Director Of Data
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Apr 2024 - Present
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Julie Smith is listed as Director of Data at CDP, based in Gresford, Wales, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at alation.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Julie Smith.
Julie Smith previously worked as Director of Data & Analytics at Alation and Head of Data and BI at Greensill. Julie Smith holds Bsc, Physics With Space Science And Technology from University Of Leicester.
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About Julie Smith
I have been working in the Data & Business Intelligence field for over 20 years. My roles have exhibited my enthusiasm, versatility and ability to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues at all levels.I am highly adaptable, fulfilling roles including head of department, manager, senior consultant, pre-sales and in education to deliver a range of courses at both business and technical levels. I am comfortable working in changing environments having experienced the rapid expansion of a start-up, merger of large corporations and company takeovers. I quickly adapted to the covid-enforced working from home regime having worked in globally spread teams in the past.I have built & led teams in Data Governance, Data Engineering and BI Delivery plus worked as a lead consultant on BI projects, across multiple business sectors. My in-depth knowledge of techniques and ability to share this knowledge in an engaging manner has led to my being used as 'guru' on projects and advising on solution design. My strong sense of empathy and desire to listen allows me to relate quickly to business scenarios and translate them into technical requirements, making me popular with customers and colleagues alike. They have experienced my strength to quickly think around and beyond the challenges faced, so providing timely, comprehensive and integrated solutions for the long term.I have authored a number of education courses that draw upon my real experiences of the implementation of BI solutions. These courses include Dimensional Modelling, Data Quality, Advanced Universe Design and Reporting workshops. Each course exhibits best practice and maintains a pragmatic approach to problems faced in a BI environment. I have also composed a number of bespoke courses for customers wishing to completely integrate their business processes with the use of their own BI or other toolset.In all aspects of my work I enjoy seeing the positive impact that my actions have on colleagues and customers alike. Be this in the use of a new dashboard, the understanding gained from an effective piece of training or simply seeing the motivation of my teams to make their own impact.
Listed skills include Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Business Objects, Dimensional Modeling, and 31 others.
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8 roles · 34 years
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Director Of Data & Analytics
May 2021 - Apr 2024
Head Of Data And Bi
As Head of Data & BI I grew the BI team into a 20 strong department including Data Governance, Data Engineering and BI Delivery to support the transformation to being data driven.Through the definition of data principles and underlying strategy, my teams and I established a data organisation, flexible data infrastructure and fresh perspective on data delivery through visualisation rather than information overload. All of this grounded in a firm understanding of the challenges faced during rapid growth.Data Governance introduced a Data Catalog solution (Alation) to democratise and demystify data to the masses, empowering them to act on information. Rapid growth can dilute knowledge but this is being addressed by providing a single point of reference for systems, their data and its interaction. Data quality is key and we work with the business to identify issues, find root cause, fix and prevent reoccurrence. Underpinning this has to be an awareness of the importance, and at times fragility, of data. To support this we are designing training to ensure colleagues understand their role in the production and continued health of our data.Data Engineering have produced resilient and reusable components for quick transportation, transformation and integration of data into formats ready to exploit. Based upon AWS architecture, a Data Lake, Data Warehouse plus marts is being built to service needs from our systems, business intelligence and data science. All of this performed in close partnership with the wider technology teams.BI Delivery continue to evolve the presentation of data. With the use of SAP BI for 'traditional' report requirements and Tableau for dashboards & analytics, the business is being invited to interact with the data rather than wade through it.My teams are well respected and while split into their respective functional areas they come together to work in an extremely collaborative manner to deliver the best value to the business.
Mar 2019 - May 2021
Business Intelligence Manager
I joined Greensill initially to head up a small BI team of just three and enhance the methods being employed for the production of business intelligence for the company. During this period, alongside continuous delivery of both operational and BI reporting, I was responsible for the design and delivery of a Data Warehouse solution in collaboration with an external consultancy. This project was delivered on time and under budget with immediate positive impact upon the reporting capabilities within the company.I expanded the team and together we worked to streamline the reporting solutions being used within Greensill. I encouraged the team to work closely with the business in order to fully appreciate their challenges and thus identify more rounded solutions that would serve the future as well as the immediate ask. We also used this relevant knowledge to help influence the design of our in-house applications so that wider data use cases could be supported in a robust manner.
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Managing Consultant\Education Manager
Continuing work as a senior consultant on BI projects including requirements gathering, design and development and implementation of data warehouse/data mart solutions. Particular skills in dimensional modelling, Universe Design and user environment design.As Managing Consultant I was responsible for a small team of consultants plus also the delivery of projects utilising teams of offshore resources. I helped to establish a solid rapport with the remote teams which eased communication and allowed a productive environment for projects.Also managing the education department & team including sales support and strategy. Continued participation in the role of education consultant responsible for delivery of numerous techinical courses combined with delivery of consultancy. Accredited to deliver courses in BusinessObjects plus Jaspersoft. Developed new courses including Advanced Report Design.Also involved in pre-sales activities, working alongside the sales team to develop opportunities.
Feb 2008 - Jan 2018
Consultant/Education Delivery Manager
Continuing work as a consultant on BI projects including requirements gathering, design and development and implementation of data warehouse/data mart solutions. Particular skills in dimensional modelling and BusinessObjects Universe Design.Managing the education team and participating as an education consultant responsible for delivery of numerous techinical courses combined with delivery of consultancy. Accredited to deliver courses in BusinessObjects including Desktop Intelligence, WebIntelligence and Designer. Developed new courses including Advanced Designer and bespoke courses for customers. Also developed courses on Dimensional Modelling and Data Quality.
Mar 2007 - Feb 2008
Consultant/Education Consultant
Work as a consultant on BI projects including requirements gathering, design and development and implementation of data warehouse/data mart solutions. Particular skills in dimensional modelling and BusinessObjects Universe Design.In the role of education consultant responsible for delivery of numerous techinical courses combined with delivery of consultancy. Accredited to deliver courses in BusinessObjects including Desktop Intelligence, WebIntelligence and Designer. Developed new courses including Advanced Reporting and Advanced Designer and bespoke courses for customers. Also developed courses on Dimensional Modelling and Data Quality.
Aug 2000 - Apr 2007
Senior Information Analyst
Recruited as a graduate in Royal Insurance Group IS Julie worked in a number of areas, the most recent being Team Leader on the BusinessObjects Centre of Expertise. This group provided internal consultancy and services to projects using BusinessObjects in the RSA group, also driving a number of projects.Prior to her work in the BOCE, Julie performed business analysis to gather requirements for a multinational insurance system, involving travel to and liaison with a number of overseas offices. Also the programming and design of a variety of financial reporting systems sourced from the main operational systems.
1993 - 2000
~7 yrs
2 education records
Julie Smith education
Bsc, Physics With Space Science And Technology
University Of Leicester
Msc, Information Systems
University Of Chester
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What company does Julie Smith work for?
Julie Smith works for CDP.
What is Julie Smith's role at CDP?
Julie Smith is listed as Director of Data at CDP.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @alation.com for Julie Smith at CDP.
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Julie Smith is based in Gresford, Wales, United Kingdom while working with CDP.
What companies has Julie Smith worked for?
Julie Smith has worked for Cdp, Alation, Greensill, Acuma Solutions, and Royal & Sun Alliance.
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Julie Smith holds Bsc, Physics With Space Science And Technology from University Of Leicester.
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Julie Smith is listed with skills including Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Business Objects, Dimensional Modeling, Dashboard, Etl, Business Analysis, and Requirements Analysis.
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