Vicky Avison

Vicky Avison has a diverse range of work experience in the field of data engineering. Vicky currently holds the position of Principal Data Engineer at Plexure, where they started in April 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Plexure as a Staff Data Engineer from December 2021 to April 2023. Vicky also served as the Data Engineering Team Lead at Plexure from July 2021 to December 2021, and as a Senior Data Engineer from January 2021 to July 2021.

Before joining Plexure, Vicky worked as a Lead Data Engineer at KPMG New Zealand from July 2020 to December 2020. Vicky also gained valuable experience at Cox Automotive UK Data Solutions, where they held the positions of Lead Data Engineer from September 2018 to July 2020, and Senior Data Engineer from December 2016 to September 2018.

Vicky began their career as a Big Data Engineer at Big Data Partnership in January 2016, before moving on to British Gas. At British Gas, they worked as a Hadoop Big Data Developer from May 2014 to January 2016, and as an Android Developer from September 2013 to April 2014.

Overall, Vicky Avison has a solid background in data engineering, with progressively increasing responsibilities and expertise gained throughout their career.

Vicky Avison completed their high school education at Harrogate Grammar School from 2002 to 2009, where they obtained A levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Music, and French. In the same year, they also achieved an Associate Diploma in Clarinet Recital from Trinity College London.

From 2009 to 2013, Vicky attended the University of Warwick and pursued a Master of Mathematics (MMath) degree. The degree field is not specified in the information provided.

Additionally, Vicky has obtained various certifications throughout their career. Vicky completed the Algorithms Specialization by Stanford University through Coursera in July 2020. In April 2020, they also completed the Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP Specialization, as well as the Functional Programming in Scala Specialization, both from Coursera. Furthermore, they obtained the HDP Certified Administrator certification from Hortonworks in February 2016, and the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate certification from Microsoft in November 2020.