Hi, I’m Warren.

What I do: I am an independent Business Intelligence consultant, specialising in Business Intelligence (BI) & Visual Analytics using the IBM Cognos suite of BI reporting tools and Tableau. Basically, I’m a “Reporting & Analytics” guy, and I’ve been involved in the business intelligence field since 1998 in a variety of roles including report developer, manager, team leader and consultant. I also design and build WordPress web sites. I have experience in both large and small companies, creating reporting and analytical solutions for my customers.
My Background: I have a Bachelors degree in Commerce (B.Comm), majoring in Accounting which I earned at Western Sydney University and I have also completed several courses on Targeted selection interviewing, Leadership development and Problem-solving (Kepner Tregoe). I’ve worked in a number of industries such as Banking and Finance, Utilities, Construction, Consulting, Education, Broadcasting and Truck Retail and Servicing. I believe in the importance of listening and understanding my customer’s needs as well as the value of building solid reporting frameworks for current and future reporting needs.
Years involved in the Business Intelligence Industry
Years as a Freelancer
Happy Reporting Guy
Software Skills
- Cognos BI Analytics 11.2.x
- Data Modules and Data Sets
- Framework Manager
- Transformer
- Cognos Administration
- Tableau Desktop
- Data Preparation
- Data Visualisation
- Dashboard Design
- Power BI
- Power BI Desktop
- Data Preparation
- Data Visualisation
- Dashboard Design
- WordPress development
- Website redesign
- Elegant Themes Divi Builder
- MailChimp
- Photoshop CC
- Lightroom CC
- Illustrator CC
- Premiere Pro CC
- Office 2016/365
- Visio 2016/365
- Publisher 2016/365
- VBA for Office
- Mind Manager 2017
- SQL Server 2019
- Oracle
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Athena
- IBM DB2
- CPA Australia – Associate member
- Justice of the Peace (NSW)
Experience
Education
Other things I do: In my spare time I study the martial arts of Tae Kwon Do, Haidong Gumdo and Lie He Ba Fa. I currently hold the belt rank of 2nd Dan Black Belt (Kukkiwon Certified) in Tae Kwon Do and 1st Dan Black Belt (World Haidong Gumdo Certified).
In 2011, I qualified to become a Tae Kwon Do Instructor with Nepean Martial Arts that is based in the Western Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.