Pension Protection Fund
Simon Aarons has a diverse work experience in the field of data and solution architecture. Simon has held various roles in different companies, including being the Head of Data and Interim Head of Development & Testing at Pension Protection Fund. In this role, they managed strategy, platform integration, micro-services, visualization, portals, architecture, and product management. Simon also has experience as a Consultant - Data Architect, where they focused on enterprise data and solution architecture, data transformation, management, and analytics programs. Simon has worked with various technologies, including Azure Cloud Services, SQL, Power BI, Databricks, and Python. Simon has also held positions such as Data Architect at The Pensions Regulator, Senior Data Architect at Baringa Partners, and Data Architect at Capita, Pinsent Masons, ASOS.com, Savills, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, and HSBC.
Simon Aarons attended Beal High School, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. In terms of additional certifications, Simon obtained the following certifications from LinkedIn: NoSQL Essential Training, Power BI Data Modeling with DAX, Power BI Mistakes to Avoid, Architecting Big Data Applications: Real-Time Application Engineering, Azure Data Studio Essential Training, Data Ingestion with Python, Data Strategy, Azure Data Lake for Developers, Introduction to Spark SQL and DataFrames, and Microsoft Azure Synapse for Developers. The certifications were obtained between December 2021 and February 2022.
Pension Protection Fund
We protect millions of people throughout the UK who belong to defined benefit pension schemes. If a pension scheme’s employer becomes insolvent, and they can’t afford to pay their members their promised pensions, we’ll compensate them financially for the money they’ve lost. As a public corporation we manage £32 billion assets on behalf of our 249,000 members and it’s our mission is to pay the right people, the right amount at the right time.