Bio

Alex Kirkham currently works for Believe Housing as a Business Intelligence developer. He works with complex data covering all aspects of the business. He predominantly works with T-SQL, Power BI, and Wherescape tools to help drive business direction through the development of functional reporting and underlying data warehouse structures.

Prior to starting his career outside of academia, he completed a PhD at Bangor University (Experimental and Cognitive Psychology) under the supervision of Dr. Paloma Mari-Beffa, and worked to increase understanding of verbalisations in cognitive control and task-switching. Following this he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of York with Prof. Steven Tipper on an ESRC funded project entitled 'Visuomotor states of an observer influence person perception: The critical role of emotion'.

Education

Bangor University | Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

Ph.D. in Psychology | September 2009 - March 2013

University of Wales, Bangor | Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

M.Sc. in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience | September 2008 - June 2009

University of Wales, Bangor | Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

B.Sc. in Psychology with Neuropsychology | September 2005 - June 2008

Experience

NHS Business Services Authority | Senior Quality and Information Analyst - Health & Community Services| November 2023 - Present

Believe Housing | Business Intelligence Developer | April 2022 - November 2023

North East Ambulance Service | Senior Information Analyst | February 2018 - April 2022

North East Ambulance Service | Information Analyst | November 2016 - February 2018

University of York | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | March 2013 - November 2016