Usman Arshad
Head Of Data And Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolUsman Arshad is a seasoned data and technology leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling data platforms, teams and products across healthcare, finance and regulatory sectors. Currently Head of Data and Technology at Gateway Housing Association and a freelance data/tech consultant, he combines hands-on engineering (Java, Python, Snowflake, AWS/Azure) with board-level strategy and seven-figure budget responsibility. He has repeatedly translated complex datasets into new revenue streams and operational savings—most recently leading Snowflake migrations and an offshore Centre of Excellence that cut costs by ~27% at Wilmington. A proven delivery lead, he has managed programmes of up to 50 concurrent projects and built teams of 80+ across software, analytics and operations. Equally comfortable in technical architecture and stakeholder diplomacy, he champions pragmatic AI, data governance and cloud-first transformation. His background includes an M.Sc. from UCL and a track record of shipping mission-critical healthcare systems that improved patient flow and commercial outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
A-Level Physics Mathematics Chemistry, A-Level Physics Mathematics Chemistry at Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc)University College London
Github Skills (102)
python10
automation10
scheduler10
monitor10
apache10
java10
spring-boot10
spring10
machine-learning10
data-engineering9
elt9
data-integration9
dart9
proxy9
windows9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
envious/airflow
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
monitorbigqueryapachedata-lineageprogrammatically
envious/spring-framework
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
Spring Framework
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
spring-bootspringspring-frameworkspring-data
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