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I am a Business and Leadership Instructor dedicated to helping individuals and teams reach their full potential. With years of experience in the corporate world and a strong business academic background, I produce online courses for Udemy that focus on leadership skills, business management, team dynamics, and personal development. I hold multiple Scrum certifications which enhance my expertise and bring real-world insights to my teaching. My courses are known for their practical insights and actionable strategies, attracting a global audience of learners.

Providing client services to discover business needs for creating mobile applications and websites.Creating strong client relationships to ascertain their software requirementsCollating information to develop requirements for applications and bespoke customer management systems Leading on development of website and application solutions for clients through outsourcing and managing developers Managing delivery and controlling costs and budgets on personal projects, advising when consultingTesting of applications delivered and signing off on quality

- My primary responsibility wass to lead an innovative Data Science team of 2 to 5 developers to deliver cutting-edge solutions using the latest technologies and practices. Some of my duties include but not exclusive to:- Successfully finding a solution to extract structured data from non-structured natural language questions- Managing and developing a team of Data Scientists through paired working, training and Scrum / Agile- Facilitating a pragmatic approach to problems that had not been previously explored - Implementing intelligent methods to simplify solutions and methods to benefit the end user- Managing a Data Science team and Computer Science Master Degree students to deliver a prototype product- Progressing products through the product lifecycle (discovery, alpha, beta, release and decommission)- Managing the development team using Agile, Lean and DevOps principles, and Scrum Framework- Managing the product development on the Amazon Cloud infrastructures (AWS)- Leading the creation of a data management pipeline solution to support live COVID19 dashboards for UK regional lockdown decision-making.- Providing the Directors with regular reports on project progression and developments - Lead the implementation of data management best practices (validations, dev/live, health dashboard, etc.)- Leading the progression of projects through governance and assurance groups such as the Technical Review Groups, Platforms and Infrastructure, Penetration Testing and Disclosure Control Panels- Conducting negotiations with governance groups to determine the required solutions to comply with the disclosure controls GDPR, Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice.

Collaborating with key stakeholders in NHS England and lead clinicians to design and deliver the NHS finance reimbursement database algorithm and software (Secondary Uses Service, Payment by Results). Subject Matter Expert and designer for the Prescribed Specialised Services and Best Practice reimbursement algorithm used to distribute £20 billion to the correct healthcare providers annuallyLeading the testing for the installable Grouper software, testing the GUI and data input, output validationProducing the testing cycles to ensure all workstream deadlines were achieved Using MS SQL design, implement and test the data transformation changes Analysing and Impact assessing the output consequences of NHS budgets for all health service providers Maintaining current and complete documentation on the algorithms to support third party developersManaging the procurement processes for new suppliers, parts and software

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Managing the daily operations of the teams that maintained the live reference data and conducted the testing of data for new functionalities during major upgrades - Responsible for the maintenance, quality assurance and delivery of all reference data to the performance management systems and the Secondary Uses Service (SUS) systems - Collaborating with Data Owners to plan the data update needs - Creating SSIS packages to extract, transform, validate and load data onto the SUS system- Conducting intricate analysis of any issues and implementing the corrective fixes - Ensuring that accurate reference data was delivered within the required timescales

Chosen as part of a special team overhaul the data processing systems into one MS SQL Server environment.Providing the role of systems and reference data expert to determine, create and implement the new data transformation systems and administrative processes Acting in a multitude of roles to train and deliver the new DME (Trainer, Developer and Technical Lead)Implementing a standardised and robust data processing landscape that improved auditing, controls, accountability, processes and security. Creating SSIS packages that validated and delivered data and conducting database queries

Various roles around analytical analysis and report creation on public UK Health Data for public and governmental use.