Tobias Colmer

Tobias joined The Data School after training in Theatre and Performing Arts after Covid halted a performance of Aya No Tsuzumi touring Japan. He successfully pivoted into a world of data, utilising his skills of communication and presentation in a data-based landscape.

With over five years of experience in performance and communication, Tobias has managed and directed small to medium sized teams, managed productions (projects), and communicated with theatres all over the world. His diverse skillset ranging from his theatrical background to his skills in data from numerous courses over the pandemic to The Data School have enabled him to assist clients in communicative and technical issues alike. Additionally, he holds a First Class degree in Theatre Performance from Falmouth University.

During his recent placement, Tobias played a key part in delivering impactful 2-day training sessions on Alteryx and Power BI, redesigning training materials to better engage participants and actively contributing to the success of a Microsoft migration project. His work led to more efficient processes, scalable workflows, and long-lasting improvements in data solutions.

Tobias's strengths include:

  • Advanced Data Solutions: Building scalable workflows with tools like Alteryx, Tableau, to meet future business needs.

  • Effective Training: Simplifying complex tools and concepts into accessible, practical knowledge for teams, and turning this into lessons for enablement.

  • Process Improvement: Identifying and addressing inefficiencies to enhance productivity.

  • Personalized Support: Offering tailored solutions to overcome challenging data problems.

  • Insightful Reporting: Designing interactive dashboards and reports that consolidate diverse data sources into actionable insights.

  • Collaborative Problem-Solving: Engaging with stakeholders to deliver tailored, measurable outcomes.

Additional Highlights

Tobias created visualisations for the UKSI’s Badminton team to support their training in PowerBI, comparing the results of prior athletes physical tests in combination with their badminton results. He also used Tableau to create a dashboard for Lloyd’s to track the technical training courses that had been completed & what they’d be most likely to use after each subsequent training. Tobias also lead a team of seven to create enablement content internally for The Information Lab, utilising his skills in managing a team to create content that helps to enable in data visualisation & manipulation skills

Certifications

Blog Posts

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Wed 12 Feb 2025 | Tobias Colmer
Deconstructing an API Workflow
Needing a hand with an API? Hopefully this can help to point you in a helpful direction.
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Thu 28 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
FINAL DASHBOARD DAY | DAY 4
DASHBOARD WEEK | FINAL DAY
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Wed 27 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
DASHBOARD WEEK DAY 2.B
DASHBOARD WEEK | DAY 2 PART 2
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Tue 26 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
DASHBOARD WEEK DAY 2.A
DASHBOARD WEEK DAY 2 (part 1) IMDB (BUT KILL BILL FOR ME)
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Mon 25 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
DASHBOARD WEEK| DAY 1:
DASHBOARD WEEK 1
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Thu 14 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Filters in Tableau Desktop, and the Order in Which They Operate.
Do you have an abundance of filters applied? Not sure why they're not returning the values you'd looked for? Look no further!
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Thu 14 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
TOP 10 TIPS for Performance in a Workbook
Workbook running slowly? Applying filters and they're taking HOURS to actually apply? Dive in deeper reader and see how you can speed up your dashboard.
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Thu 07 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Reflecting On My Application
My personal reflection on the application process.
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Thu 07 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
How to create Fake Data using Mockaroo and ChatGPT
Hello Reader, how are you? So glad you're well - let's dive into generating some fake data.. But first lets briefly talk about why you may want to generate fake data; 1
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Wed 06 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
My Week as a Project Manager
Hello Reader, I was recently the project manager for week 6 of our cohort - with the task of creating YouTube videos for The Information Lab. My only previous experience making YouTube videos is from creating showreels to send off on Spotlight, Mandy & backstage
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Wed 06 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Learn What the Data School Learns
My own personal reflection on Learn What the Data School Learns.
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Wed 06 Mar 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Alteryx Designer Core Exam Prep
How I passed my Alteryx Exam & why you should be kind to Text Input.
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Wed 03 Jan 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Creating a Splicer from Measures in PowerBI
Using measures as a splicer in PowerBI.
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Tue 02 Jan 2024 | Tobias Colmer
Loading Every Sheet in an Excel Workbook into Power Query
How to load every sheet from an Excel Workbook into Power Query.
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Tue 12 Dec 2023 | Tobias Colmer
Dual Axis
An overview on assembling Dual-Axis.
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Wed 06 Dec 2023 | Tobias Colmer
Is my data... out of date?
How to identify data that has expired or is past its prime.
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