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Bourne, Gb

Bourne, Gb

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Migrated the bioinformatics pipeline and data to devops provisioned AWS cloud and cluster environment and tested functionality.Created mixed-breed test for the commercial “Complete for cats” product and worked to integrate disease mutations and traits.Researched new scientific product features including CNV markers, polygenic traits, breeding metrics and relatedness methods.Migrated genetic and result data from decommissioned Mongo DB system to local database to work with existing reporting systems.Consulted on replacement systems and pipelines built by new US teams, managed legacy systems and migrated data to the new databases.Data analysis with Databricks, SQL, Pyspark and Python to support research papers on disease mutations and traits in Dogs and Cats.Prototyped research sample database in Linux, Java and Perl CGI for 3m research samples, which enabled the team to combine and export research data for GWAS through S3 into the Databricks platform.

Maintained the newly developed sample pipeline, working in an Agile development team, using Jira tickets and GIT source control.Trained and migrated the reporting software to remote US team.Trained new starters in the team on systems and technical algorithms and verified their analysis, code changes, and new product features.Validated multiple Illumina SNP chip deployments from 3k to 100k markers.Reduced the run time of the breed algorithm by 12x-50x and added further algorithm enhancements which increased product accuracy.Optimised duplicate “seen before” sample tracking and PCA analysis.Deployed a novel QC process to eliminate the risk of mixed batches.Developed new features for gender detection, relatives search, and increased accuracy of the purebred and designer dog product features.

Developed new products using ensemble of machine learning techniques to confirm consistency with Purebreds or designer dogs.Worked with stakeholders to accurately message complex new tests and disease mutations and developed these in the reporting system.Consulted for internal businesses and released more reporting products which involved branded partnerships and third-party system integration.Worked with consultants developing new Salesforce CRM to successfully integrate the sample processing pipeline with the sample management system. Integrated the reporting system and tested email capabilities.Managed breed subpopulations with PCA to be effective on global populations and deployed further improvements to the breed test.

Validated accuracy of new swab sample extraction technologies and developed new direct to consumer test.Improved the capabilities of the Canine Breed Test and doubled the number of detected breeds and regional groups and subpopulations.Developed a validation process for the breed test with gold standard verified F1/F1b/F2 data.Researched new product features based on the SNP marker data.Worked with backend engineers to integrate my code and tested processes end to end, from raw data to reporting.Developed a novel canine diversity product (Optimal Selection) based on haplotypes and statistics calculated from synthetic dog offspring.

Worked with a multi-disciplinary team to develop and validate the Wisdom Panel Mixed-breed dog DNA product.Created a PDF Reporting system in Java to deliver the results. To date this is still in service and has processed over 3.5 million samples.Worked on GWAS projects to identify disease and trait loci in SNP data using plink, phase and custom software.Developed other applications and utilities to assist the team.

Bradford, United Kingdom

Supporting a Mortgage and Savings website written in Java Struts and XML technologies in an Agile development team.

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Fixing technical issues on a PC hardware support line for customers of PC World, Dixon's and Currys.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Computer Science

Background in Computer Science, programming, algorithms and AI. Software engineering and programming in Java, MATLAB. Dissertation.

Certificate In Mathematics

Master Of Science - Msc, Human Language Technology

Machine learning, Text processing, Speech recognition, Speech synthesis, Image processing and facial recognition. Programming in Java.