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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
implementing comprehensive analytics solutions with focus on **data modelling**
and building **data pipelines**. Highly adaptable and able to rapidly learn new
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skills when necessary. Proficient in various programming languages, with
expertise in **data warehousing**, creating company **dashboards** and building
bespoke alerting systems from scratch. Strong educational background in a STEM
field with Master's and Bachelor's degree in marine biology. My personal
interests are in IT, systems administration, and web development, which has
allowed me to build a 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 (Looker Studio, R-studio, Matplotlib)
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- Data quality and testing
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- Data modelling (DBT)
- Database management (BigQuery, Postgres)
- Workflow management (Apache Airflow)
- Statistical Analysis (R-Studio)
- Geographic information systems (QGIS, ArcGIS, PostGIS)
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### Programming Languages
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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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- Version control and codebase collaboration (Git)
- AI tooling (Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter)
- Sysadmin (Linux, security, networking, Docker)
- Web development (Hugo, JavaScript/HTML/CSS)
- CLI wizard (Bash, coreutils, Neovim)
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## Work Experience
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### Growth Analyst / Analytics Engineer | What3Words | May 2020 to Apr 2024
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- Designed and implemented successful alerting system from scratch to detect anomalous behaviour in partner API usage (using python).
- Built company KPI dashboard in Looker Studio.
- Built QA tool for Product Team to assess and monitor data quality after new app version release
- Assisted with several large data migration projects
- Researched and implemented data mining techniques to uncover insights for Product and BD Teams
- 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