Philip (Mertin) Strydom

Philip (Mertin) Strydom has a diverse work experience spanning over 14 years. Philip (Mertin) is currently working as a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant at Decision Inc. since September 2020. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Qlik Consultant at Insight Consulting from January 2019 to June 2020. From July 2018 to December 2018, Philip worked as a Qlik Consultant at Birds Eye Metrics, where their main responsibilities included working on the Consolidated Business Review model and providing support for various BME apps. Before that, they served as a Qlik BI Consultant at Inteleqt Consulting from March 2016 to June 2018, where they worked on various projects including risk, treasury, finance, and credit risk models for clients like Barclays Capital.

Earlier in their career, Philip worked as a BI Specialist at Omnia Holdings from May 2013 to February 2016, and as an IT Specialist at Fixx iT | ICT Consultancy & Websolutions from April 2012 to March 2013. Philip (Mertin) also gained experience as an Analyst Developer at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd from December 2008 to March 2012, and as a SAS Analyst Programmer at both Allianz (June 2008 to November 2008) and Barclays (September 2007 to February 2008). Philip started their career as a VBA End-User Application Developer at The Wearhouse Group in June 2007.

Philip (Mertin) Strydom's education history begins in 1992 when they attended Hoërskool Hugenote. It is unclear from the provided information whether they obtained a degree from this institution. In 2008, Philip attended SAS and completed the Advanced Programming for SAS 9 certification. In 2009, they enrolled in the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika and completed the IISA Short Course in Elements of Short Term Insurance. From 2016 to 2016, Philip pursued certifications from Qlik, including Qlikview Developer Certification and Qlikview Designer Certification. In 2017, they obtained the Qlik Sense Data Architect Certification. Additionally, in 2022, Philip obtained a Qlik Sense Data Architect Certification from Qlik.