## 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