I am a senior leader in Advanced Analytics with 20+ years of experience promoting, advocating, developing and delivering Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Business Intelligence and Strategic Analytics solutions across large-scale enterprises. I am a mentor, thought leader and data detective—hunting for clues to solve complex business questions, selecting the most useful analytical tools, wrangling data, and adapting methods to yield deep insight and catalytic action. I excel at translating thorny questions into valuable business insight by building trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, and by nurturing an environment where staff thrive and grow their capabilities. I design, develop and deliver AI, ML and optimization solutions, and provide strategic analytics consulting to senior leadership to meet organisational objectives.

Clancy Birrell

I am a senior leader in Advanced Analytics with 20+ years of experience promoting, advocating, developing and delivering Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Business Intelligence and Strategic Analytics solutions across large-scale enterprises. I am a mentor, thought leader and data detective—hunting for clues to solve complex business questions, selecting the most useful analytical tools, wrangling data, and adapting methods to yield deep insight and catalytic action. I excel at translating thorny questions into valuable business insight by building trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, and by nurturing an environment where staff thrive and grow their capabilities. I design, develop and deliver AI, ML and optimization solutions, and provide strategic analytics consulting to senior leadership to meet organisational objectives.

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I am a senior leader in Advanced Analytics with 20+ years of experience promoting, advocating, developing and delivering Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Business Intelligence and Strategic Analytics solutions across large-scale enterprises. I am a mentor, thought leader and data detective—hunting for clues to solve complex business questions, selecting the most useful analytical tools, wrangling data, and adapting methods to yield deep insight and catalytic action.

I excel at translating thorny questions into valuable business insight by building trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, and by nurturing an environment where staff thrive and grow their capabilities. I design, develop and deliver AI, ML and optimization solutions, and provide strategic analytics consulting to senior leadership to meet organisational objectives.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Strategic Leader, BI & Analytics at Griffith University
January 1, 2021 - Present
Lead a team of 17 Analysts delivering strategic and tactical analytics for the organisation, providing executive analytical support for investigative analytics and data science, and delivering holistic source-of-truth BI solutions.
Manager, Advanced Analytics at Griffith University
October 1, 2015 - January 1, 2021
Expanded function to include BI; bridging the gap between data science and business through trusted stakeholder relationships and delivery of strategic analytics and data problem solving.
Director & CDO at DataSharpener - Data science consulting service
June 1, 2014 - January 1, 2023
Directorship of data science consulting; customer marketing analytics, BI dashboards and machine learning solutions; strategic analytics service provision across multiple domains.
Advanced Analytics Specialist & Manager at Suncorp Group
October 1, 2010 - September 1, 2015
Led analytics staff; customer behavioural analytics; statistical analysis; marketing campaign testing; development of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics and decision support products.
Actuarial Analyst at WorkCover Queensland
July 1, 2009 - October 1, 2010
Actuarial analysis and gazetted risk rates; 6-sigma process improvement; dashboard development for distribution to Queensland businesses regarding workers' compensation claims and payouts.
Consumer Credit Risk-Behavioural Analyst & Manager at GE Money Australia
July 1, 2002 - June 1, 2009
Leadership of analysts; Basel II modelling and commentary; delinquency and loss statement analysis; development of BI and customer behavioural modelling.
Consumer Credit Risk - Behavioral Analyst & Manager at GE Money Australia
July 1, 2002 - June 1, 2009
Leadership of analytics team focusing on consumer credit risk modelling, Basel II analysis, delinquency and loss statement commentary; development and deployment of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics; BI reporting and data-driven decision support.

Education

Master of Applied Statistics at Macquarie University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor of Applied Mathematics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003
Master of Applied Statistics at Macquarie University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor of Applied Mathematics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

Statistical Horizons – Survival Analysis
January 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Statistical Horizons – Multilevel and Mixed Effects Models with R
January 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025
Big Data in Education – edX
January 1, 2020 - December 19, 2025
NLP – Natural Language Processing with Python – Udemy
January 1, 2020 - December 19, 2025
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms – Prof Seyedali Mirjalili – Udemy
January 1, 2019 - December 19, 2025
Multi-objective Optimization Problems and Algorithms – Prof Seyedali Mirjalili – Udemy
January 1, 2019 - December 19, 2025
Crash course in Causal Analytics – Coursera
January 1, 2018 - December 19, 2025
Deep Learning.ai – Coursera – Andrew Ng
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Data Science Specialisation – Coursera – Johns Hopkins
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Introduction to ML – Coursera – Andrew Ng
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Introduction to AI – Coursera – Peter Norvig & Sebastian Thrun
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Predictive Analytics with R - SSAI
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Hadoop for Statisticians – SSAI
January 11, 2030 - December 19, 2025
Statistical Horizons – Survival Analysis
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2025
Statistical Horizons – Multilevel and Mixed Effects Models with R
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2025
Big Data in Education – edX
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
NLP – Natural Language Processing with Python – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019
Multi-objective Optimization Problems and Algorithms – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019
Crash course in Causal Analytics – Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
Deep Learning.ai – Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026
Data Science Specialisation – Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 6, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Education, Government, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment