Summary
James Clare is a Data Engineer Manager with a decade of experience turning complex advertising and corporate datasets into automated, actionable insights. He excels at streamlining workflows using Power Query, Alteryx, Omniscope and SQL, and is the go-to troubleshooter for automation and error-checking across matrixed teams. At MediaCom and PHD he delivered dynamic dashboards and API-driven pipelines for ad metrics (Comscore, CM, Flashtalking) that saved significant analyst time and reduced manual reporting. With an MSc in Applied Mathematical Modelling and a background in predictive failure modelling using ANSYS, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with practical engineering to simplify clients’ needs into elegant outputs. Known for a dry sense of humour and collaborative leadership, he trains and mentors peers while driving measurable process improvements. He often surfaces non-obvious optimisations in legacy reporting that deliver outsized operational gains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
St Edwards Church of England School
BSc, Mathematics, BSc, Mathematics at University of Greenwich