Ben Kirchner

Ben Kirchner has a diverse background in data management and consultation. Ben currently serves as a Project Lead for the Strategic Data Management Program at the Northern Territory Government, and previously worked as a Principal Consultant at intelia. Their experience also includes roles as a Managing Consultant and Senior Consultant at Altis Consulting, a Project Lead and Tabular Modeler at the University of New South Wales, and a Lead Consultant at the NSW State Emergency Service. Additionally, Ben has worked as an SQL ETL Developer and Tabular Modeler at APRA, an SQL Server Business Intelligence Consultant at Dimension Data, and a Data Warehouse and BI Consultant at NSW Health. Their early career included positions as a Senior Developer Analyst at Bluestone Group Pty Limited and a Campaign Analyst at Optus.

Ben Kirchner completed their education history as follows:

- From 2016 to 2017, they pursued a Master of Data Science degree at the University of Sydney, specializing in algorithms, cloud computing, machine learning, and data science.

- From 2006 to 2009, they obtained a Master of Science in Advanced Computing (MSc (AdvComp)) from the University of Technology Sydney.

- From 2003 to 2005, they earned a Bachelor of Information Technology (B. IT) degree from Western Sydney University.

Additionally, Ben Kirchner obtained several certifications including:

- Collibra Solution Architecture Certification from Collibra in October 2023.

- Collibra Data Steward Certification from Collibra in September 2023.

- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect in October 2022 from Google.

- Azure Data Engineer certification from Microsoft in 2020.

- Certified ScrumMaster certification in 2015.