Shane Gibson
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Shane's Background
I am known for my practical, no-nonsense approach to solving complex data challenges. With over 30 years of experience, I’ve dedicated my career to helping organisations design, deliver, and scale their data practices by adopting innovative patterns that simplify how data teams work.
Drawing on my experience as a consultant, architect, agile coach, and product manager, I iterate and publish patterns and pattern templates to bridge the gap between technical data teams and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment in delivering valuable outcomes.
I have worked in the Data and Analytics domain in a variety of roles including Agile Data Coach, Agile Data Architect (Enterprise, Solution and Data), Agile Data Trainer, DataOps Coach, Presales Consultant and Company Founder.
Between 1996 and 2007 I worked with major international data and analytics software companies including QSP, Oracle and SAS. In 2008 I founded OptimalBI, a multi-million dollar Business Intelligence consultancy based in Wellington New Zealand. Since 2013 one of my focuses has been coaching New Zealand teams on how to deliver Data and Analytics using an Agile mindset and Agile Data patterns and in 2018 I founded PitchBlack to focus on the delivery of Agile Data coaching and DataOps. In 2019 I co-founded a startup, AgileData.io, with the aim of removing the complexity of managing data by combining a Software as a Service (SaaS) data platform with proven AgileData Ways of Working.
I am the host of the AgileData Podcast and was one of the fouding co-hosts of the No Nonsense Agile Podcast for the first 113 episodes
I have authored a number of courses including Gather data requirements in 30 minutes using a shared language , Big Data courses for Cloud Academy and a series of Agile Data private courses for data teams.
An experienced public speaker, Shane regularly speaks at local and international conferences and meetups on subjects across the Agile, Product and Data domain.
I am currently writing the first book in the Agile Data Guide series, An Agile Data Guide to Information Product Canvas.
I have worked with both private and public organisations such as Accident Compensation Corporation, AMP, ANZ Bank, Contact Energy, Department of Corrections, Farm Focus, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Genesis Energy, Meridian, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand on Air, New Zealand Transport Agency, Oranga Tamariki, PowerCo, Powershop, Taranaki Savings Bank, Telecom NZ, Tertiary Education Commission, Vector and Xero.
ROLE BASED BIO’S
Author - AgileData Book
Shane Gibson is the co-founder of AgileData, and has spent a large portion of his 30 year data career developing an AgileData Way of Working which combines patterns from the agile, product and data domains.
Shane started his data career in the enterprise data space working for Oracle and SAS, before founding and growing OptimalBI, a boutique Data and Analytics consulting company. He has worked with enterprise organisations across a range of industries including Government, Energy, Telecommunications, Insurance and Banking.
Since 2013 Shane has focused on coaching data and analytics teams on how to deliver data and information with an agile mindset by adopting AgileData patterns. He is the host of the AgileData Podcast and the co-host of the No Nonsense Agile Podcast.
Shane splits his time between the Kapiti coast in New Zealand and Somerset in the UK, brewing or drinking craft beers and ciders in both locations.
AgileData Coach
Shane has worked in the Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics domain since 1996 in various roles from pre-sales roles with major international software companies, founding a multi-million dollar Business Intelligence consultancy in 2008 and co-founding a Software as a Service AgileData startup in 2019.
Since 2013 Shane’s focus has been coaching New Zealand teams on how to deliver Data and Analytics using an AgileData mindset and techniques.
Shane has coached or trained Data and Analytics teams in both private and public organisations such as ANZ Bank, Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand Transport Agency, Department of Corrections, Accident Compensation Corporation, PowerCo and Contact Energy,
Agile Architect Bio
Shane has worked in the data and analytics domain in a variety of architecture roles, assisting a wide range of public and private organisations.
This has included crafting architecture documents to provide data blueprints, modern reference architectures, data management frameworks and master data management strategies.
Shane has worked across a myriad of technologies and techniques from traditional relational based platforms and tools, though the advent of self service visualisation and big data platforms. He is now actively engage with a number of organisations deploying modern data platforms leveraging a combination of cloud and open source capabilities.
Shane has been the architecture owner or technical lead on a number of data implementations.
DataOps Delivery
Shane has worked in the Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics domain since 1996 in various roles from pre-sales roles with major international software companies, founding a multi-million dollar Business Intelligence consultancy in 2008 and co-founding a Software as a Service AgileData startup in 2019.
He worked for over 10 years in principal pre-sales roles for both SAS and Oracle. In 2008 he founded OptimalBI, where he worked with a myriad of traditional and modern technologies including Oracle, SAS, Microsoft, Attunity, AWS, Azure, Yellowfin, Qlik, Tableau and MapR.
In 2018 Shane founded PitchBlack to enable him to help organisations deliver a DataOps mindset,
Modern Data Architect
Shane has worked in the Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics domain since 1996 in various roles from pre-sales roles with major international software companies, founding a multi-million dollar Business Intelligence consultancy in 2008 and co-founding a Software as a Service AgileData startup in 2019.
He worked for over 10 years in principal pre-sales roles for both SAS and Oracle. In 2008 he founded OptimalBI, where he worked with a myriad of traditional and modern technologies including Oracle, SAS, Microsoft, Attunity, AWS, Azure, Yellowfin, Qlik, Tableau and MapR.
In 2018 Shane founded PitchBlack to enable him to assist organisations adopt Modern Data Platforms, leveraging the power those platforms provide, while minimising the risks that are inherent with deploying a new breed of technologies.