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Adam B. - Remote

Adam B.

Timezone: London (UTC+1)

Summary

Learning something every day is what makes the world of programming so fun! I've spent years teaching people R, Python, SQL and Machine learning: in groups, teams and individually - for work, projects and fun. I'm an enthusiastic and focused teacher and will give you the information you need, with high signal and low noise

Work Experience

Head of Data Science
Department for Transport | Aug 2021 - Present
Python
Git
Google Cloud Platform
● Use Twitter data and NLP to predict airport queues ● Combine large data sources to create a new national metric for Connectivity, allowing rapid optimisation of policies across transport modes for the first time ● Create strong relationships across the organisation to source the highest value projects, including senior staff at the highest level of the organisation ● Scope, complete and present analyses and projects using cutting edge methods in a matter of days ● Develop dashboards, web apps, alert systems, etc at pace to meet business needs ● Orchestrate technical upskilling across the department ● Create links with data scientists across sectors to share best practice ● Use agile methodology to increase speed, quality and relevant of delivered product
Data Scientist
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Sep 2017 - Aug 2021
SQL
R
● Develop and deploy ML models to target national retrofit policies and core priorities, including Warm Homes Discount, ECO, MEES and fuel poverty ● Lead and automate multiple National Statistics Publications ● Store and share data safely, leveraging it’s value while maintaining security, privacy and compliance with data protection law ● Develop database infrastructure for large datasets ● Build international networks collaborating on buildings efficiency and related data, such as the Australian government’s NEAR programme ● Create large internal pair programming network and multiple study groups ● Use data to monitor and evaluate policies, including ECO, FiTs, etc ● Apply machine learning to policy implementation, including inferring property characteristics and fuel poverty at the household level ● Present findings to technical, policy and senior customers, making the meaning for each audience member salient