Skills

Data Science

with R

Socio-Economic Statistics

Business Analytics

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Instructor, Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Continuing Studies, University of Victoria

Nov 2019 – Present Victoria, British Columbia
Responsibilities include:

  • Developing course materials
  • Instruction
 
 
 
 
 

Provincial Statistician & Director

BC Stats, Province of British Columbia

Oct 2013 – Present Victoria, British Columbia
Responsibilities include:

  • Consulting
  • Leadership of data science unit
  • Methodological expertise
 
 
 
 
 

A/ Executive Director & Provincial Statistician

BC Stats, Province of British Columbia

Jan 2013 – Oct 2013 Victoria, British Columbia
Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
  • Deploying
 
 
 
 
 

Director

BC Stats, Province of British Columbia

Sep 2009 – Dec 2012 Victoria, British Columbia
Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
  • Deploying

Recent Posts

Originally posted to bayesball.blogspot.com, 2019-06-02 What do we mean when we see a bird and say that it’s a robin? A simple …
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by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (2015, Wiley) Originally posted to bayesball.blogspot.com, 2016-03-06 One of the great strengths of R is …
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Or, another thought provoked (History 5702W) At one point during during the seminar of authoring tools in the History 5702W seminar …
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I had the pleasure of speaking to the History 5702W graduate student seminar at Carleton University in Ottawa this morning …
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Projects

Data Science with R

An incomplete compendium of resources that cover data science topics.

MLB Run Scoring Trends

An interactive data visualization app using R’s Shiny package.

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Before BC Stats could start using R, significant enablers in the operating environment had to be in place.
2018-11-07 Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Talk text Slides (pdf) GitHub

An overview of why and how BC Stats has been using R.
2018-05-15 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Slides (pdf) GitHub

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