Julian Wait

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About Julian Wait

Senior BI Developer experienced in interpreting data, providing strategic insight and problem solving, specialising in the Microsoft Power BI & the Microsoft stack. Working with commercial teams to drive new business and add tangible value through data led decision making. My background in Project Management has given me a solid foundation in client presentation and agile working methods. Microsoft Certified Data Analyst (PL-300) & Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer (PL-600). I have worked with numerous multinational corporations including Repsol, Ineos, Upfield & Nestle Key Successes: End to End Power BI Solutions at an Enterprise Level – Experienced in delivering Power BI solutions, leading on BI Development and working from initial discovery phases to development and roll out. These have involved integrating and building Power Apps to meet business requirements. Delivery across a wide range of business areas including HR, Projects, Sales, Marketing and Product related data. Managing and delivering Power BI Service deployment – Management of enterprise level deployment within Power BI services. Aligning with best practices, deployment pipelines, building multiple reports from efficient semantic model. Understanding of the latest advancement in CI/CD withinMicrosoft Fabric and Power BI. Data Visualisation and storytelling – creating dashboards and reports to visualise and communicate insights using Power BI. Implementing row level security and adhering to Microsoft best practices and writing efficient and clear DAX. Data modelling – preparing data for analysis and creating semantic models that adhere to Kimball methodology using SQL & other ETL/ELT techniques. Using best practices to build data models that are performant and adhere to best practices Client & stakeholder management - experienced in presenting reports to clients, assessing performance. Working from initial requirements gathering through to deployment and maintenance. Expertise: Data Analysis | Business Analyst | Power BI | SQL | Agile | Google Analytics | Client Presentations | Reporting | Brand Strategy | Business Intelligence | Data Visualisation | Excel | Content Strategy | Data Modelling | Databases | Stakeholder Management | Data Management | Kimball Methodology | Microsoft Fabric