The Information Lab is a team of passionate Tableau software professionals. We are one of the longest standing Tableau partners in the UK with experience of all aspects of the Tableau product suite.

Built a robust storage platform in Access which would regularly extract, consolidate and cleanse the data from various sources ready for analysis, trend finding, scorecard KPI reporting and management informationCreated a tool for IT managers to use during a major incident which automated emails, meeting invites and SLA reminders using the data already inputted, thus alleviating administrative tasks on a stretched team in a demanding situation.Provided the programme manager with in-depth reports on overall benefit realisation, project slip risks, end state projections etc. as well as high level summaries to be presented to the CIO in the form of online dashboards as well as more traditional paper based reports

Determined whether significant sales uplift resulted from various direct marketing campaigns by interrogating the central Teradata warehouse and running results through Excel based statistical tools designed or revamped by myselfCross analysed market segments by using SQL and Excel statistical functions, the results of which were used to set new segmentation criteria for enhanced future campaign targeting and making the most of available resourcesCreated multi variable what-if models using Excel and VBA to simulate department income and costs growths if different business strategies were implemented

Identified and investigated various business and customer behaviours through multivariate trend and correlation analysis of data across the whole business held in SQL server databases. Demonstrated findings in OLAP cubes, crystal reports and data mining solutions using in-house bespoke software and end-user run customisable Excel sheets.Revamped, added value to and automated existing board meeting standard reports, fraudulent claim checking methods, financial models and product performance reports using Excel and VBA integrated with a centralised data warehouse that could be run by non technical staff across the business units

Part of a global team responsible for the analysis and ongoing monitoring of over 20,000 servers & devices. Responsible, end to end, for facilitating team requirements through design and development of daily, weekly and monthly summary packs and customisable capacity calculation tools using Excel as a front end linked to a central Oracle capacity databaseWithin Excel and with the aid of VBA, I used my knowledge of mathematical methods to forecast business change and to create capacity growth simulations across various Reuters networksWorked with end users to ensure that my application solutions worked effectively across all user machines on and off site through thorough testing and demonstration with users, gaining an understanding of the development lifecycleWas personally responsible for the ongoing capacity monitoring of KPIs in Reuters’ network devices and firewalls. This involved chairing regular meetings, alerting and making recommendations on potential capacity run outs