I embrace a growth mindset in life, treating personal and professional challenges as an opportunity for development, and I strive to maintain a positive, solution-focused attitude in the process.Professionally, I have a decade of hands-on and management experience in a diverse range of roles, most extensively in Data, Technology, Analytics, and Operations. I am adept at using various programming tools and languages for data engineering, development, BI, analytics, ELT/ETL, and presentation, including Excel, Power Query, Power Automate, Python, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, OneLake, Azure backend and related technologies.Alongside managing the Solutions Team for a busy Technology Dept, I am the Technical Lead for our ELT/ETL, Data Warehouse, BI, Publishing and Finance System Integrations. Our tech stack comprises Microsoft Azure Synapse, Azure SQL Server, PowerBI, Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365 and Biblio (Virtusales). We maintain and develop our solutions both in-house and with external suppliers and we manage our time and releases via an Agile methodology leveraging CI/CD in Azure DevOps. We ingest data from a wide range of external sources (Amazon VC, Google, Apple iTunes et al.) leveraging 3rd party tools such as Fivetran in some instances, and maintain a complex data model that services multiple functions in the business, from Analytics and BI to Financial Integrations and Royalties.As part of my personal development, I recently completed a graduate higher diploma in Computer Science with 1st Class Honours (June '24) undertaken with Technological University Dublin. I have also just started (Sep '24) a 3-yr part-time Statistics and Data Science course with Trinity College Dublin. More generally, I continuously educate myself in skills and courses that complement my work, such as Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Management and Business Intelligence.In the last two years, I have given talks to Undergraduate Publishing Students on the role of Data in Publishing and I am always excited to share my knowledge and experience with others inside and outside of Publishing.
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