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+## Sam Chance | UK | [https://baseddata.io/about-me](https://baseddata.io/about-me)
+***contact@sjplab.com***
+
+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
+skills when necessary. Proficient in various programming languages such as
+**SQL** and **Python**, 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.
+
+## Skills
+### Analytics
+- Data monitoring and alerting
+- Data visualisation and building dashboards
+- Data quality and testing
+- Data modelling using DBT
+- GCP services such as BigQuery
+- Workflow management with Apache Airflow
+- Statistical Analysis (R, Python)
+- Geographic information systems (QGIS, ArcGIS, PostGIS)
+- Database management (BigQuery, Postgres)
+
+### Programming Languages
+- (proficient) SQL, Python, Bash
+- (capable) R, Lua 
+- (learning) Javascript, Nix
+
+### Tech
+- Git: version control and codebase collaboration
+- AI: Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter
+- Sysadmin: Linux, security, networking, self-hosting, containerisation
+- Web development
+- CLI Wizard
+
+## Latest Work Experience
+### Growth Analyst / Analytics Engineer | What3Words | May 2020 to Apr 2024
+- Designed and implemented alerting system from scratch in Python to monitor partner API usage
+- Built company-wide KPI dashboard
+- Built QA tools to assess and monitor data quality
+- Data migration from Firebase to Mixpanel
+- Started as a growth analyst, then promoted to analytics engineer
+
+## Education
+### MSc Marine Biology | Bangor University | 1 year
+- Thesis: "Quantifying the Effectiveness of Indonesia's Protected Areas at Preventing Mangrove Deforestation"
+  * A GIS project that involved analysis and statistical modelling of satellite data using ArcGIS and R.
+
+### BSc Marine Biology & Zoology | Bangor University | 3 years

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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
-skills when necessary. Proficient in various programming languages such as
+skills when necessary. Proficient in various programming languages, with
-**SQL** and **Python**, with expertise in **data warehousing**, creating
+expertise in **data warehousing**, creating company **dashboards** and building
-company **dashboards** and building bespoke alerting systems from scratch.
+bespoke alerting systems from scratch. Strong educational background in a STEM
-Strong educational background in a STEM field with Master's and Bachelor's
+field with Master's and Bachelor's degree in marine biology. My personal
-degree in marine biology. My personal interests are in IT, systems
+interests are in IT, systems administration, and web development, which has
-administration, and web development, which has allowed me to build a
+allowed me to build a diverse skill set that enables me to solve problems
-diverse skill set that enables me to solve problems creatively and effectively.
+creatively and effectively.
 
 ## Skills
 ### Analytics
 - Data monitoring and alerting
-- Data visualisation and building dashboards
+- Data visualisation and building dashboards (Looker Studio, R-studio, Matplotlib)
 - Data quality and testing
-- Data modelling using DBT
+- Data modelling (DBT)
-- GCP services such as BigQuery
+- Database management (BigQuery, Postgres)
-- Workflow management with Apache Airflow
+- Workflow management (Apache Airflow)
-- Statistical Analysis
+- Statistical Analysis (R-Studio)
-- Geographic information systems
+- Geographic information systems (QGIS, ArcGIS, PostGIS)
 
-### Programming
+### Programming Languages
 - (proficient) SQL, Python, Bash
 - (capable) R, Lua 
-- (learning) Javascript, Nix
+- (learning) JavaScript, Nix
 
 ### Tech
-- Git: version control and codebase collaboration
+- Version control and codebase collaboration (Git) 
-- AI: Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter
+- AI tooling (Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter)
-- Sysadmin: Linux, security, networking, self-hosting, containerisation
+- Sysadmin (Linux, security, networking, Docker)
-- Web development
+- Web development (Hugo, JavaScript/HTML/CSS)
-- CLI Wizard
+- CLI wizard (Bash, coreutils, Neovim)
 
-## Latest Work Experience
+## Work Experience
 ### Growth Analyst / Analytics Engineer | What3Words | May 2020 to Apr 2024
-- Designed and implemented alerting system from scratch in Python to monitor partner API usage
+- Designed and implemented successful alerting system from scratch to detect anomalous behaviour in partner API usage (using python).
-- Built company-wide KPI dashboard
+- Built company KPI dashboard in Looker Studio.
-- Built QA tools to assess and monitor data quality
+- Built QA tool for Product Team to assess and monitor data quality after new app version release
-- Data migration from Firebase to Mixpanel
+- Assisted with several large data migration projects
-- Started as a growth analyst, then promoted to analytics engineer
+- Researched and implemented data mining techniques to uncover insights for Product and BD Teams
+- Started as a Growth Analyst, then promoted to Analytics Engineer
 
 ## Education
 ### MSc Marine Biology | Bangor University | 1 year