Ben Dyer
Digital Solutions Engineer. Think of me as on-demand "Data Air Support" for social housing organisations and their software suppliers.
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For social housing organisations
I'm an on-call expansion of your existing capabilities. I bring cutting-edge data technology, comprehensive housing sector experience and collaborative curiosity to help solve your data challenges.
For software suppliers
I understand both sides: the technical elements of your product, and your customer's internal data challenges (shadow IT, anyone?). I have a proven track record of working with and within social housing organisations to solve data migration and product adoption blockers.
Deploy me tactically
I work collaboratively alongside your team, boosting their ability to resolve specific data blockers. I roll up my sleeves and engage directly with the scoping, design and delivery of the solution.
Deploy me strategically
Leverage my technical knowledge and breadth of experience within the housing sector to enhance your situational awareness and strategic planning as you face a future that's full of data challenges.
"Ben achieved in 8 weeks, what we have been trying to do for 18 years. His dedication to understanding and enhancing the data produced results beyond my expectations and on time. Highly recommend."
Finance Manager
30,000+ unit landlord
Proven results with clients
As Digital Solutions Engineer I’ve helped clients:
  • transform legacy asset data to new software requirements
  • extract components from legacy data sets
  • understand potential technology pathways for a new business stream
  • translate excel based tools into a web based application and REST api
  • build advanced salary and operational budgets
Fixed Price, Always.
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Incentives aligned.
Proven results in job roles
Across 15 years in housing I've worked in diverse roles ranging from purely customer facing to roles with direct reporting to C-Suite:
  • Technology Innovation Lead
  • Finance Business Analyst
  • Management Accounts
  • Business Development
  • Asset Management Operations
  • Housing Management Operations
  • Lettings Negotiation
Deep understanding
I have had deep, substantial engagement with focussed or cross-cutting concerns in:
  • Migrations of data from legacy to new systems
  • Migrations of shadow IT to SAAS systems
  • Hardening and standardising shadow data
  • Reactive and planned maintenance budgeting and monitoring
  • In-house trade team profitability design and budgeting
  • Void processes analysis and development
  • Capital investment management, reporting and optimisation
  • Deprecation and lifetime analysis
  • Research into BIM in operations
  • Engagement with large-scale IT procurement
  • Housing management restructuring analysis
  • Management and integration of heat-tech and prop-tech innovation projects
Technical Fluency
  • Advanced Excel
  • Strong Python
  • Async and event paradigms
  • Advanced analysis libraries like Pandas and Numpy
  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • REST and Websocket APIs
  • Reactive front ends with Javascript and Vue.js.
  • Modern Cloud
  • Testing, continuous integration and deployment
  • Security and modern authentication systems