About me

I love taking messy operational data and creating something a non-analyst can act on. A clear chart, or a dashboard that answers the question people actually asked.

I am an NHS public health intelligence analyst, and a large proportion of my working life has been in healthcare here in Scotland.

My specialism is Statistical Process Control (SPC). Ever had a panicked call from someone senior, or seen short meetings turn into long projects - all because a number on a report was going in a different direction to the previous value? It's not a nice place to be. SPC charts (also known as Process Behaviour Charts) can stop this sort of thing happening, no matter what the number in question represents. And though most of my experience is in healthcare, these methods work in any setting. I've made these specialist charts with Excel, developed custom packages in R, and built dynamic charts natively inside Qlik and Power BI - no 3rd party extensions necessary.

Away from work, I have three children, and two cats. A former rock drummer, I still like my music loud. I'm currently learning Linux, which is why I now know the memes about exiting vim aren't actually jokes.