Expert in data science and the platforms to effect them in applications and business functions. Specialisms in programming, mathematics, and data analysis and research for digital and customer insight. Built on years of experience in web marketing and web, mobile, and desktop application development.
Data & Insight Engineer @ Head of:
* Data (strategy, development, applications, and architecture)
* Business Intelligence & Web Analytics
* Reporting & Insight
* UX and A/B Testing
* SEO
Contributing to: eCRM and Paid Marketing
Based in an Agile managed development team for a site with over 750,000 registered users and up to 1m visitors a month and a company named in TNW's European Tech5 in 2015. Current projects in production that I've designed, built, and manage include the following technologies: Python, SQL (Postgres and SQLite), R, Git, AWS S3, Bash, VBA. And develop deliverables through Excel, Tableau, Google Analytics, Mixpanel
I am working in a prototype phase of several products focussing on different technologies. Specifically, Elastic, Kibana, Hadoop; Plotly; neo4js and OrientDB.
Core strength in building analytics solutions; delivering reporting and insight infrastructure; providing and managing advanced data products for online marketing and UX testing, and innovation with machine learning and artificial intelligence, designing products such as recommendation, customer profiling, and system control. From February 2015 to Present (11 months) London, United KingdomData Scientist @ In the digital arm of the business. Domains of insight include customer profile and interaction with all channels including web, branch, and telephony. Responsibilities include research; data modelling, analysis, and visualisation, and direct reporting to multiple business functions.
Primary tools were Teradata SQL, VBA, SAP Business Objects, Tableau, and Excel. But I applied R, Python and custom web apps to aid prototyping and innovation projects presented throughout the business. From August 2014 to February 2015 (7 months) London, United KingdomDigital Media Analyst @ Management of online media accounts and campaigns across a variety of industries including finance and banking, charities, and consumer pharmaceuticals. My role involved programming applications for analytics, reporting, and handling the multiple data providers / platforms used across our client-base, a responsibility that led to a senior consulting position in the company.
My work touched on large-scale rebrands, digital launches, and global digital projects. My specialisms were: web development and site admin; media production, management and planning; tag implementation, site analytics, and media tracking solutions; data management, and analysis; report writing and presentation. From August 2012 to October 2013 (1 year 3 months) Leeds, United KingdomDatabase & Development Executive @ Responsible for campaign management tasks across multiple PPC advertising platforms with client management duties. I also took a role managing, championing, and training on the company's proprietary software and database. Further duties and projects involved SQL, VBA, web development (PHP & JavaScript), analytics implementation, and training and managing graduate employees. From August 2011 to July 2012 (1 year) Leeds, United KingdomGlobal Strategy Analyst @ Graduate strategy and business intelligence role throughout the global rebrand and digital reinvention of one of the world's largest catalogue distributors. From September 2010 to August 2011 (1 year) Leeds, United KingdomDigital Media Developer @ Development and design for multimedia projects including print, web and mobile applications, events, and in-house digital education products. From April 2010 to September 2010 (6 months) Ski Instructor & Technician @ From September 2009 to May 2010 (9 months) Security Supervisor @ From September 2009 to April 2010 (8 months) Project Management Internship @ From June 2007 to September 2007 (4 months)
Master of Science (MSc), Data Analytics, Distinction @ University of Warwick From 2013 to 2014 BA, Economics and English Literature @ University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne From 2006 to 2009 Certificate, Applied Web Development, Database Design And Project Management @ British Columbia Institute of Technology / BCIT From 2009 to 2010 BA Hons Open Degree, Creative & Technical Writing @ The Open University From 2010 to 2012 Mike Taylor is skilled in: Data Science, Data Analysis, Web Analytics, Programming, Python, R, PHP, Excel, MySQL, NoSQL, Java, Haskell, Singing
Websites:
http://www.searchlaboratory.com/,
http://brainstorm-uk.com/,
http://www.haagen-dazs.co.uk/en/UK_Home.aspx