Shona Birkett

Data Scientist at Paperplane Therapeutics
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Data Scientist
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      • Developed an interactive multi-page data analytics web application using Python and AWS, providing clients with valuable insight about product effectiveness. • Built a secured pipeline between the database and application, minimizing security risk and the expense of additional software. • Lead routine maintenance on application infrastructure, optimizing performance for client use. • Assisted with the integration of a biofeedback sensor into a virtual reality game, ensuring meaningful data was being collected for desired analysis. • Supported the development team with quality assurance product testing. Advised the team on how to improve user experience for increased customer satisfaction. Show less

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
      • Sep 2020 - Apr 2021

      • Aided professors and support staff in fine-tuning education content for remote laboratories, generating original questions for student evaluations and restructuring existing labs.• Collaborated with a variety of professionals to arrange and supervise an experiment for two classes of undergraduate physics students.

      • May 2020 - Aug 2020

      • Assisted the program associate to redesign upper year physics labs, maximizing student engagement for online learning during Covid-19.

      • Sep 2019 - May 2020

      • Efficiently digitized technical manuals, schematics, and laboratory projects; conserving valuable data and streamlining professors access to information.• Tested several Arduino boards, oscilloscopes, and simple circuits in conjunction with the lab technician, reducing total time spent on repairing laboratory instruments.

      • May 2019 - Sep 2019

      • Spearheaded the digitization of snow-pit data from the White Glacier mass balance records; successfully converted over 30 years of measurements, preserving vital information about snow accumulation patterns and firn formation.• Analyzed snow accumulation patterns by creating two-dimensional interactive snow-pit models in Python; visually displaying the change in firn distribution over time.

    • Ticket Sales Associate and Maintence Staff
      • May 2018 - Aug 2018

      • Efficiently planned and sold travel packages to customers. • Assisted customers in the checkout of their purchases. • Organized store merchandise and took initiative in solving scheduling issues. • Refined communication and collaboration skills working with captains independently on weekly cleaning projects and merchandise assistance in store. • Trusted with a variety of independent resposibilities for boat maintenance. • Efficiently planned and sold travel packages to customers. • Assisted customers in the checkout of their purchases. • Organized store merchandise and took initiative in solving scheduling issues. • Refined communication and collaboration skills working with captains independently on weekly cleaning projects and merchandise assistance in store. • Trusted with a variety of independent resposibilities for boat maintenance.

Education

  • Queen's University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics (Honours)
    2017 - 2021

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