Usman Arshad
Head of Data and Technology @Gateway Housing Association
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Data and Technology @Gateway Housing Association
London, GB
Reporting to the Director of Finance, IT and Governance, I am responsible for delivering a data and technology transformation program involving business systems, cloud migration and innovation through data and AI.• Migrated the HR, Finance and Housing systems to the cloud.• Procurement and implementation of a new Housing Management System.• Transformed the use of data for business and compliance reporting.• Defined the digital transformation roadmap and data and analytics strategy.• Developed data products to deliver operational efficiencies and actionable business insights.• Established a PMO function and associated programme board for governance oversight.• Responsible for managing 3rd party tech suppliers including IT Managed Service Provider, DR and backup provider, and 3rd party consultancies.
EDUCATION
UCL
M.Sc., Data Communications, Networks and Distributed Systems
Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc)
A-Level, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry
UCL
B.Sc., Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT USMAN ARSHAD
Highly motivated, visionary and commercially astute data and technology professional with strong academic & technical background and extensive hands-on experience of delivering transformative projects, harnessing the power of large data sets, developing data-rich product offerings and leading technical teams. Proven track record of challenging the status quo and translating data analysis into new commercial opportunities. A natural communicator, problem-solver and collaborator, equally adept at developing & delivering a technology roadmap, securing executive buy-in, keeping key stakeholders on-board, or building and leading high-performance teams. A true believer in the ongoing potential of digital transformation and the power of AI and data science, insights and analytics to deliver hugely beneficial societal and economic outcomes.Skills Summary• Programme Management of up to 50 concurrent projects• 7-figure Budget responsibility• Technology and data strategy• Digital Transformation• Building high performing technical teams• Enterprise Architecture• AWS / Azure Certified• Senior stakeholder management• Board level reporting• Offshoring/Nearshoring• Budget Management• Service Delivery• Communication skills• Data Dashboarding• IT/Data security – GDPR, ISO27001 etc.• Project/programme management• Technical: Java |.Net | Snowflake | AWS (Lambda, S3, ElasticSearch, Redshift)| Azure | Cloud Migration | Serverless | Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, Pytorch, NumPy, Seaborn, BeautifulSoup)| Tableau | PowerBI | Git | SDLC | SQL | AI/ML | Generative AI | Data Warehousing | UX/UI | Data Analytics | Data Visualisation | Spark | CI/CD | Docker | Kubernetes | Enterprise Architecture | Master Data Management | Agile/Scrum | Prince2 | APMP | ITIL
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