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Athos Athanasiou MSc

Associate and Data Engineering Team Lead
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Athos leads the Data Engineering Team within IT, a group of data specialists able to meet the diverse reporting and data analytics requirements of Barnett Waddingham in a rapidly changing world.

He is also responsible for the day-to-day running of the databases behind all the production systems at BW.

Athos is a subject matter expert for databases and data engineering. This includes data analysis, data architecture, database administration, cloud architecture, automation, DevOps, and ETL.

He spearheaded the adoption of DevOps principles and culture within BW IT. This included introducing the ideas of Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Continuous Deployment to streamline the software project lifecycle.

Athos has represented IT on the Pensions Actuarial Software Group, helping to develop spreadsheet systems, and spent nine months on secondment with Pensions Actuarial.

He was the initial creator of both Connect (BW's in-house CRM system), and Bulk Mail (BW's email system). Athos has also helped develop many other systems in use in the firm (including Pensions Dashboard, V5/V8, BWWord, Directory, Party WebSite), and has worked on the database aspect of all the rest.

Significant experience:

  • Helped develop Insight, which provides pensions schemes data direct to Trustees.
  • Data architecture consultant for our SIPP, Illuminate, Taskstream, Penstream and other systems.
  • Set up, maintained and curated our Tableau environment.
  • Worked on the first major product in our new Cloud environment and helped establish how cloud based software projects should be structured in this environment and what the standards and conventions should be.
  • Looked after BW’s databases for over 20 years, ensuring they are secure, optimised, and free from problems

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Career

Athos has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years and has been with Barnett Waddingham for over 20 years. He has a background in Mathematics and Astrophysics. He started off as a Software Developer and later helped lead the London Software Team.  Ten years ago, he moved towards DevOps automation, database administration, and data engineering, now heading up the Data Engineering team.

Membership

Athos represented Barnett Waddingham on the Cheapside Business Alliance, and used to chair the Cheapside Culture and Tourism Subcommittee.

Interests

Athos is a poet and spoken word artist. He performs his poetry in London, and has performed at festivals such as Latitude. He is keen on all aspects of space exploration and enjoys studying the science and technology involved. He is also interested in reading and writing Science Fiction.