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Staffordshire, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Nottingham, Gb

Nottingham, Gb

In this role I quickly became a technical lead on data science projects. Working with the digitaldevelopment and engineering teams I developed a number of products which delivered £m’s inadditional revenue to the platform. Along side this I setup and ran the Data Science Guild andPython Clinic which worked to evangelise data science and python programming across thebusiness, this was a key part of how I developed new talent for recruitment into the team.Scenario modelling• Used statistical modelling to assess business changes that are too risky to run trials on.• Modelling of moving online threshold found +£40m in revenue and +£4m profit.Digital development• Built a new recommendation engine delivering >£8m PA• Worked closely with the digital development team to find new areas forexperimentation/improvement• Tested new products through AB testing in Adobe TargetAzure platform• Building new products on Azure products (DataBricks, Function Apps, SQL Server, Cosmos DB)• Worked with DevOps to ensure a CICD approach was followedTraining & development• Pushed the team to install 10% time for training and development• Organised and ran python training days• Founded and ran the Data Science guild helping people learn data science through hands onlearningLead development• Regularly met with people at all levels in the business to find new opportunities to use data science todrive results• Prioritised these opportunities on a backlog and allocated to fellow team members

Manchester, England, Gb

As part of the data science business within DeeSet Logistics we were tasked with driving the performance of the business, as well as creating data products for 3rd parties. My role within this was both as a data scientist, scrum master, and cheer leader for data science within the business and to new clients. It allowed me to work on exciting projects covering an array of areas including deep learning image recognition.Building a scrum framework• Assessing how the team currently operates, what works and what doesn’t.• Creating a scrum structure and artifacts to help implement that.• Scrum mastering while the scrum takes shape (usually 1-2 waves) then assisting new scrum masters.Data science investigations• Interfacing with the business to find key projects and valuing these to prioritise them in the pipeline.• Managing stakeholder engagement, including them in scrums.• Delivering findings to stakeholders, often at an executive board level.• Implementing long term automation for re-occurring investigations/reports.Image recognition• Image classification - Training new models based on existing deep learning architectures.• Object detection and classification - Building new model training architectures using transfer learning.• Working with DevOps to productionise these models with user interfaces.Managing junior data scientists• Managing the weekly workload of team members.• Arranging for training and advice on career/skills progression.

Deerfield, Il, Us

Deerfield, Il, Us

Working with data to enhance business value. This ranges from optimising the layout of warehouses so orders can be filled quicker, to helping identify missed sales opportunities both at an individual customer and an estate level.Working within the Data Science and AI team we partner with stakeholders and work through an agile process to give them what they need. The requests are varied but all have the core goal of lowering costs or raising revenue. Projects regularly have a business impact of over £10m.A key role I take on is outward engagement. It's easy to get lost in a large business so I make sure our team is at the forefront of people's minds when it comes to finding solutions to problems.

I have built this company from the ground up using all of my extensive knowledge in programming and commercial experience from SMEs and FTSE100 firms.The platform uses a unique UI allowing customers to organise their weekly meals in 5 minutes and choose a nearby location to pickup from.After this the backend system sorts and organises orders into a series of pick pack instructions for an optimised production chain. From ingredient ordering to delivery notes the system is automated.I have used my expertise in PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and SQL to create both front end and back end systems from scratch integrating payment systems, photo uploads, SQL database architecture and implementation, user profile management, internal social network, automated CRM and more.Outside of programming I managed a team both internal and external for marketing, development and production.I believe that life is an adventure and that this is the crowning achievement in my career so far.My role is everything, from commercial strategy to financial reporting, from programming to supply chain management, from production to delivery this project is 100% of my own making. Many say they are 'self starters' how many people have actually started something themselves?

London, Gb

• Using large and cross functional datasets worked on consumer and commercial insight to identify and maximise commercial opportunities in the non-food business, finding simple solutions to complex problems.• Expert in SAS and Excel analytics (including advanced VBA).• Analytics team leader, managing myself and 2 others, on the development of a non-food pricing strategy for the £9Bn non-food business.• Involved in multiple cross deparment projects, including customer insight, commercial analysis, and space optimisation.• Heavily involved in analytics around the KPIs of the £1.4Bn takeover of Home Retail Group (Argos) and provided analytics showing the areas of success and failure in the acquisition.

London, Gb

Telecoms is a new area of the business and has allowed me to grow my experience in many areas, most importantly in working across many business areas to land projects spanning Marketing, Retail, Operations, Logistics, Production and 3rd party partnerships (in this case the Sainsbury’s MVNO mobile phone network). Myexperience from this include:MarketingBuilding relationships with data agencies, such as GFK and Kantar, for the gathering of market data.Producing periodic reports on the status of the Telecoms market with the identifications of opportunities and recommendations for future activity to take advantage of these. Presentation of marketing data refined from multiple sources (including GFK, Sainsbury’s sales figures, Nectar AIMIA data and competitor monitoring) to telecoms SLT including data analysis, interpretations and recommendations for next steps.Management of periodic promotional cycles.Creating new and cost effective methods for the gathering of market data.Management of marketing budget.PlanningRelationship building with external teams.Long term planning with the buying team, networks and manufactures for seasonal events andnationwide product launches looking 6-12 months ahead.Review of previous activity through PIRs and regular market insight.Key skills from this role are:Data gathering, data analysis and interpretation, strategy development, process management, projectmanagement, creative design, budgeting, stakeholder management, coaching and development of others.

Miami, Fl, Us

As a national account manager at 20:20 I was responsible for managing dual nationwide accounts in the mobile phone, tablet and laptop accessories market. The two accounts were major retails covering over 600 retail stores and managing a customer branded website on their behalf. My role included developing product road maps, retail ranging and preparing marketing plans, managing stock levels to maximise sales whilst minimising risk, conducting market analysis to best predict what the next big product will be and preparing a plan to take advantage of this.Through this role I developed successful relationships with key suppliers and worked with them to grow their business with my accounts as well as developing our own range of customised products that can be designed and branded to our customers specifications. Nurturing relationships with customers and manufacturers wasvkey to my role in order to provide my customer with the best products that can effectively grow their profits as well as keeping abreast of the latest products on offer from manufacturers and make sure my customer has the products they need before anyone else.Key skills from this role are:Project management, team working, marketing analysis, relationship building, verbal and written communication, developing commercial models to align incentives, contract review and negotiation, stock forecasting and managing risk, record keeping of account performance for product reviews and improvement.

Working on the development of a more efficient ecological cooker. Taking it from initial design through to prototype manufacture at El Abra maximum security prison Bolivia. The project included; creative development, innovative design, design experimentation, a social and cultural review of cooking in Bolivia, manufacture analysis and design, and product manufacture in a high pressure environment (El Abra Prison).Key skills from this role are:Adapting to foreign and challenging environments, project management, communication (in a foreign language), creative development, market research.

Wolverhampton, Gb

As a site engineer I was responsible for setting out foundations and structural elements, taking responsibility for site logistics and organisation and aiding communication between the design offices and the on-site team.

was responsible for building setting out, enforcing health and safety procedures, and ba- sic site management.