Senior Software Developer

Department for Business and Trade

• Maintained a web application with a Django (Python) backend and React frontend.

Principal Data Engineer

Public Health Wales

• Led discovery projects (using Scrum) with multi-disciplinary teams to identify user requirements for national screening programmes and registers, resulting in full documentation of current systems and recommendations for improvements.
• Shaped the organisation's Digital and Data strategy, driving the effective utilisation of digital technologies and data to enhance public health outcomes in Wales.
• Developed a Django (Python) web application, working in sprints and using test driven development to deliver user-centred features; successfully streamlined the customer team's operations and improved user experience.
• Spearheaded a data specialist community of practice, facilitating knowledge sharing and upskilling colleagues in programming and data science.
• Led an alpha phase (using Scrum) to upgrade a register's data processing pipeline and transition it to a cloud platform (Azure); provisioned databases and APIs to make an efficient and scalable pipeline.

Senior Data Scientist

Office for National Statistics

• Led a team to capture system requirements and build proof-of-concept solutions using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban); prototypes involved ingesting data from public APIs and websites, and preparing it for downstream use.
• Redeveloped various parts of a survey data pipeline from legacy-based systems to Python and R. Built a custom parser to translate variable definitions to Python syntax.
• Carried out quality and statistical checks on social survey data using Machine Learning.
• Designed a personal feedback survey and fostered an environment of development and growth.
• Led a divisional programming initiative to up-skill colleagues and promoted the use of new technologies across the wider business.

MSc Data Science (Distinction)

Swansea University

• Modules studied: Big Data & Machine Learning, Data Science Maths, Visual Analytics, Optimisation, Modelling & Verification Techniques, Data Visualisation, and Big Data & Data Mining.

BEng Mechanical Engineering with Year in Industry

Swansea University

• First Class Honours

My Livery

Developing an application to provide management and communication tools for equine livery yard owners, staff, and customers.

Authoring an online book entitled "Coding for Healthcare Professionals", specifically tailored for healthcare professionals in Wales, highlighting the opportunities programming offers to augment their capabilities.

Developed a web application that enabled the Evidence Service team to provide structured access to an up-to-date, high-level, and robust body of evidence on a range of topics.

Developed a library to parse and interface with Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) taxonomy.

Manipula Parser

Created a custom tool to parse Blaise Manipula syntax to Python, aiding the translation of legacy code with thousands of variables.

Emergency Response Optimisation

Bridged the research domains of Emergency Vehicle (EV) route optimisation and traffic prediction; explored the effect of various predictors on EV performance based on real-world data.