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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 in Azure to predict changes in bus operations for customers- Develop and maintain dashboards using Tableau, SQL, Python, and R, enabling my team to identify areas needing bus priority measures and successfully advocate for them with local municipalities.- Saved staff time and improved our relationship with TransLink’s bus operating company, by initiating and co-leading the alignment of data gathering and analysis methods

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 under budget- Responsible for automating detecting and isolating subjects in video frames, developing video classification algorithm, evaluating model performance, and testing feature engineering; project management, report writing, and presenting to mangers and our clientTrusting Pixels is a computer vision start-up that determining what aspects of images of a person have been digitally retouched, to promote honest representations of people in media

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 carried out projectOther projects:- Developed and put in production a method to accurately determine the cost of implementing service changes. The method was implemented with buy in from TransLink and TransLink's bus company, and allows us to more accurately account for service changes- Standardized method of measuring overall bus service levels, saving TransLink time in developing service planning scenarios and allowing TransLink to more accurately predict our future service level- Data analytics & reporting team lead, focusing on bus service and ridership TransLink is Metro Vancouver's transit and transportation authority

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- Learned Python and how to use Jupyter notebooks for the projectOther projects:- Redesigned regulations for UBC's bike share program. In the first year of the new design, we received no complaints from the public in the first year, bike parking was 5x better than the previous design, and >10% of UBC's population signed up. Engaged stakeholders to achieve consensus on the redesign.- Implemented and managed active transportation projects like bicycle wayfinding map and signage, e-bicycle trial pilot, street redesignsUBC is a municipality (and university) and Campus + Community Planning is UBC's planning department.

- 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, BC)Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is an international active transportation consulting firm with the mission to create more active, healthy, and people-focused communities.

- 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, City of Vancouver, and VEC staffThe VEC is Vancouver's economic development agency

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 was a pan-Canadian research partnership studying smart cities, open data, and crowdsourcing. This $6.5 million Partnership Grant was enabled by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with 26+ researchers, 27+ partner organizations, and 100+ students.

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.

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.

Certificate: Data Science

Certificate: Data Analytics

Data analytics with SQL