Skills
Broad subject matter knowledge
- Extensive experience with construction, property, housing, overseas ownership, and accommodation data
- Some experience with migration, business financial, and electronic card transaction data
Technical expertise
- Data wrangling and analysis
- Modular, reusable code
- Developing and interrogating models
- Championing best practice
- Current experience with R, SAS, SQL, and Git
- Prior experience with Python, PHP, HTML, Java, and JavaScript, with some exposure to many other programming languages
Keeping it real
- Adapting complex methods to achieve practical, real-world outcomes
- Producing useful, customer-focused insights
- Demystifying complexity with clear writing
Leadership, governance, and advice
- Sharing knowledge
- Influencing strategy
- Connecting people
- Collaborative leadership and governance
- Experience providing Ministerial advice and contributing to drafting of legislation
Education
University of Canterbury
- Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Linguistics, May 2013
- Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics (Minor in French), December 2011
- Certificate in Science in Computer Science, December 2011
Roles (past decade or so)
Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa
- Enterprise Product Owner – Analytic Environment, September 2022 to present
- Senior Data Design Analyst – Construction and Property Statistics, November 2020 to January 2023
- Data Design Analyst – Transfers, Building, and Construction, July 2019 to November 2020
- Statistical Analyst Level Two – Accommodation, Building, and Construction, August 2015 to June 2019
- Statistical Analyst Level One – Accommodation, Building, and Construction, June 2013 to August 2015
The Sensationalist
- Co-founder and Financial Director, April 2022 to present
Web Developer
Little Andromeda
- Usher and Website Support, August 2018 to June 2022
University of Canterbury
- Research Assistant, August 2011 to July 2013