About Me
A highly focused Lead Data Platform Professional with a demonstrated track record designing and delivering solutions, utilising multiple platforms and advanced programming skills. Establishes good rapport with clients and is proactive in identifying issues to consistently deliver the most appropriate technical solution through to successful completion. Excels working in a fast-paced environment and equipped with excellent communication, team and leadership skills. Ideally seeking an opportunity to build on existing competencies and attain new skills with a progressive organisation.
Education
Keele University
PGCE
Staffordshire University
BA(Hons) Geography
Work & Experience
Maersk 12/03/2012 - 07/31/2023
Lead Data Platform Architect
• Lead the technical and data architecture design for a zero trust Data Lake in the Azure public cloud, utilising a hybrid data fabric/mesh model; created both physical and logical data models for a new corporate Data Platform. • Championed data governance, onboarding data stewards/owners from across the organisation to promote data democratisation across the organisation. Provision of user training and education. Created video resource library. • Oversaw the architecture, management, and implementation of an enterprise Data Governance platform using Informatica within an Azure Hybrid Cloud environment, incorporating enterprise data lineage, classification, ownership, and glossaries via Axon and IDQ; integrated with third-party tools and managed API contracts for metadata applications. • Directed the implementation of various master data management applications (customer, vendor, product, geographical) using Informatica MDM; implemented customer deduplication and cleansing processes using Informatica Cloud Customer 360. • Designed and built a reference data management system for integrating Hamburg Sud data into Maersk Line applications as part of an M & A process. • Managed the cloud migration of a legacy BI/Analytics platform to Azure using Delta and Lakehouse methodologies; integrated with big data solutions and utilized Infrastructure-As-Code for server builds. • Led the migration of data warehouse components, transitioning from Hadoop to ADLS and Databricks. • Supervised the cloud migration of enterprise reporting environments from on-premises data centers to Azure. • Cultivated technical relationships with vendors such as Informatica and MicroStrategy; actively promoted new features and functionalities, presenting at global vendor conferences. • Managed network and application security compliance within Azure subscriptions, collaborating with TSOE teams and integrating Informatica with Azure AD for SSO.
Jaguar Land Rover 10/04/2010 - 11/30/2012
Data Architecture and BI Consultant
• Responsible for delivering a business process improvement program for the IT Business Intelligence department, encompassing engagement, project delivery, and post-implementation support. • Collaborate with internal customers to ensure clarity and specification in project definitions and successful delivery. • Introduce new estimating techniques for resource budgeting on upcoming projects. • Ensure successful project delivery to enhance the department's profile within the organization. • Implement Manufacturing Physical Data Model for predictive analytics. • Deploy Teradata Manufacturing Physical Data Model across the data warehouse platform.
Royal Lifesaving Society UK 01/02/2009 - 09/30/2010
MIS Manager
• Responsible for selecting and managing 3rd party suppliers for outsourcing database support, website development, and network infrastructure, ensuring adherence to budgets and defining project requirements. • Accountable for daily, weekly, and monthly reporting from the RLSS UK Concept Oracle CRM database. • Successfully implemented the Society Members Web Access Module, providing a secure online learning environment, along with a new accounting system. • Developed and executed a group ICT Policy, managed Message Labs administration, and established a remote work environment for home-based employees.
E*Trade Securities 11/26/2007 - 12/31/2008
Business Analyst
• Served as the primary business analyst for the design and implementation of a global International Enterprise Data Warehouse for securities trading and banking services. • Collaborated with business sponsors to establish reporting requirements for the Corporate Dashboard, producing thorough functional specifications for the enterprise data warehouse. • Developed System, Integration, and User Acceptance test plans while effectively liaising with offshore development, international project, and QA teams to ensure functional design adhered to the Kimble methodology in a SOX Compliant Environment. • Employed a hybrid approach incorporating both UML and agile methodologies for project execution. • Established departmental standards for delimiter usage in international projects, now the default for all international and US-based projects. • Defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for data delivery and set naming standards for directories, files, and tables for departmental use.
Experian 03/06/1995 - 07/31/2007
Senior Systems Analyst
• Promoted to this position producing statements of business requirements and functional specifications for significant Oracle data warehouse systems, and telephony and credit card billing systems. Effectively liaising with the development and QA teams for systems test plans, UAT, implementation and change control. • Designing enhancement project for new card and loan products for the Home Retail Group customer data warehouse and data mart, including design of Oracle tables and the ETL process using SSIS. • Developing a set of attrition and retention scorecards for CitiFinancial in PL/SQL, delivering within timelines. • Spearheaded design and development of enhancement to improve monthly Amex data feed, delivering into the production environment. • Maintaining relationships with 3rd party data suppliers for technical infrastructure requirements, • Effectively managing technical relationships with clients supporting systems for clients, including Home Retail Group (FMCG), Marks & Spencer Financial Services, Grattan’s (CPG) and CitiFinancial, ensuring that stringent SLAs are adhered to. • Scheduling and specifying change requests, performing impact analysis, gap analysis and risk analysis on projects and developing cubes for reporting in Cognos using Impromptu Administrator, Powerplay and Transformer. • Acting as team leader, mentor and coach for junior team members, performing appraisals, performance management and scheduling of small support team. • Pivotal role in providing 1st line support for key prospect Oracle data warehouse and data mart for CitiFinancial, having successfully acted as a senior developer and designer in the initial delivery of the system.