Andy Knight
About Andy Knight
Andy Knight is a Senior Professional Services Consultant at Talend, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in data governance, data cataloguing, and business intelligence, having led projects for organizations such as Astra Zeneca and the NHS.
Work at Talend
Andy Knight has been employed at Talend as a Senior Professional Services Consultant since 2021. In this role, he has led significant projects, including a proof of concept data mesh governance initiative for Astra Zeneca. His work involves leveraging Talend's data integration and management tools to enhance data governance and analytics capabilities for clients.
Previous Employment Experience
Prior to his current role at Talend, Andy Knight held various positions in the data and business intelligence sector. He served as a Director and BI Consultant at Sthenica from 2013 to 2020. He also worked as a Data Engineer at sales-i for nine months in 2020-2021. His earlier roles include Technical Consultant at Aptean, Technical BI Architect at B3View, and Support Systems Analyst at Hermes Datacomms.
Education and Expertise
Andy Knight studied at Burton Borough from 1991 to 1996. His expertise lies in data integration, business intelligence, and data governance. He has developed a batch BI data platform using Talend Studio/Cloud, SQL Azure, and Power BI for the NHS, showcasing his technical skills in data management and analytics.
Key Projects and Contributions
Throughout his career, Andy Knight has contributed to several notable projects. He managed a large-scale PII data classification and cataloguing project for Aldermore Bank, which involved over 2000 tables across 20 databases. Additionally, he worked on a data warehouse build using Talend and Snowflake, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in Terraform and CI-CD for devops pipelines for Tokio Marine Kiln insurance.