Patrick Onions

Patrick Onions has a diverse range of work experience in data consulting and governance. Patrick is currently a Senior Data Consultant at Amplifi, where they advise and supports clients on data strategy, governance, and management. Patrick is currently involved in delivering records management to an EU financial institution and previously advised on a data mesh implementation at a multi-national publisher.

Prior to their current role, Patrick worked as an Information Governance Consultant at ACADEMIC RESOURCING LIMITED, where they ensured compliance with financial services and personal data regulations. Patrick developed policies, standards, and action plans, and transferred their knowledge to staff members.

Patrick also worked as a Senior Data Architect at Morrisons, where they analyzed mainframe data for a decommissioning program. Patrick documented data, modeled employee data, and identified data dependencies and integration.

Before Morrisons, Patrick held a Data Governance Manager role at both Morrisons and Vision Express. At Morrisons, they delivered data governance in customer, employee, and availability data domains, designed and led the purge of customer records, and supported policy development and process improvement. At Vision Express, they built the data protection function and ensured compliance with privacy laws. Patrick established the function in three months, ensured GDPR compliance, and solved a problem with paper-based patient records.

Additionally, Patrick worked as a Data Protection Manager and Data and Solutions Architect (consulting) at ACADEMIC RESOURCING Ltd. Patrick assessed compliance with data protection legislation for a specialist retailer, and improved record-keeping, processes, and compliance for a financial services company.

Further, Patrick served as a Data Governance Manager at Wilko, where they covered a secondment and revitalized data governance. Their role expanded to include assessing business requirements, formulating a governance strategy, and implementing a six-month plan.

Patrick also worked as a Retail Innovation Project Manager at ASDA, where they initiated and delivered new front-end technology across ASDA stores, including Scan&Go deployment. Patrick managed business cases, estimated costs, coordinated trials, and planned rollout.

Earlier in their career, Patrick held a Services Senior Manager role at Tiger Sheds, where they introduced major changes in HR practice and other operational areas. Patrick successfully implemented a conversion from weekly to monthly-payed staff and improved capacity planning, recruitment, training, and legal affairs.

Before that, Patrick worked as a Principal Consultant at The Knowledge Studio, where they provided consulting services in knowledge management, project management, Lean optimization, production management, and revitalization of a builder's merchant superstore.

Overall, Patrick Onions has extensive experience in data consulting, governance, and project management across various industries and organizations.

Patrick Onions has an extensive education history. Patrick obtained their PhD in Knowledge Management from Leeds Beckett University, where they studied from 2006 to 2010. In 2013, they completed a course called IOSH Managing Safely at Bradley Environmental, focusing on health and safety. Prior to this, they pursued an MBA at Oxford Brookes University from 1999 to 2002. In 1999, they also earned an MSc in Informations Systems from Leeds Beckett University, which they attended until 2001. Furthermore, there is a mention of Selborne College in their education history, but no specific degree or field of study is provided.