Experience

Methods Analytics

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Data Architect

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Studio Retail Limited

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Data Solutions Architect

  • Jun 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Delivered proof of concept for future data platform based on Snowflake, Power BI and Alteryx.• Worked with enterprise data architect and external partners to develop future data strategy.• Worked with data protection office (DPO) to design and deliver solutions ensuring adherence to GDPR for data retention and right to erasure across operational and analytics systems.• Retired two legacy data platforms, migrating data to current data warehouse.• Delivered solutions to enhance data warehouse, ingesting data from new systems and enriching existing data models• Organised and presented at internal lightning talks and meetups on subjects including problem solving, and agile practices and culture change.• Delivered system documentation of data warehouse models and data flows. Show less

• IT Team Manager - Data Delivery

  • Apr 2017 - May 2019

  • Recruited additional permanent staff supplemented by our external IT partner to build a team of eleven data engineers• Architected and led delivery of an analytics capability for a new financial services package.• Worked closely with a partner company to deliver merchandise planning tool to support Studio buying functions.• Launched and presented at internal lightning talks and meetups to promote a culture of learning and shared knowledge.• Delivered upgrades to existing BI systems and retirement of legacy data platforms.• Functioned as Scrum Master, coaching and developing the skills of the team in agile delivery.• Migrated the data warehouse to a DB2 BLU, delivering service improvements• Delivered an operational data store (ODS) to support data standardisation and distribution to satellite MI systems Show less



Express Gifts Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Team Manager -Data Warehouse

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Implemented a new architecture to support near real time operational MI and KPI dashboards using IBM Message Broker• Re-engineered and enhanced the existing data warehouse and dimensional models• Recruited, line managed and coached a team of four developers

• Customer MDM – Team lead

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Undertook evaluation and selection of Customer MDM platform including negotiation of price and contract• Profiled and analysed customer data identifying data quality issues• Worked across business departments to define and implement data cleansing and standardisation rules to remediate existing data issues• Delivered data quality monitoring across customer data• Co-ordinated internal and external staff during the development and integration of Customer MDM with other systems• Plan, design and deliver data migration of customer data from legacy applications to customer MDM platform. Show less

• Data Architect

  • May 2006 - Jun 2013

  • Defined and maintain standards associated with data and data models• Plan and manage migration of software and server upgrades for the Business Intelligence environment, co-ordinating operations, DBA and technical services.• Prepared and presented agile awareness courses for the IT department• Coached and supported the credit services team in the first use of agile techniques (Scrum) to deliver a new credit scoring system• Worked with systems development teams and the business to support Business Intelligence needs and enhance the Enterprise data warehouse Show less



Express Gifts Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Analyst-Programmer - Senior Programmer

  • May 1996 - 2006

  COBOL/DB2 programmer COBOL/DB2 programmer



Booker Group

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst Programmer

  • Mar 1995 - May 1996

  COBOL/DB2 programmer COBOL/DB2 programmer