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Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Starburst Software Project - transform data access• Deployed the first instance of Starburst, a data virtualisation tool, in AstraZeneca• Collected and tested user requirements from multiple stakeholders, supporting themthrough engagement, on-boarding, live workshops, data product cataloguing and access,growing the user base to 100+ users• Wrote documentation for the deployment, use and maintenance of Starburst, ensuringcompliance with international data regulations and internal data and IT standards• Built a data product for Starburst that surfaced usage metrics of the application to measureperformance and cost, while enabling audit features that comply with access standardsFAIR Data Initiative - data reuse and optimisation• Catalogued 20+ Data Products from the data platform in Collibra, SharePoint and Starburst,delivering a best practice metadata model for data products with user documentation, andproposing an automated FAIR Scorecard solutionFeature Team Support Team - platform improvement and enablement initiatives• Wrote and refined user stories in JIRA, collecting information from stakeholders for our dataengineers to develop and maintain data platform infrastructure• Organised and ran checkpoint meetings as part of Agile and on-boarded new team members

Trained in a data management cohort to become a consultant with knowledge of SQL, Python, Collibra, Agile and metadata best practice. Went on to consult at AstraZeneca for two years as a FAIR Data Analyst / Business Analyst

Cardiff, United Kingdom

I undertook multiple projects across the business, alongside a training scheme, as part of a graduateprogramme designed to develop engineers with the professional competencies for chartership• Led a turbine instrumentation outage in the Engineering team, coordinating contractors andmaintenance staff, and completing daily safety risk assessments• Developed a proposal, including feasibility and engineering design, for the sale and use ofAberthaw water and electrical assets, working with the business development team and sitestaff to maximise value after decommissioning• Designed and delivered a plan for changing turbine vibration limits to reduce the impact ofspurious alarms in the control room

Electron, Swindon

Reviewed ladder logic code and function graphic diagrams for the Aberthaw boiler safetysystem upgrade

Aberthaw

Evaluated mill hazard warning system and boiler evacuation alarm, proposing improvementsto help meet the Safety Integrity Level 1 standard

Little Barford

Installed a high voltage transducer to measure works power and improve efficiency

Master'S Degree, Electrical Engineering, Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

Activities and Societies: Southampton University Football Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: Duke of Edinburgh: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Football 1st XIA level: Economics - A*, Maths - A, Physics - B.