Principal Consultant at Rittman Mead
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Principal Consultant at Rittman Mead
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
"A highly talented and experienced Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing consultant with the ability to cross the divide between technical and business consulting"
I have a great passion about data and its value to a business; this is reflected in my blog writings and conference presentations as much as it is in my work as a BI consultant and educator.
Working mainly with Oracle technologies I also have experience of the leading BI and DW offerings from SAP, Netezza, and Microsoft.
Large data warehouse design, ETL design and optimization, BI system review, developer mentoring and training, business consulting
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Providing expert level consultancy on Business Intelligence with a key focus on data warehouse design, performance and data quality.
Developing and delivering training on Oracle Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
Speaker at conferences in North America and Europe
Recent client engagements include those in the Banking and Finance, Telco, Education and Building Materials sectors
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Getronics acquired PinkRoccade.
Responsible for the BI group in the UK. Worked with colleagues in the Netherlands to establish an international BI group. Key contributor to the Getronics Global data warehouse architects forum.
Presented at user group meetings
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2000 — March 2005 (5 years 1 month)
ECsoft (UK) divested part of their operation to Pink Elephant (or PinkRoccade)
Assumed lead in BI group
Main interests:
design and architecture of high performance data warehouses
reporting tools
Also worked with sales and marketing teams to develop new business
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1997 — March 2000 (3 years 1 month)
ECsoft bought Digitus
Worked as a team lead on a major ETL support contract. Moved in to support management and took on the management of several support accounts for major customers in hospitality and airlines (KLM)
Returned to consultancy to take an important role in data warehouse design and development
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 1995 — March 1997 (2 years 1 month)
Initially employed to work on virtual reality simulations but soon moved to mainstream consultancy
Managed a major implementation project for the Metropolitan Police Service to implement and support a networked intelligence system.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1984 — November 1994 (10 years 11 months)
Moved to new start-up that provided innovative (then!) marketing and educational programs for pharmaceutical industry.
Developed the forerunner systems to today's multimedia systems using interactive video, cd-rom, graphic content, networking.
Developed software for trialist data entry in clinical trials (using PRESTEL !!) as a dial-up media.
Developed an interactive audience polling system for conferences and game shows
Vismed operated on a global basis so extensive world travel to support customers at events
(Public Company; Chemicals industry)
January 1978 — 1986 (8 years)
Worked on a mathematical model of the reaction processes over a car exhaust catalyst. Moved to the electrochemistry team to work on fuel cell development for transport and military use. Specialised in carbon surface chemistry and computer modelling of systems.
Applied Chemistry 1973 — 1977
BSc , 1973 — 1977