John was asked to spec a high order excel model for a large independent fuel provider while a new database was being organised. Model required was complex and deep. Job has essentially finished however will be returning John for minor maintenance and adjustments. Good job in difficult and demanding conditions.

My experience in working with John was excellent. Technically, his creativity in finding solutions to complex problems with out-of-the box ideas were crucial to achieve great results in a tight time frame. He was able to deliver a global mining cost model within a tight schedule, finding new solutions along the process to meet the business requirements. His extensive experience in large organisations added different perspectives, enhancing the overall work. Truly reliable, consistent and quite personable, his customer service was outstanding.

John's pragmatic Trade Finance skills were valuable for our team at BHP Billiton, he managed to find the optimum balance between solid Credit Risk management, whilst also focussing on optimal Receivables Management and Cost Control of Trade Finance products concerned.

I worked with John during my time with BHP Billiton as a colleague, working from Australia and Singapore. John brings extended knowledge in credit risk management and able to be creative in solutions for the sales forces. Next to that is a very nice person and a team player.

John's credit and structured trade finance skills were fundamental to establishing a workable three-party trade finance deal involving a major mining house, a fast growing Chinese steel mill with limited credit history and a major international banking institution.

John brings his vast and unique experience along with an extensive skill-set to build solutions that directly contribute to productivity gains and improved working relationships. He is able to identify the critical issues within complex environments and then focus efforts on areas of high risk to the business. In this way he has been able to rapidly transform untidy and chaotic practices into efficient and process-driven systems, at the same time enhancing working relationships during the period of change.

John was very competent, thorough and conscientious in his role as Credit Controller. He managed his staff well and developed excellent relationships with the banks which led to a number of innovative structures being set up and delivering value to the company. In short he performed the role with a high degree of professionalism and I have no hesitation in recommending John for a similar role at another organisation.

Treasury and trade finance specialist with advanced analytical skills. advanced Due Diligence experience.

John managed credit and trade finance using various trade structures such as LCs, pre shipment bank covered Promissory Notes and credit insurance for one of the wold's largest bulk shippers. During this time we had zero defaults or significant payment problems. Payments were effected within targets and port efficiency, enforcing trade finance requirements, was not impacted through good communication and judgement.

Tribe Technology engaged with John to utilise his high level technical skills in order to develop a multi-functional HR Dashboard. John delivered exactly what was needed and completed the final products extremely fast. He was friendly and contactable. John is a value add to our organisation, and we will be utilising his services in the future.

We engaged John from The Excel Factor to simplify and automate a very time consuming but business critical legacy multi spreadsheet process for our quote, order and invoice tracking including our reporting and cash flow forecasting process. John modified and cleaned up our existing data structure for much easier data entry going forward using lookups and dropdowns, and then it is now consolidated automatically using Power Query. The process we now have is vastly less labour intensive to update and maintain and the reporting including the cash forecasting is quick, very automatic to produce, interactive and valuable for management. John has a good handle on modern Excel capabilities and how to apply them and worked well with my staff.

John has developed our Civil Construction Project Financial Reporting worksheets. We have found his service to be very professional and innovative. We continue to use his services.

John has supported our national Energy company to format and automate some of its Excel forms to make it easier and more human-proof for users. Always flexible and great to work with

I requested John from The Excel Factor program a spreadsheet that would assist my payroll management business. The result was a formulated spreadsheet that saves us many hours of work each week. I can't recommend highly enough anyone that is considering using his services.

John and I have worked together (as husband and wife) on many EXCEL based solutions, first for my Dental Practice and now for my Dental Training & Consulting Company. John's expertise in automating complex tasks has helped streamline many processes seamlessly and made a huge difference to the way I operate and deliver business solutions to other dental practices. From complex roster solutions for dental practices to dental stock management ... the list is endless!

Amazing! John is so easy to deal with and works along with you to get the results you want and need. Would use him again in a heart beat.

John and I have worked together (as husband and wife) on many EXCEL based solutions, first for my Dental Practice and now for my Dental Training & Consulting Company. John's expertise in automating complex tasks has helped streamline many processes seamlessly and made a huge difference to the way I operate and deliver business solutions to other dental practices. From complex roster solutions for dental practices to dental stock management ... the list is endless!

John set up some automated VBA workbooks for our purchasing team, he was a pleasure to work with and exceeded our expectations, as well as completing the project on budget and ahead of schedule. I highly recommend The Excel factor and will definitely be using them for all our future projects. [Google Review 5 stars]

If you have an Excel spreadsheet that is business critical or need to build one, I can strongly recommend John Hackwood from The Excel Factor. The excel “guru” in your office will only get you so far and may or not build a robust efficient solution. Having engaged John on a number of occasions I can say he’s a better option. Save yourself the heartache and time, give John a call. John has saved my teams hundreds of hours in development and downtime by rebuilding sheets for production scheduling, inventory management, ERP upload/download and more.