Dec 30, 2019
Senior Business Analyst Alastair Majury on Basic Video Editing
You can view the videos on LinkedIn via the below links:
I’ve been using iMove on MacOs for some basic video editing for a few years now, which is a NLE, that is a Non-Linear Editor. But I have reached a stage where the limitations are holding me back. The natural next step would be to move to Final Cut Pro but whereas iMove is free, Final Cut Pro is around £300.
I’ve opted for a significantly cheaper option but that has meant moving the editing from my MacBook to my iPad Pro and using LumaFusion along with it’s much cheaper access to StoryBlocks.
My first video is now also available here:
And my second video created on the same day available here:
What do you think?
I’ve found LumaFusion quite straightforward to pick up after moving from iMovie but I have just scratched the surface of the extra features and possibilities that it will allow me to do!
For ease of reading some of my testimonials are below:
“Alastair built up a strong rapport as links between the Business and IT Developers. He certainly hit the ground running.
His appreciation of the whole picture from Business, Business Unit and Technical perspectives is exactly what was needed for the complex set of tasks, together with his ability to communicate with all parties at the appropriate level be it by phone, in meetings or by email. His emails are without fail, professional and clearly articulated, always answering everything raised and always managing expectations.
Although brief, it was good working with you and I have to say that your professional and reliable ways will be sorely missed. Thank you for leaving everything in the best possible state for our teams going forward.”
Heather Francis, Business Systems Analyst, Legal & General
“Working with Alastair was an absolute pleasure. His positive demeanour and ability to strategically deliver on projects made me continuously want to work with him. I worked with him on multiple projects, and he was able to deliver consistently despite any challenges encountered on the projects.
Alastair is an asset to any organization with his ability to interpret organizations objectives with clear and concise communication, direction and coaching to team mates. This also makes him a well rounded manager that can coach for performance and expedite tactical solutions.”
Vallicia Lowe, Senior Business Analyst, HSBC
“I had the pleasure of working with Alastair on gathering the required market data for a range of OTC derivatives from Geneva in order to model them in the Prime Source valuation platforms. He is an effective communicator who added value by offering suggestions on how to improve processes. I have no doubt that he would be a key member of any team.”
Amy Sanchez, Product Manager, STP, Prime Source, NYSE Euronext
“Alastair has good communication skills, maintained a professional approach to his tasks during busy periods, and if he advised that he would return information in a given time period, he did. Gained trust, and was considered reliable.
I wish Alastair well in his endeavours.”
Paul Farquhar, Head Client Services/Operations, Prime Source NYSE Euronext
“Alastair was a proactive team player who always looked to improve process. We increasing came to rely upon Alastair and his colleagues to provide exception management based support to our operations which was key to ensuring correct functioning of our derivative valuation function. Alastair approaches his role with a positive and constructive outlook and looks to affect changes and improvements in a positive fashion with the minimum of fuss.”
Denis Kissane, Global Head of Derivative Pricing and Risk Securities Services, HSBC
“Alastair provided detailed feedback on a business proposal and followed up effectively on behalf of the OTC Derivatives pricing group. His work was valued tremendously and he was very adept at working across functional groups.”
Manan N. Rawal, Senior Vice President — Market Risk Manager, HSBC
“I worked with Alastair on a major back book Mortgage migration programme and found him to be an extremely focussed individual, who can quickly apply his analytical skills to the task at hand.
Alastair is extremely well organised, can deal with multiple stakeholders (of differing seniorities) with no issues and is a very personable individual who finds it easy to build good working relationships with those he interacts with.
I’d certainly like to work with Alastair again and would recommend him as a potential asset to any project team.”
Terry Morland, Programme Level Business Analyst, Royal Bank of Scotland
Please note that whilst the testimonials are genuine, the people are from stock footage and are not the named people.
Alastair Majury, a director of Majury Change Management Ltd and is a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst / Data Scientist with a proven track record of success planning, developing, implementing and delivering migrations, organisational change, regulatory, legislative, and process improvements for global financial organisations.
For several years now, Alastair has worked extensively with a variety of financial institutions in order to offer the utmost comprehensive services. As a data scientist/business analyst, Alastair Majury is expected to find intuitive and sensible solutions to complex problems.
As a data scientist/business analyst, Alastair Majury has worked closely with several high-profile businesses, such as BNP Paribas, National Australia Bank, Standard Life and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.A graduate of University of Glasgow, Alastair Majury earned his M.A. in Economics with Business Economics. Since then, Alastair has undergone several training sessions and earned multiple certifications for a variety of skills. More specifically, he has earned certifications in IAQ, risk management, resource management, and a bevy of other areas. Alastair Majury thoroughly enjoys his work.
What excites him most about being a data scientist/business analyst is that every problem has a variety of solutions. This allows for a great deal of creativity on his part. Providing ingenious solutions to his customers’ problems provides a great deal of satisfaction to Alastair Majury. Every single day can be a new and challenging problem.
Although he is a fierce and determined worker, Alastair also manages to find free time to embrace his hobbies and interests. Alastair is a major proponent of philanthropy and charitable endeavors. He constantly finds new and exciting ways to promote charities and philanthropic organizations in his community. He also tries to donate time and funds to said organizations whenever he can. Alastair Majury firmly believes that if we all work together towards a common goal, we can find peace.
