Lauren Alie
Product Analyst
Entrepreneur First
Entrepreneur First is the best place in the world to meet your co-founder and build a startup from scratch. We bring together and fund exceptional individuals to help them meet their co-founder, develop an idea and raise money from leading investors - as fast as possible. During my time with Entrepreneur First, I have: - Led the implementation and adoption of Salesforce CRM for 90 global employees. - Developed features to meet the evolving needs of Talent Investors and Operations teams. - Independently cleaned and migrated all historic and current talent data to Salesforce CRM for data transformation. - Delivered in-person Salesforce training globally in 4 locations to Marketing, Talent and Operations teams. - Managed data pipelines end-to-end to ingest new data sources. - Provided business intelligence and reporting to leadership, influencing global talent strategy decisions based on talent attribution insights.
I enjoy solving problems using technology and working in teams to come up with solutions to problems. I like how creative I can be while working in tech, too!
There's no typical day at work - every day is different! In my role, I communicate with people across the different lines of service, which is great. Some days, I might be working on making a bot which will automate every day work tasks or some programming.
I started my degree apprenticeship without any experience in Computer Science, so I was quite nervous at first. I originally wanted to study Maths at university. Then I realised I preferred practical applications of this subject and the problem solving skills behind it. Combined with the innovative nature of the technology industry, I decided going the Computer Science route was best for me. Doing a degree apprenticeship was a bonus, as I was paid to study and earn practical work experience. I could see the real world applications of what I was learning about at university.
I'm very excited about the future! I'm not sure what area of the technology industry I want to work in, so I'm enthusiastic about learning new technologies and skills. I'm looking forward to seeing where all that takes me!
I really like cooking, reading, dancing, and watching movies. I enjoy playing in a steel band in my free time, it's really fun to perform at different events, like Notting Hill Carnival.
"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison