David Farrell
Business Intelligence Expert

David Farrell

Data reporting analyst at Commonwealth Bank.
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About

David Farrell has over a decade of functional and technical experience with Oracle Applications Release 12 and over five years' experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, Oracle Business Intelligence, Informatica, Oracle Data Integrator, and BI Apps. He has worked as a data analyst for businesses and organizations such as TAFE NSW, NSW Family & Community Services, and Aleron, among others. As a data reporting analyst at the Commonwealth Bank, David has helped the DailyIQ marketing team gain insights into the adoption and use of the product, using tools like Tableau Desktop, Server, and Teradata SQL.

Employment

7 roles
Jan 2019 - Present 7 years 4 months
Data Analyst
Independent
  • Developed and implemented data analyses, data collection systems, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.
  • Interpreted data, analyzed results using statistical techniques, and provided ongoing reports.
  • Identified, analyzed, and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets.
  • Used Oracle Applications Release 12 and BI tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, Oracle Business Intelligence, Informatica, Oracle Data Integrator, and BI Apps. 
May 2018 - Present 8 years
Data Reporting Analyst
Commonwealth Bank
  • Helped the DailyIQ marketing team gain insights into the adoption and use of the product.
  • Utilized tools like Tableau Desktop, Server, and Teradata SQL.
Nov 2017 - Present 8 years 6 months
Trainer
General Assembly
  • Reviewed existing training material and made changes to reflect current practices and own experience.
  • Delivered the course over five days, using training notes, guided exercises, and video presentations.
  • Assisted students with their final project - provided advice, feedback, and formally assessed their work.
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017 3 months
Data Analyst
Commonwealth Bank
  • Provided Tableau/Teradata development and support services to the retail banking group.
  • Developed ad-hoc visualizations on request.
  • Troubleshot and enhanced existing applications.
Feb 2017 - Jul 2017 5 months
BI Analyst
TAFE NSW
  • Compiled lists of existing reports and worked with the business to assess as-is/to-be states.
  • Implemented Proof of Concept Dashboards based on the PeopleSoft DB showing classroom utilization, attrition rates, top ten courses, campuses, etc.
  • Defined reports and dashboards to be developed in PeopleSoft reporting tools.
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017 6 months
BI Analyst
NSW Family & Community Services
  • Compiled lists of existing reports and worked with the business to assess as-is/to-be states.
  • Matched existing reports and their Siebel and Data Warehouse sources and map to Salesforce items.
  • Defined reports and dashboards to be developed in Salesforce reporting tools.
Dec 2015 - Mar 2016 3 months
Tableau Data Analyst
Aleron

Aleron is an IT security consultancy providing services to arrange of companies including the major banks.

  • Created Tableau visualizations to provide insight into IT security training, and security policy implementation and management.
  • Created over 20 Tableau visualizations using spreadsheets and SQL Server as sources.
  • Worked with the business to implement simple and meaningful dashboard to provide both high level insight and drill-to-detail capability.
  • Tested Tableau workbooks, published to Tableau Server, provided general assistance for business and technical users of the Tableau product.
  • Developed Microsoft SSIS packages to import spreadsheets into database tables, for use with Tableau.

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