University of Oxford

Experienced Data Scientist and Strategy Consultant

United Kingdom

Hg is a European Private Equity fund with c.£10 billion under management. With 30 portfolio companies in the TMT and Services sectors and a proven ability to support management teams to create value. Hg is one of the the largest technology investors in Europe.As part of the Portfolio Value Creation team, I work with companies across their investment life cycle, supporting boards and senior management on key value creation topics. My focus area is in the application of Data Analytics and AI methodologies to drive shareholder value. Topics span long-term data enablement strategy, to more focused strategy projects (e.g. customer churn reduction), to broader operational support (building data infrastructure).I have also been working on building out Hg's Data Analytics team to help Hg's companies harness data and data science. This capability currently consists of a team of data scientists, data engineers off-shore, and Hg's cloud data platform and tooling.

Data Science Lead / Senior Associate

Data Science Lead / Associate

Data Scientist

Based in the Gamma advanced analytics team. Client-facing role, using statistical modelling and machine learning techniques to inform clients' strategic decisionsProjects have included:- Prototyped a churn model for a leading UK pension provider, identifying >£10bn in assets at risk and key customer targets for retention campaigns- Coached clients team to integrate developed churn model into live systems, and to update and develop on an ongoing basis- Developed predictive model to compute risk of component failures in industrial equipment with >80% accuracy- Performed statistical analysis on the impact of external maintenance on subsequent equipment failures for a leading packaging manufacturer

The Boston Consulting Group

Data Scientist / Strategy Consultant

Client-facing role, using statistical modelling and analytics techniques within retail and services sectors Projects have included:- Simulated new staffing and job scheduling models for a large mobile workforce. These simulations were used to determine optimal staffing while maintaining service levels, identifying £2m in potential cost savings- Prototyped a reporting system consolidating  40 data sources for a leading vehicle repair company. New reports are used to align field management behind a key set of metrics driving business performance- Led an analysis of customer behaviour and staffing for a leading premium retailer. Analysis of transaction level data, aligned to staffing levels and CRM data allowed client to better align staffing to customer needs- Performed statistical analysis of transactional data to assess the impact of pricing strategy of a large leisure client across multiple brands and product segments, identifying 4\% margin uplift - Analysed potential locations for UK store-roll out strategies for  a leading coffee shop brand, identifying scope for 30% growth

OC&C Strategy Consultants

Data Analyst / Strategy Consultant

Used big data analysis, for applications in online marketing. Promoted to team lead role within 11 months. Responsibilities included:- Managed a team of 5 analysts, developers and data scientists performing large scale data analysis on >5TB of data.- Responsible for developing performance measures for core algorithms, reporting key business metrics to senior management- Engaging with clients to providing technical insight and support.

VisualDNA

Lead Data Scientist

- Analysed large scale data using R and Scalding/Hadoop- Developed performance measures for internal algorithms- Designed and implement various machine learning algorithms, leading to 20% improvement in data quality

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