Craig Ashley Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

• Led cross-functional teams to develop and implement the company’sdata strategy, partnering with the CTO to drive business growth.Successfully recruited and managed high-performing teams,conducting skill gap analyses to ensure strategic alignment.• Spearheaded the establishment of autonomous data science andengineering function following Kantar Public's separation from itsparent company• Managed process mapping, streamlining operations to increaseefficiency and reduce data processing time by 90%• Engaged directly with senior representatives from the EuropeanCommission to deliver data-driven value propositions, securing therenewal of the organisation’s highest-value contract.• Documented and handed over tasks, ensuring smooth transitions

• Optimised data workflows, resulting in cost savings and an 80% reductionin processing time• Identified goals, mapped processes, and conducted value streamanalysis• Delivered proposals for business process improvement, includingcosted timelines• Coordinated internal and external teams for data ingestion andvisualisation• Developed and automated ETL pipelines using SSIS, SSRS, SQL, PowerBI• Designed and implemented a complete data migration to Azure SQL

London, United Kingdom

• Led key data initiatives across the business, contributing directly to bothinternal operations and client deliverables• Spearheaded change to agile development practices• Implemented data governance frameworks, ensuring compliance withGDPR and improving data quality across all departments.• Developed and managed large-scale data warehouses, analytics tools,and processes for new client products development• Led international teams in large-scale data migrations and strategy• Functioned as Product Owner for a high-priority company-wide project,managing budget and resources to automate production of clientdeliverables• Reported to the Investment Committee, delivering presentations onproject performance and business impact• Provided mentorship to data analysts, fostering best practices across theteamSkill/Tool set used:Team building, Project management, Resolution management, Budget management, Resource management, Communication, Board-level reporting, Data visualisation, Data extraction, ETL (extract, transform and load) development, SQL, VBA, SSIS, Spotfire, MS Excel, MS Access, SQL Server, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Sway, Flow, JIRA, Confluence

London, United Kingdom

WDP (Westminster Drug Project) is a leading drug intervention/treatment provider for London and the Home Counties. As the Senior Information Coordinator, I led on all critical data reporting to the Home Office Drug Intervention Program and the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System. The tools and processes that I developed reduced processing time by 99.7%

London, United Kingdom

While at ArmorGroup, I developed and maintained the human resources database (SQL and VBA) and all processes, policies, and registers involved in that system (with regards to ISO9001-2000). For this position, I had been authorised to access sensitive government-related company and personal documents.

Education record

High School