Resume

ADAM SIMMONS is a Data Analyst and Prompt Engineer with experience in the professional consultancy, arts, education and non-profit/community sectors. He has developed strong skills in communication, visualisation, database management, relational databases, qualitative and quantitative analysis, statistical testing and machine learning methods. He is a creative thinker and problem solver, with a commitment to excellence and a spirit of generosity.

EDUCATION

• 2023-2023 RMIT - Graduate Certificate of Data Science with Distinction - Vice Chancellor’s List of Academic Excellence
• 2021-2021 RMIT - Business Analytics
• 2020-2021 CLOCK Your Skills - Prof Development Award in Creative/Cultural Industries
• 1990-1992 Victorian College of the Arts - Bachelor of Music Performance (Improvisation)

EMPLOYMENT

• 2024 - current     Analyst, Data and Insights                                      Victorian Catholic Education Authority
• 2023 - 2024          Prompt Engineer/Data Analyst                              GHD
• 2022 - 2023          Data Analyst                                                                  The Music Place
• 2022 - 2022          Digital Intern/Consultant                                         KPMG
• 2020 - current     Editor/Co-founder                                                      Dingo Jazz
• 2019 - current     Director                                                                           The Usefulness of Art
• 2017 - 2019          Lead Co-Artistic Director                                          Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues
• 2013 - 2015          Artistic Director/Founder                                         Festival of Slow Music
• 2011 - 2021          Lecturer (shakuhachi)                                               University of Melbourne
• 2003 - 2011          Bookkeeper                                                                   Melbourne Jazz Co-operative
• 1993 - 2022          Performer/Composer/Musical Director             Leader/Various

KEY SKILLS

• Leadership
• Critical thinking & Problem solving
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Documentation and writing skills
• Data Analytics and Visualisation

LANGUAGES, SYSTEMS & APPLICATIONS

• Python
• R
• SQL
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Excel
• Microsoft Office 365 - Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
• Salesforce
• Jira/Confluence
• Airtable
• Neo4j
• NVivo
• Adobe InDesign/Photoshop
• MYOB
• HTML/CSS

Responsibilities include: data management/extraction - data cleaning/wrangling - qualitative and quantitative data analysis - data visualisation - data migration - prompt engineering - creating Excel dashboards - automating emails - website design - public consultations - report writing - creating training materials - strategic planning - consultancy - advocacy - mentoring/teaching - social network analysis - communication and marketing - grant writing - peer assessing - festival production - tour management

Just a few achievements:

• a 50% success rate from over 85 funding applications
• built and designed websites, including for Stop EACOP and Forestone Japan
• appeared on over 100 albums including Kutcha Edwards, Gotye, You Am I, Australian Art Orchestra, RONE, Dan Warner, Pugsley Buzzard
• performed and recorded 100 duets in one month, including social network analysis
• contributed to the report on the review of Queensland’s Public Records Act
• helped refine KPMG’s querying method in NVivo to get obtain results

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