# Lawrence Harlow > Software Engineer | Data Science | Consultant Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/lawrenceharlow Looking for entry level roles in engineering or analytics to pursue my career change from SaaS consulting. Based in the San Francisco area with a full right to work visa. ## Work Experience ### Full Stack Engineer @ Le Wagon Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | London Area, United Kingdom Intensive 3 month full time Web development course covering backend and frontend technologies to develop software applications from scratch using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, and HTML and CSS. During which I: - I lead a team to develop Q-hopper, a restaurant booking app that allowed restaurants to replace no show reservations from a queue of people. I specifically handled the backend, database and queuing systems. - Created an event space booking application inspired by AirBnb. ### Business Analyst @ FNZ Group Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom - Delivered a new online equity portal, which automated shareholder valuations and documentation, which reduced time needed to administer the system by 80% and improved employee shareholder engagement - Led a cross department team that developed an internal data strategy, which resulted in the adoption of a data lake house. This significantly reduced reporting time by 50% for critical senior leadership reports - Leading the analysis of FNZ’s annual pay review cycle and reporting of results to senior leadership ### Technical Account Manager @ Xactly Corp Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | London, England, United Kingdom - Managed a portfolio of clients to support their implementation of Xactly's cloud software services.(£250k/year) - Updated clients legacy processes to reduce time to implement by 70% through developing ETL pipelines using Xactly's SQL DBMS solution - Acting as the primary support to each client's technical and strategic priorities- Working throughout the SDLC I managed the implementation of new software using Agile methodologies. Coordinating with Xactly’s development team to successfully deliver projects valued up to $0.5m ### Consultant @ OpenSymmetry Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | London, England, United Kingdom OpenSymmetry is a global consulting company that specialises in the planning, implementation and management of compensation and payment systems - Using SQL with large relational databases to implement compensation schemes - Leading meetings to gather information about pre-existing software and to provide feedback on updates and improvements - Using client briefs to develop, define and implement complex requirements into simple and effective solutions - Quickly understanding new concepts and utilising software tools to complete projects. Different clients use different tools - Working both independently and as part of a wider team to manage project lifecycles ### Associate Consultant @ OpenSymmetry Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom ### Summer Internship @ Luminate Wireless Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Tested the performance of the companies’ product, a small cell network based on distributive cloud computing. - I developed tests to analyze the products S.O.N. abilities as well as helping to develop the test for enterprise boundaries. - Helping locate issues within the LTE system that was used to create the test environment.- ### Consultant @ IBM student consulting Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 A work experience project I applied for and undertook through Southampton University that included completing a training program run by IBMs consulting team. Working in a team for a wine supplier, the objective was to build upon and improve the existing online community experience of its members. Our team delivered a business solution which allowed the company to develop a quality website experience based on increasing knowledge share and website functionality for its members and generate interest to expand their customer base. After 1 month the company had already implemented the improvements suggested and they had received very favourable feedback from members. ### Summer Intern @ BT Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lawrence-harlow --- Source: https://flows.cv/lawrenceharlow JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/lawrenceharlow/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29