Edward Jackson

Background

About Edward Jackson

I am a skilled data scientist with additional experience in data engineering. I am a clear, versatile communicator with a passion for working with other teams to provide insights and solutions for public good. I enjoy experimenting with new technologies and techniques in data analytics, data science and data engineering AND sharing that with others to build capability and inspire onward development. My previous career was in teaching and school leadership; consequently, I collaborate well with others across multi-disciplinary teams and adapt to changing priorities and dynamics. Headline technical skills and experience - CLOUD COMPUTING - GCP/AWS, including Virtual Machines, Automation, Storage, Hadoop LLMs/NLP - Langchain, Ollama, BeautifulSoup CODING - Python, SQL, plus basics in R and Golang CI/CD - Git, CodeCov, Pytest, Hypothesis MACHINE LEARNING - Keras, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn DATA VIZ - Pydeck, Plotly, Folium, Tableau STATISTICS - Hypothesis testing, A/B tests, Parametric & non-parametric testing When not at work, I am most likely to be found on a tennis court: as well as regular club play, I compete in two regional leagues. A keen bookworm, I also enjoy exploring the great outdoors, working in the garden, watching lots of tennis, and keeping up with the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball. Phrases you'll often hear me saying -"Every day is a school day!""Belt and braces." “Once a teacher, always a learner!”