Richard Birch
Data Governance Manager
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Birch is a Data Governance Manager with 21 years' experience in retail analytics, currently leading data governance at Asda after a steady progression through supply chain, MI/BI and senior analyst roles. He combines hands-on expertise in SQL, Alteryx, Tableau and Power BI with coaching and cross-functional collaboration to turn operational data into trusted, auditable insights. His MSc in Data Analytics underpins a methodical approach to data quality, lineage and policy that supports large-scale retail decision-making. Richard also brings a developer’s mindset—his GitHub profile highlights an interest in functional programming with Scala—enabling pragmatic automation and reproducible analytics. Based in Leeds, he’s known for bridging technical teams and business stakeholders to improve data confidence across complex, high-volume environments.
21 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Brigshaw High SchoolMaster's degree Data Analytics, Master's degree Data Analytics at BPP
English
Github Skills (76)
python10
journal9
azure-cosmos-db9
shared-libraries9
akka-persistence9
data-api9
java-api9
akka-actors8
minecraft8
servicebus8
spigot8
slick8
scoverage8
jdbc-database8
aggregate8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
UKHomeOffice/drt-analytics
Mar 2020 - Jan 2026
Contributions:17 reviews, 98 PRs, 283 pushes in 5 years 11 months
UKHomeOffice/bluebus
Jan 2019 - Apr 2025
Scala client for Azure ServiceBus
Contributions:4 reviews, 9 PRs, 32 pushes in 6 years 3 months
azure-cosmos-dbazure-servicebusservicebusscalaazure
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