A little bit about me
my day job
software engineer, data scientist, statistician
I'm a software engineer on the IBM Watson team building tooling to help developers train and evaluate ML models. I develop applications using Node.js, React, Python and Java.
I've also worked as a data scientist, a data analyst and a statistics consultant. A common theme across all these roles has been data, particularly on how to use and visualize it to help users make more informed decisions.
some of my projects
a selection of publicly available projects
- Tone Analyzer for Customer Engagement - a web application demonstrating how the Watson Tone Analyzer Customer Care endpoint can be used.
- Food Coach - a chatbot that integrates Watson Tone Analyzer and Watson Conversation Services.
- Watson Developer Cloud SDKs - I contributed a Watson Tone Analyzer and Conversation integration example to the SDKs.
- IBM Content and Predictive Analytics (ICPA) for Healthcare - an NLP analytic workflow system for the healthcare domain. I contributed to the research prototype that was productized as ICPA.
the rest of the time
diversity
I think diversity is important. I'm trying to do my part in improving it in the tech and outdoor communities:- SheJumps - I currently volunteer as an Ambassador with SheJumps, a nonprofit organization with the mission of increasing the participation of women & girls in outdoor activities.
- GIRLsmarts4tech - I worked with the GIRLsmarts4tech as a Program Coordinator and workshop instructor to offer computer science workshops to grade six girls while at grad school at UBC.
- Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Unconference 2017 - I had the opportunity to contribute to diversity efforts in the scientific computing community.
the great outdoors
- Skiing is my first love. I dream of becoming a `ski bum` and hucking myself off cliffs.
- When I'm not skiing, I enjoy cycling. Going up mountains is almost as much fun as going down.
- Sometimes I resort to running up the mountains, but this hurts a lot more.
making things
- I like to make noise on the violin and piano.
- I like to make a mess baking and cooking in the kitchen.