Richard Lees

Current

• Director at EasternMining

Past

• SQL Server Principal at Microsoft
• Director at Relational Solutions
• DB2 Engineer at IBM

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Education

• London Business School
• Victoria University of Wellington

Recommended

13 people have recommended Richard

Connections

231 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• BI Demonstrations

Richard Lees’s Summary

Business Intelligence
Business Strategies to Exploit Data
Large database performance
Clickstream analytics
see http://RichardLees.com.au

Richard has Business Intelligence demonstration applications on http://RichardLees.com.au These include OLAP cubes, Data Mining models, PerformancePoint dashboards and Excel Services.

Richard Lees’s Specialties:

OLAP
Data Mining
VLDB tuning
BI Solutions

Richard Lees’s Experience

• Director

  EasternMining

  (Information Services industry)

  September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)

  Business Intelligence Strategist/Developer
  Working with customers such as CBA Bank, Microsoft, Channel Nine, BankWest, ING, NSW WorkCover, Sony, Lion Nathan etc. Creating, by and large, bespoke solutions, but also some generic solutions such as WebAnalytics and OraclePerformance cubes. For customer testimonials and information on WebAnalytics and OraclePerformance cubes see http://EasternMining.com.au

• SQL Server Principal

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; msft; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 2004 (9 years)

  Richard assisted high end customers create business intelligence solutions and tune very large SQL databases. Richard pioneered the delivery of business intelligence tools, using OLAP and Data Mining, through web browsers. He is known around the world for his tool, ThinSlicer, which supports OLAP cube browsing through Internet Explorer. Thousands of companies around the globe use ThinSlicer to help get information to those who need it. For a demonstration/download of ThinSlicer goto http://RichardLees.com.au/demonstrations
  For videos and case studies see http://RichardLees.com.au

• Director

  Relational Solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1986 — 1995 (9 years)

  Specialist in DB2 relational database design and performance. Richard worked closely with IBM and its customers, typically finance, who were creating relational database applications. Clients included Barclay's Bank (UK), Generale Bank (Belgium) and Gyrobank (Netherlands).
  Richard wrote many journal articles on DB2 for example
  http://RichardLees.com.au/DB2isFastDesignersAreSlow.htm

• DB2 Engineer

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

  1980 — 1985 (5 years)

  Richard was a specialist in databases, helping IBM launch DB2 in Australia and helping early customers have success with DB2.

Richard Lees’s Education

• London Business School

  MBA , Business Strategy , 1988 — 1990

  Top of the class in Business Strategy

• Victoria University of Wellington

  BA (hons) , Computer Science , 1975 — 1979

Additional Information

Richard Lees’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• BI Demonstrations

Richard Lees’s Interests:

Surf lifesaving, swimming, running, sailing, windsurfing, cleaner environment and organic foods.

Richard Lees’s Groups:

Manly Surf Life Saving Club, Manly Yacht Club, LBS Alumni

•    Business Intelligence Professionals
•    The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI™) 2.0
•    Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
•    SIT Man - Sydney IT Management
•    Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Architects
•    Business Intelligence Associates
•    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees
•    BI&DW Australia
•    Manly Surf Life Saving Club