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## Sam Chance | UK | [https://baseddata.io/about-me](https://baseddata.io/about-me)
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***contact@sjplab.com***
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Professional **Analytics Engineer** with 4 years experience designing and
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implementing comprehensive analytics solutions with focus on **data modelling**
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and building **data pipelines**. Highly adaptable and able to rapidly learn new
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skills when necessary. Proficient in various programming languages such as
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**SQL** and **Python**, with expertise in **data warehousing**, creating
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company **dashboards** and building bespoke alerting systems from scratch.
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Strong educational background in a STEM field with Master's and Bachelor's
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degree in marine biology. My personal interests are in IT, systems
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administration, and web development, which has allowed me to build a
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diverse skill set that enables me to solve problems creatively and effectively.
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## Skills
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### Analytics
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- Data monitoring and alerting
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- Data visualisation and building dashboards
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- Data quality and testing
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- Data modelling using DBT
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- GCP services such as BigQuery
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- Workflow management with Apache Airflow
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- Statistical Analysis
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- Geographic information systems
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### Programming
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- (proficient) SQL, Python, Bash
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- (capable) R, Lua
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- (learning) Javascript, Nix
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### Tech
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- Git: version control and codebase collaboration
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- AI: Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter
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- Sysadmin: Linux, security, networking, self-hosting, containerisation
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- Web development
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- CLI Wizard
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## Latest Work Experience
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### Growth Analyst / Analytics Engineer | What3Words | May 2020 to Apr 2024
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- Designed and implemented alerting system from scratch in Python to monitor partner API usage
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- Built company-wide KPI dashboard
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- Built QA tools to assess and monitor data quality
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- Data migration from Firebase to Mixpanel
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- Started as a growth analyst, then promoted to analytics engineer
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## Education
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### MSc Marine Biology | Bangor University | 1 year
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- Thesis: "Quantifying the Effectiveness of Indonesia's Protected Areas at Preventing Mangrove Deforestation"
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* A GIS project that involved analysis and statistical modelling of satellite data using ArcGIS and R.
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### BSc Marine Biology & Zoology | Bangor University | 3 years
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