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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Data Scientist on the Bus Priority Programs team at TransLink, Metro Vancouver's transit authority, focused on improving the speed and reliability of bus trips for our customers- Provide statistical analysis to assess performance of bus priority infrastructure and communicate synthesized results with compelling data visualizations- Apply machine learning.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Developed AI that successfully detects the use of retouching filters on subjects in compressed video, with pre-processing pipeline and trained neural network classification model- Trained 30+ neural network models on images in AWS, ultimately achieving 90+% accuracy and 95+% recall on unseen subjects- Delivered command line tool ahead of schedule and.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Data analytics project highlight:- With SQL and visualizations, validated that adding bus service was effective at reducing the number of overcrowded trips vs. no additional service, providing evidence for TransLink's reallocation strategy- Used (and learned) SQL for data collection, cleaning, and analysis, and Tableau for data visualization- Proposed and.

Vancouver BC

Data science project: - Used statistical inference to determine that one of UBC's bike share regulations was not needed to achieve the desired effect, enabling UBC to remove the regulation- Project included statistical inference (regression) feature engineering, machine learning with sklearn (regression), viz with seaborn, data cleaning, and API pulls.

- Led, managed, and delivered 2 data analytics projects on regional trail network use in Saskatoon, SK- Supported projects with data analytics, survey design, data analysis, GIS analysis, detailed street design, bicycle map creation, travel surveys, and supported proposal development- Designed BC's first street sign for an advisory bike lane (in Gibsons.

- Developed roadmap to implement a delivery vehicle sharing pilot for small businesses in a light industrial area of Vancouver.- Research and wrote recommendations on the pilot's structure, vehicle types, evaluation metrics, and a process to launch the pilot- Recruited and led engagement of 13 small industrial businesses, 5 vehicle share organizations.

Montreal, Quebec

- Secured $1.25m million in government research funding by writing Geothink's successful Midterm Update Report- McGill University called the Update Report I wrote the “best ever” and uses it as a template for Partnership Grant reporting- Worked to ensure that Geothink met targets around research, student training, outreach, and partner engagementGeothink.

Mcgill University, Montreal

- Developed and implemented a process to connect students with research projects from Geothink industry and municipal partners

I founded Curb Safety to stencil private home-owners' address numbers onto their curbs. I recognized and acted on a need for homes to have visible house address numbers in Surrey, BC.

Masters Of Data Science (Mds), Gpa 4.0/4.0

- Cohort 7 of UBC-Vancouver MDS (95 students from 2,000+ applicants) - MDS is an intensive 10-month professional program developed by the.

Master’S Degree, Community And Regional Planning, Gpa 3.9/4.0

Capstone project: "Practitioner's Guide to Planning, Designing, and Implementing Bicycle Highways in North America" President of Planning.

Bachelor Of Arts - First Class Honours With Distinction, Urban Systems, School Of Environment

Honours thesis: "Bicycle Parking and Commuting Patterns: Examining the Relationship Between Proximity to City Provided Parking Racks and.

Certificate: Data Science

Certificate: Data Analytics

Data analytics with SQL