Mark Barrett

Want to get the most out of your data?

We should talk.

As an experienced data consultant, I specialise in helping organizations unlock the value of their data through collaboration and partnership. With 15 years of experience in data science, analytics, engineering, and visualisation, I have a proven, award-winning, track record of driving results through the innovative use of data. I specialise in identifying opportunities to automate processes, increase efficiency, and generate new revenue streams.

I love helping companies build skilled, high-performing data teams to collaborate with their existing subject matter experts. Through this co-creation, new opportunities are not only identified, but also executed to turn ideas into products that unlock additional value within your business.

Get in touch to arrange an initial chat:

mark@datadives.co.uk
07460 180 961

Here’s what I do.

 

    • Advising the board and helping to facilitate longer-term strategies to generate new revenue streams and efficiency savings

    • Translating complex problems and solutions back to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand format

    • Feedback on current processes and where improvements can be made

    • Presenting back to the board to explain complex solutions and how they can help drive the business forward

    • Getting buy-in from management teams to implement data strategy as part of their team goals.

    • Identifying quick wins that can make a difference and get buy-in from a range of stakeholders

    • Finding the value in the data clients hold and spotting opportunities to use it differently

    • Hackdays and idea generation sessions

    • Identifying the roles needed for success

    • Interviewing and helping to hire data teams for clients with the right skills for your business

    • Advising and coaching managers to create motivated teams

    • Facilitating discovery processes to understand what data is collected across different departments

    • Bringing data together into a single platform to have a "single version of the truth" and navigating through the internal politics of releasing data into a central location

    • Advising on how to improve data quality (manual, and automated methods)

    • Advising on cloud solutions for data storage and usage

    • Gathering requirements to create useful management KPIs

    • Getting data out of convoluted excel spreadsheets and into useable, interactive dashboards

    • Removing over-reliance on single points of failure

 

Feedback.

 

“You have left a great legacy at Lead Tech and it’s been a real pleasure working with you, I’ve certainly learnt a lot. Once again thanks for everything. You should be really proud of what you’ve accomplished, including the fantastic team and department you have created!”

— Paul Walsh, Owner, Lead Tech

“With Mark's help, and that of the team he has established, we have been able to improve reporting, automate processes, predict outcomes and visualise data through clear and interactive dashboards. This has driven improved commercial performance and enabled my team to be more effective, efficient and make better, more timely decisions. Mark’s ability to take business issues and identify ways to solve them quickly using his data science expertise is second to none.”

— Matt Cox
Head of Marketing

“Mark built our data team from scratch, fostering an incredibly positive and collaborative work environment in which everyone was inspired to do their best work. He has a remarkable knack for identifying high-impact projects that drive significant value for the business. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Mark, very proud of the work the team did together, and I hope we get to work together again :)

— Ben Davies
Senior Data Science Engineer

  • NESTA - Top 50 "New Radicals"

    For "Building a creative community around the principles and potential of Open Data”. A nine-month programme – supported by Leeds City Council in partnership with open data expert Mark Barrett - included extensive outreach and engagement with public, private and third sector organisations and has resulted in a number of new technologies being created using data sets released by Leeds Data Mill.

  • CREATIVE ENGLAND - Top 50 most creative companies in England

    “Hebe Works is a media and technology company based in Leeds - one of the fastest-growing media brands in the UK.”

  • HEALTH SERVICE JOURNAL - Top 50 innovators in healthcare

    “Mark created the GP Ratings iPhone app, which helps patients pick a good GP surgery in their area. The app uses 42 million pieces of data (an average of 4,000 ratings per surgery) to surface data in an understandable format − star ratings. He also co-founded Leeds Data Thing, a group to explore the benefits of open data across industry within the city.

    What the judges said: “He created GP Ratings, which has a new way of handling GP data. He’s become a leading light locally in open data.”

  • THE GUARDIAN - Top 100 New Radicals

    “Created by open data expert Mark Barrett in 2013 with the aim of creating a new generation of data-driven citizens and businesses, saving time, cost and resources. An iPhone app, described as a "TripAdvisor for healthcare" recently reached number one on iTunes.”