Owen Flanagan

Owen Flanagan has a diverse work experience starting from 2015. Owen began their career as a Business Development Manager at My Tours, where they gained expertise in B2B sales and developed skills in sales automation and market research. Owen then moved on to BuddyBid as a Business Development Manager, where they contributed to the growth of the social commerce app in multiple countries. Later, they worked at Kami as part of the Business Development team, focusing on converting business users in the US to purchase licenses by utilizing SQL queries. Owen also had a brief role as a Business Development Manager at Go Sweet Spot, where they acquired new clients and wrote code to scrape Facebook pages for potential customers. In 2017, Owen worked as a Summer Student at Derceto Ltd, assisting with data analysis tasks and helping engineers with water pump scheduling solutions. Owen continued their association with Derceto in 2018 as an AUT Masters of Analytics Project participant. In the same year, they joined SUEZ Smart Solutions Limited as an Optimisation Engineer, where they specialized in optimization techniques. Additionally, they co-founded and served as a Secretary for the New Zealand Alcohol and Beverages Alliance from 2018 to 2019. Most recently, Owen worked as a Data Scientist at Mott MacDonald, focusing on data analysis and utilizing their skills as a data scientist. Owen is currently employed as a Data Engineer at YouView TV Limited.

Owen Flanagan completed their high school education at ACG Strathallan College from 2000 to 2009. Owen then pursued a Bachelor's Degree at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch from 2010 to 2013, where they studied Physics and Finance with additional interests in mathematics and philosophy. Later, they attended Auckland University of Technology, where they obtained a First Class Honors Master's Degree in Analytics in 2018.