Your role, and what team are you in?

Data & Insights Manager.

Sum up your role at Quorso in a sentence.

I work with our clients to understand what it is they need, and then my team and I set Quorso up to meet (and hopefully exceed!) their requirements.

What’s your favorite part of your job?

Being there for the whole journey from a potential client talking to us about a problem they want to solve, through to seeing the app in the hands of hundreds of Store Managers across their organization.

Where were you before you joined Quorso, and what did you do there?

I started in retail, working on the registers in a grocer (Tesco) while studying, before moving to work in analytics and sales forecasting in their head office. After that I spent 5 years in consulting (McKinsey), focusing on operations across Europe, and occasionally further afield.

What are your top three career highlights so far?

Tesco: Implementing a weather-based forecasting system. My obsession with how the average Brit plans their BBQs was frankly unhealthy.

McKinsey: Learning how to drop into any country and any industry, and quickly be able to understand what you need to do to help people.

Quorso: Introducing Quorso to the wonderful world of retail!

What do you geek out on – at Quorso, and in non-work life?

Quorso: Excel functions.

IRL: Board games.

Where would you like Quorso to be in five years?

In even more industries than now. The flexibility of what we have all built together really excites me.

If you didn’t do the job you do now, what would be your second choice?

Working in an analytical role in a customer-driven industry like retail. There’s always something new to learn!

If you could retire tomorrow, how would you spend your life?

I’ve lived most of my life in London but I grew up in a small village and would return to that life. Then I’d spend every day going for long hikes and eating ploughman’s lunches in local pubs.

How did you discover Quorso, and what made you want to work there?

A mutual acquaintance of Julian’s sent me in his direction for a chat. After understanding what Julian and Dan were doing, and realizing how it differed from how most people think of analytical tools, I had to join.

Which Quorsan makes you laugh the most?

Dan. He has some pretty unique stories.

Which Quorsan inspires you the most?

I’m always impressed with what Igor and Roma have built, especially when you see what they had to start with!

What’s been your pandemic/lockdown/work from home guilty pleasure?

Using delivered recipe boxes to learn to cook more than just a few staples. My wife and I really enjoy doing that together every day.

What’s your secret for getting great work done?

Pausing notifications on Slack.

How do you relax when life gets really hectic?

I listen to a documentary and make models.

Predict a future use case for Quorso that we’re not working on yet.

I think we could do something really interesting in manufacturing.

If you could go back to yourself when you were starting out your career, what one piece of advice would you give to yourself?

There are many paths to success.