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Data Engineer and BI Specialist with 20+ years’ experience delivering enterprise data solutions across retail, hospitality, and housing sectors. Proven expertise in optimising ETL performance (up to 60%), modernising legacy systems to cloud-based architectures, and developing high-impact reporting and analytics platforms that drive strategic business decisions.…

Richard Yoxon

Data Analyst, Database Developer, Back-End Developer

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Data Engineer and BI Specialist with 20+ years’ experience delivering enterprise data solutions across retail, hospitality, and housing sectors. Proven expertise in optimising ETL performance (up to 60%), modernising legacy systems to cloud-based architectures, and developing high-impact reporting and analytics platforms that drive strategic business decisions.…

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Data Engineer and BI Specialist with 20+ years’ experience delivering enterprise data solutions across retail, hospitality, and housing sectors. Proven expertise in optimising ETL performance (up to 60%), modernising legacy systems to cloud-based architectures, and developing high-impact reporting and analytics platforms that drive strategic business decisions.

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Work Experience

Data Engineer (Contract) at Clermont Hotel Group

May 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025

Reverse engineered legacy commission and reservation data architecture; designed and implemented T-SQL procedures for liabilities; migrated SSIS to ADF and built end-to-end data workflows feeding Azure-based reporting. Developed a Medallion-based Lakehouse using PySpark and Delta tables; delivered Power BI dashboards for Finance and Operations.

Senior Developer (Contract) at De Beers Retail

February 29, 2024 - February 29, 2024

Designed and implemented a SQL-based diamond pricing engine with multi-currency invoicing and SAP integration; contributed to a SAP S/4HANA migration and moved on-premises data to Azure Managed Instances; delivered pricing and inventory data feeds to stakeholders.

SQL Developer / Analyst (Contract) at Clarion Housing Group

January 31, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Reverse-engineered legacy applications, documented ETL flows and data definitions; led data migration to D365; developed SSIS packages and views with exception handling and data cleansing; supported D365 integration of local authority housing benefit submissions.

BI Developer (Contract) at APM Group

August 31, 2016 - August 31, 2016

Implemented end-to-end ETL to ingest cyber standards, automated nightly runs with alerts, and created a deployable release pipeline via Octopus Deploy; built SQL procedures and triggers to support internal processes and reporting.

SQL Developer / Analyst (Contract) at Expedia

September 30, 2015 - September 30, 2015

Developed ETL to cleanse, transform, and map data into a Trading Analytics schema; built a reusable ETL framework aggregating multi-source data (Hadoop, SSAS, DB2, Teradata) for Tableau dashboards and the Data Warehouse.

SQL Developer (Contract) at De Beers Retail

July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2014

Delivered retail data integration and reporting; migrated 10+ on-premise databases to Azure Managed Instances; built pricing and stock integration feeds with SAP; enhanced SSRS/Excel reports for decision-making.

SQL Developer (Contract) at Holman Fenwick Willan

October 31, 2012 - October 31, 2012

Built an ETL to load a data warehouse from Elite 3E; developed document processing web service; improved financial reporting and partner dashboards.

SQL Developer (Contract) at De Beers

December 31, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Delivered ETL of contract data and reporting; collaborated with third-party supplier to deliver data extracts via SSIS; supported Magento integration for online operations and analytics.

SQL Developer (Contract) at Holman Fenwick Willan

April 30, 2011 - April 30, 2011

Provided ETL and data warehousing support for law-firm analytics and reporting; production of finance dashboards and partner reports.

SQL Developer (Contract) at Frances Wilks & Jones Solicitors

February 28, 2011 - February 28, 2011

Delivered data integration and reporting for practice management data; supported ETL and dashboard reporting.

SQL Developer (Contract) at The Royal Institution

January 31, 2011 - January 31, 2011

Developed ETL to load data for reporting and analytics; automated data workflows to support finance and operations dashboards.