A technical and passionate self-starter.
Key skills and experiences
. Extensive SQL and data analysis.
. Full IT project life-cycle management in AGILE/KANBAN.
. Strategy, marketing and business development.
Employment:
April 2014 - Present: Senior Data Solutions Analyst at RAPP, East
Grinstead, UK
. Assist planning and execution of multi-channel campaigns on behalf of
the biggest brands in the UK.
. Extensive use of SQL to analyse data and provide insight; construct
data schemas for OLAP CUBE overlays providing reporting tools to
business users (using Pentaho reporting platform).
. Work with clients, third party agencies and internal strategists.
April 2012 - April 2014: Technical Business Analyst at MDSL, Tunbridge
Wells, UK- world leading expense management software and service provider
. IT implementation: deployed complex, bespoke, software products across
large and complicated organisations
. Service delivery: Used SQL and other tools to provide technical account
management including business intelligence deliverables, data analysis
and process reengineering and automation
. Analysis and presentation: Analysed client-third party contracts and
presented audit, benchmarking and optimisation reports to clients' senior
IT management
. Testing and product management: UAT testing including collaboration with
QA to shape manual and automated testing; raised and managed
defects/features and maintained stakes in product development
Reference available.
9/2010 - 4/2012: Business Development Analyst at ING Solar Ltd, London, UK
- solar power retailer
. Marketing and sales support: managed online advertising campaigns,
designed and implemented sale and marketing methodologies driven by
software solutions; created marketing collateral and documentation,
managed one-off marketing projects and collected and analysed ROI data,
was responsible for website content and design
. Financial analyst: created multi-variable financial modelling application
for solar investments; produced data and reports for financing
applications, investor proposals and partnership opportunities
. Strategy and planning: advisor to top management on areas of marketing
and sales, financing and partnerships; presented proposals based on
research and analysis
Reference available.
6/2010 - 8/2010: System analyst, Queen Mary University, London, UK
I started a project to test the adoption of a new file system for the Queen
Mary University physics department which receives approx. 15% of the data
produced by CERN (storage space measured in 100s of petabytes). The project
was discontinued due to lack of funding.
11/2003-12/2005 Military service IDF
Squad leader for non-combat training units, and as such was responsible for
the wellbeing, training and education of up to 20 new recruits on a 2-4
month cycle basis.
Education
2007 - 2010 Physics BSc degree from Queen Mary, University of
London. 1st class honours.
2008 - 2009 1 year programme at the University of California
Santa Barbara.
2007 - 2007 6 months general studies at the University of
Iceland
Employment during studies:
12/2008-07/2009: UPS, Santa Barbara, California
High value logistics supervisor.
Summers 2008 and 2009: Petromodel Ltd, Reykjavik, Iceland
Paid internship at this construction industry hi-tech developer.
03/2008-06/2008: Generator CM (Firm no longer dealing), Mayfair, London.
Lead development for financial products.
Software and languages
. Good: Excel, MS SQL, VBA, Windows,
. OK: .Net scripting, Adobe Acrobat, GIMP, Pentaho, Linux (Bash),
. Beginner: Ruby on Rails
. Native speaker: Hebrew, English
. Can get around: French, Icelandic
Recreational activities
. Enjoy team sports; play competitive basketball and amateur football.
. Amateur mountain trekker, chess player and pianist.
. Enjoy reading and cinema, both fiction and non-fiction.
Please contact for references.