Stephen Williams
Chief Consultant — Certified Data Engineer & Solution Developer
With over 20 years of experience across travel, retail, media, banking, and finance, I transform complex data challenges into streamlined, high-performance solutions across cloud environments. Passionate about innovative data strategies that inspire, engage, and perform under pressure.
Expertise
Core Skills
Career
Work Experience
Chief Consultant
Steleios Technologies (StartUp)
Developing cloud-based data solutions, building highly efficient data pipelines and consulting on cost efficiency of cloud data storage and processing.
Senior Manager — Digital Transformation & Data Analytics
Burgan Bank, Kuwait
Led people analytics and executive dashboard projects using Qlikview, integrating multiple data sources HRMS - Biometric Attendance - Performance System - Learning Management Platform - Payroll - Qualtrics (Survey Tool). Achieved significant cost reduction through Python automation across reporting workflows and 6% improvement in Attrition rates. Introduced and implemented Balanced Scorecard methodology & metrics Dashboard.
Assistant Manager — Strategy & Planning
Commercial Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
Contributed to strategic and operationalplanning across the Bank. The developing and implementing of strategic monitoring initiatives for regulatory compliance. Co-ordinated cross departmental initiatives and projects.
Manager — Business Intelligence
Jawad Business Group, Bahrain
Developed a Business Intelligence solution for 300 restaurants spanning 6 countries and 18 international brands. Delivered dashboards covering Sales & Inventory analysis, Footfall analysis, and Marketing effectiveness — driving a 3× increase in sales, measurable footfall improvement, highly efficient marketing outcomes, and significant reduction in raw material wastage.
Sabbatical
Personal sabbatical — time taken for travel, reflection, community service and personal development.
Associate IT Consultant
Siemens, India (Onsite Project - BBC, London UK)
Worked on BBC London SLA monitoring project integrating multiple data sources through ServiceFlow, delivering structured data pipelines. Worked on London Bus Service real-time monitoring and data integration projects.
Senior Executive — Systems
Cox & Kings, India
Managed travel website data in MySQL and developed web solutions in PHP for one of India's leading travel companies.
Credentials
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Science — Mathematics
Christ Church College, Kanpur University
1994 – 1997
HackerRank Certified — SQL Advanced
HackerRank
2025
AWS Certified Data Engineer
Amazon Web Services
2024 – 2025
AWS Certified Solution Architect
Amazon Web Services
2024 – 2025
Certified Data Science & Data Wrangling
Harvard University
2018
Microsoft Certified Professional — SQL Server
Microsoft
2006