Hello, I'm

Laurie Appleton
(She/They)

NHS Data Analyst
& IT Professional

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About Me

Experience

10+ Years Working

Education

10+ Years Learning

Generated Value

£500,000+

I have a wide range of experience in different business areas and consider myself a “Jack of Trades” in the office with experience in Finance, Management, HR, Marketing and IT Functions. My key interest is in data and what we can do with it, and I currently work in NHS England as a Senior Analyst. I also run two businesses, a Computer Sales, Repairs, and Website Development company, and a Business Outsourcing service for Finance, HR, Marketing and IT.

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Qualifications and Membership

MSc Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (Studying 2024 to 2026)
UNIVERSITY OF YORK

MSc Innovation, Leadership and Management
UNIVERSITY OF YORK

BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance
LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY

Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGERS

Level 5 Diploma in Trading & Financial Market Analysis
LONDON INSTITUTE OF BANKING AND FINANCE

Foundation Chartered Manager (fCMgr)
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGERS

Certified Financial Accountant (AFA MIPA)
INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANTS

Analytical and IT Skills

SQL
TABLEAU
ALTERYX
POWERBI
PYTHON
HTML & CSS
EXCEL VBA
R
JAVA
C
Career History

For full details of my career, please check my LinkedIn.

2024 - PRESENT
PROGRAMME ANALYST
WEST YORKSHIRE & HARROGATE CANCER ALLIANCE

Currently working as a Programme Analyst in the Cancer Alliance.
Working with SQL, Python and Power Automate to analyse patient level cancer data and health inequalities, with a focus on automation and efficiency.

2020 - PRESENT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
APPLETON IT SOLUTIONS

Own company offering local B2C/B2B IT Solutions and Sales.
Websites developed with WordPress, MySQL, HTML, CSS, PHP, JS.
Over 40 Custom PC Builds, 5 Large B2B Website Projects.
Over £250,000 of revenue since 2019 with high profit margins.

2023 - 2024
SENIOR COSTING ANALYST
NHS ENGLAND

Returned to the Costing Team, now under Efficiency.
Working primarily with SQL, Python, R and VBA to perform data operations, as well as PowerBI and Excel for visualising data.
Exploration of AI Models to reduce manual operations.

2022 - 2023
SENIOR DATA ANALYST
NHS ENGLAND

Secondment within the Performance Analysis Team.
Working primarily with SQL, R, VBA, Foundry, Contour to perform data operations, as well as Tableau and Excel for visualising data.
Project linking AWOS/ASOS METAR weather data to NHS Trusts.

2021 - 2022
COSTING ANALYST
NHS ENGLAND

Costing Analyst within the Pricing and Costing Team.
Working with SQL, Alteryx, VBA and Excel to collect, clean and analyse PLICS costing data from over 200 NHS Trusts nationally.

2019 - 2021
BUSINESS/FINANCE ANALYST
CORNEL BUILDING SERVICES

Business/Finance Analyst and Accountant in a Construction SME.
A translator between finance and operations through data analysis.
Responsible for Finance, Procurement Legal, HR and IT functions.
Drove the company to over £50,000 worth of annual cost savings.

2017 - 2019
HEAD OF DATA ANALYSIS
SSENTIF INTELLIGENCE

Head of Data Analysis in a NHS/LA Data Analytics SaaS SME.
Responsible for onboarding of new analysts, training and documentation including maintaining an internal wiki.
Participated in daily scrums with Management and Developers.

2016 - 2019
DATA ANALYST
SSENTIF INTELLIGENCE

Data Analyst in a NHS/LA Data Analytics SaaS SME.
Working primarily with VBA, Excel, SPSS and Proprietary Software to reverse engineer, collect, clean, analyse and present data for NHS and Local Authority clients.

Endorsements and Reviews

What do people I've worked with or for say?

Laurie was a great member of the team, always going above and beyond their duties. They could always be relied upon to deliver to a high level and on time. Would hire again in a heartbeat.
Jack Hardman
Head of Costing
Laurie was always quick to respond and made sure that any requests were carried out promptly and efficiently. I am sure our paths will cross again as Laurie regularly makes themselves available if we need help at short notice, so I can not rate them highly enough as a valuable colleague and would recommend them to anyone who is considering them.
Nick Owens
Programme Lead/Data Support
I found Laurie to be an exceptional “team player”, with an eagerness to learn and strong capacity to adapt to upcoming challenges. These attributes combined with strong analytical abilities and constant proactivity meant that they were able to deal with all the situations thrown at them during BUCK'16 convention. Stress resilient, team oriented and quick to react and learn.
Quentin Le Roux
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
I have worked with Laurie on different projects and in different capacities. Their work-ethic and enthusiasm is unrivalled by anyone I have worked with. The quality of the work produced for the Enactus team at Leeds Beckett helped us develop hugely in the last academic year and Laurie was an integral part of the team.
Sarah Eaves
Account Director
Used Laurie for a full PC build after supplying all parts to him, done within a day and everything working perfect, saved me a hassle!
ThomasH-499
Appleton IT Solutions Customer
I asked if they could recover data from my old broken laptop and put it on my new laptop as I had many old photos and files stored on the computer. Laurie said I could drop off my laptops and they would be transferred over. I picked up my laptop the same day and all of my files were neatly organised in a folder for me. The price was cheap and I was very thankful to Laurie for their help. Would recommend.
DebbieM-1192
Appleton IT Solutions Customer
I asked Appleton IT to build me a new rig with a Ryzen 5800x CPU and Nvidia RTX 3070. It took a while to find the parts due to shortages but Laurie was more than happy to advise and passed on the products at retail price as part of a build which I was very happy about. Laurie went through the setup with me after building it showing how well it performs in benchmarks and how the temps and speeds were. They were knowledgeable and friendly and I would use him again.
SimonW-1088
Appleton IT Solutions Customer
Laurie is an exceptional young person, who manages to surprise me every time for their passion and quality of work.
Jonathon Thornton
Data Analyst
Laurie is determined, confident and is not afraid to fight for what they believe in. Laurie is kind and supportive, and would be a great addition to any team!
George Lloyd-Anderson
Junior PHP Developer
I have worked alongside Laurie on numerous projects at SSentif and I must say that Laurie is quite a witty young person, they are is always very keen in working on projects and always deliver to the highest level. I can say that they are an excel guru. Laurie is also a great team player and is always keen in helping when needed.
Lutchmee Calleemallay
Data Analyst

In my spare time

I have a caravan on the coast that I often go to with my daughter Minnow and my dog Oslo, it’s my home away from home where I get to relax and enjoy the sea, and probably the thing I enjoy doing most in my spare time.

I enjoy tinkering with anything technology, from having smart bulbs around the house with voice activation, to automating my own budgets with programming and open banking technology. I actively keep up to date with the latest and greatest, you’ll catch me watching a Linus Tech Tips video often! 

I run my own business building computers and doing repairs, this took off during the pandemic but in recent months I have slowed this down to focus on other things. I’ve built over 40 computers for local customers, repaired 10+ laptops, and also built custom NAS and Server systems, and websites, for local businesses.

I’m also a big gamer, I enjoy PC Gaming, and also have a PS5, Xbox Series S and Nintendo Switch, though I don’t have as much time for that these days as I am often busy spending time with my family, which is what I live for!

Want to know anything else about me? Just ask!

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