Richard Proudlock

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ABOUT RICHARD PROUDLOCK

Profile:An experienced IT Professional with 23 years experience in the industry. I have been a contractor for the last 16 years specialising in Data and BI Roles with a variety of high profile clients. I have worked with various data technologies over the years and I feel I bring a great deal of real world knowledge and practical experience to any project which not only reduces costs but also ensures the finished product is robust and promotes best practice.Key Technical & Analysis Skills:BI & Data Business Analysis-Working with business stakeholders to gather, document and then present and agree data requirements and strategy-Production of design artifacts including high level designs, process modelling, detailed functional designs (including use cases/user stories), ETL data mappings and technical designs ensuring end to end traceability.BI & Data ArchitectureArchitectural & Technical Design and build of bespoke Data Solutions, Data Migrations, ETL, ELT and Reporting solutions using technologies such as SQL, Oracle Exadata, Google Big Query, SAS, API Services, ODI, OBIEE, Business Objects, Qlik Sense.Data Modelling & Design-Creation of ERD’s, Schema Designs, Relational (3NF) Modelling, Kimball & Inmon Dimensional Methodology, Nested Structures (JSON and XML data), Data and Process Modelling, Logical and Physical design.Detailed Skills & Experience Summary:Design-Expert in architectural design, analysis and implementation of large scale business critical Data Warehouse/BI solutions, having designed, built and delivered high volume systems for major clients. My aim is to always allow the business to extract maximum value from their data to drive better decision making.Requirements-Excellent requirements gathering skills using both traditional methods such as workshops and other methods such as prototyping where the prototype is designed iteratively in collaboration with the stakeholders-As someone skilled in both Business/Systems Analysis and technology I can ensure business requirements are not “lost in translation” as they move between analysis and development teams. When required I can also greatly reduce time taken to deliver by combining the roles of business analyst, architect, designer and lead developer.Adaptable-An excellent ability to quickly learn new skills and technologies as required and put those skills into practice. For example moving to cloud and service based architectures and working alongside data science teams to understand their model data requirements.