Development of Predictive Models. Statistics. Asset Management. Risk. Probability. Strategy Development.

Area Covered: EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM


Work Experience
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Job Title: Team Leader - Asset Strategy Analytics Team
Company: Scottish Water
From:01/Oct/2010

Job Title: Statistician
Company: Scottish Water
Description: • Detailed analysis of real-world company data.
• Programming in R.
• Creation of (non-)linear regression models of asset reliability.
• Statistical analysis of financial data.
• Modelling the societal impact of asset failure.
• Quantifying risk over a diverse portfolio of >1m assets.
• Appraising the economic viability of competing investments.
• Capital maintenance optimisation.
• Monte Carlo analysis.
• Providing an ad-hoc analytical service to internal customers.
• Regular presentations to senior managers and directors.
• Development of documentation for non-technical audiences.
From:01/Sep/2007 To:01/Sep/2010

Job Title: PhD Studentship
Company: University of Edinburgh
Description: See education section.
From:01/Jan/2004 To:01/Jan/2007

Job Title: Software Engineer
Company: Cadence Design Systems
Description: • Professional programming in C++
• Significant exposure to the UNIX operating system.
• Composed technical documentation.
• Developed test cases to verify software functionality.
• Worked in an international team.
From:01/Nov/2002 To:01/Sep/2003

Job Title: Software Engineer
Company: Cadence Design Systems
Description: • Summer internship.
• Computer programming in C++.
From:01/Jun/2001 To:01/Aug/2001



Education
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Degree: PhD
Field of Study: Predictive Modelling with Statistics & Machine Learning
University / College: The University of Edinburgh
From:01/Jan/2004 To:01/Jan/2007

Degree: MSc
Field of Study: Informatics
University / College: The University of Edinburgh
From:01/Jan/2003 To:01/Jan/2004

Degree: BSc (Hons)
Field of Study: Joint Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
University / College: The University of Edinburgh
From:01/Jan/1998 To:01/Jan/2002