporate spatial information (information about 'where'). A selection of his many projects include: Mass data conversion of CAD and Gantt data to Google Earth Executive Geo-Visualisation planning tool, Geodemographic census analytics to reduce public sector property footprint, and architecting a prototype and further framework Geo-Webservice for automation of sales selection for global outdoor advertising locations from street furniture/trains/malls/stores inventory. David is a dynamic people oriented member of the technorati, happy to discuss information technology in simple or deeply complex terms depending on who happens not to be asleep at the time. Show less

  • Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
    • Bahrain
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • GIS Consultant Advisor & Technical Architect
      • Aug 2005 - Nov 2008

      Co-managing procurement, project-initiation and management of the communications systems and data for the new national England and Wales communication infrastructure for the emergency services, including requirements management, data management and data principles documentation Strategic government consultancy in GIS issues and solution requirements assurance. Evaluation of mobilisation and routing solution, GIS symbology/ iconography and acquisition and evaluation of national GI data sets including Ordnance Survey MSA products, utilities, administrative boundaries and other national infrastructure data sets. Assistant Project Manager and Prince2 OGC Gateway 3 Coordinator during Prime Contractor selection process and procurement phase of project. Ongoing infrastructure configuration management throughout all phases of project for team of 120 consultants, contractors and seconded fire service communications personnel. Show less

  • Transport for London
    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • XML / XSLT / HTML / CSS / Javascript developer
      • Jun 2005 - Jul 2005

      Development of embedded system XSLT/XSL-FO transformation component to generate PDFs from XML produced by CentreParcs customer booking system. Development of DHTML front-end solution for flash content / CSS based HTML Templates for various clients in the fashion industry.

    • ICT Communications Manager
      • Jul 2003 - May 2005

      Principle Comms Manager for Information Management (IM) Directorate. IM is London Underground's IT solution development and delivery arm. Drafted and finalised all company communications for the Head of the IM Unit, managing change communication and internal media (web, email, print) for the unit’s 4 divisions (Strategy & Planning, IT Development, IT Delivery, IT Management)Developed and implemented coherent in-house communication strategy (17% increase in user-polled communications effectiveness). Co-managed IM intranet and developed content and dynamic structure for keeping LU staff informed and updated on IT developments. Authored corporate presentations for IM Director for presentation to the LU and TfL Directors. Show less

  • UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills: BioScience
    • Technical Consultant and Supplier Assurance to iBio cross-government biotechnology portal
      • Nov 1999 - Jun 2003

      Lead the technical assurance on the development of the Autonomy-based public facing biotechnology search tool, bringing together 90+ unit and agency information websites across government into a single searchable intelligently-adaptive web portal. David provided technical assurance and project delivery for the cross-government innovative search portal for gathering biosciences-related information in one searchable location (an innovation, based on the same technology as Amazon). Evaluated several technologies and selected Autonomy(c) for best business fit, then managed technical development from supplier-side and designed & developed assistive features. The project won 2 British Awards for Government to Business computing (British Computing Society and BT Syntegra, 2003) Show less

  • UK Department for Trade and Industry
    • Independent Contractor - Technical Systems Manager
      • Nov 1997 - Oct 1999

      Delivered technical systems for planning, logistics and communications for UK overseas trade missions to countries within the Asia-Pacific trade group. Delivered technical systems for planning, logistics and communications for UK overseas trade missions to countries within the Asia-Pacific trade group.

Education

  • Ongoing Research
    Development of a Machine Learning, Multi-Agent, Python based Big Data Retail Site Selection Model, Location Intelligence
    2011 - 2015
  • Office for Government Commerce
    Prince2 Practitioner / Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation Certified
    2010 - 2010
  • Birkbeck, University of London
    Masters in GIScience, Geographic Information Science (Applied)
    2005 - 2007
  • City, University of London
    Continuing Education, Multiple Evening courses run by Dept. of Computing
    2003 - 2006
  • Sun Certified Java Programmer, OOP Methodologist
    Sun Certified Java Programmer, Certified self study (Library of hundreds of well-read books)
    1999 - 2005
  • Microsoft Certified Master Office USer (MOUS)
    Master Microsoft Office USer (MOUS), Certified self study
    2001 - 2004
  • Certified Internet Webmaster course
    Certified Internet Webmaster, Certified self study
    1999 - 2002
  • Edinburgh Business School
    MBA*, *completed studies in Economics, Organisational Behaviour, Finance, Negotiation
    1995 - 1997

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