Data Scientist in the Information Security team working with InfoSec colleagues and teams across the BoI group to build informative metrics & dashboards, provide insights from analysis and identify & help remediate potential security issues- Using data from a wide variety of bank data sources and liaising with stakeholders to create a wider view of impacts and provide broader viewpoint to inform improvements and/or remediation- Working across multiple teams (e.g. IT, Retail, HR), to gain detailed understanding of their processes, harness their insights and data to develop relevant security metrics- Providing detailed reports to support the relevant teams and high-level reporting to senior management executives & external regulators identifying areas of concern and informing on progress- Experienced with interpreting and integrating a wide range of data sources (csv, api feeds, querying databases) and analysing with tools from Excel to SQL, Tableau, PowerBI, Splunk- Successful project to move analysis to Splunk and now manage our Splunk instance, including maintenance, building dashboards and providing further analysis

Senior Data Analyst in Global Reporting on Google's 'Order to Cash' business- Responsible for the development and maintenance of automated reports using various software, including SQL, VBA, Javascript for internal and external clients as part of Global Reporting Team- Development and maintenance of data heavy reports using SQL and VBA to stream-line reporting requirements- Working with Stakeholders to develop reports to support other team Analysts and our external client (Google) and Operations teams from multiple different data sources as required(Google PLX system, Microstrategy MIS, csv text files, Google docs files and MS Excel reports)- Modelling of financial and operational data to forecast performance for Operations and Senior Management- Analysis of data and reports to ensure quality and accuracy, as well as to provide SLA and KPI data- Created new automated SQL/VBA database system providing daily base report required as basis for operations activity and multiple key reports. Reduced process time from 8 hours to 1 hour & received Arvato Gold Star award- Training of 2 new Dublin team members in SQL & VBA to develop and maintain reports and travel to Poland and Manila offices to train team members on the KPIs/CPIs analysis and report creation

Analysing web and mobile data across all channels to understand user behaviour and reporting results to my internal stakeholders to support their decision making- Analysis of website tracking data to gain insight into customer behaviour, supported by other available data sources, such as the internal Data Warehouse & Google Analytics- Working with Online Product Managers to understand their information requirements and develop reports that support their needs- Analysis of website pages and features to identify and improve content usage, optimise betting performance, and investigate potential technical problems- Producing monthly website traffic and performance reports for various internal stakeholders- Reporting for ad hoc queries to advise internal decision making and report on performance of promotions

Providing online data analysis to internal teams and creating and improving marketing and finance reports as part of the "Business Planning & Analysis" Team- Analysis of Customer Lifetime Value to improve revenue predictions - analysis of current procedure and development of new models for individual cohorts using data fitting models and regression analysis- Working with Online Marketing and SEO teams to understand and support their information requirements - Analysis of online traffic and content use to improve sales and optimize content costs- Automation of reports for Marketing and Finance depts using VBA, Excel, Access and Sharepoint- Producing regular marketing and finance reports for Senior Management- Data Analysis for individual teams, to define business problems and relevant KPIs, develop reports and provide analysis to support their decision making

PowerAct was a 2 year federal German government funded project I co-wrote to commercialise a patent I invented- Developed experimental strategies and investigated new electrode materials and actuator designs to overcome problems and produce a successful prototype optical alignment device- Analysis of experimental results using statistical and physical methods using analysis software (e.g. MS Excel, OriginLab)- Publication of 5 journal papers and 3 oral presentations at international conferences- Wrote regular progress reports and made presentations for the project funding agency, commercial partners and for project partners at two Fraunhofer Institutes (IAP and IZM)- Managed budgets and coordinated the research of a 4 person project team to ensure our progress was coordinated with partner institutes and deadlines were achieved- Researched new electrode nanomaterials and developed a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator positioning device prototype for optical packaging

KompAkt was a German funded project in University of Potsdam to advance Dielectric Elastomer technology- Invented a novel positioning actuator to significantly reduce production costs of photonics devices – European patent application EP2239792- Co-wrote & negotiated a €600,000/year German government project to commercialise this patent- Developed new, and improved existing, techniques for the production and characterisation of novel advanced materials for sensors & actuators- Investigated new dielectric materials and analysed the results leading to improved actuator performance- Published 3 journal papers and attended an international conference, giving oral presentations on my research- Supervised the research project of a successful M.Sc. student who advanced to a Ph.D. programme- Researched patent prior art, assessed potential for patenting of research results and wrote successful patent- Designed, planned, and taught advanced practical classes (Physikalisches Praktikum für Fortgeschrittene) and taught tutorials to undergraduate and postgraduate students