Chris Swenson
Senior Data Analyst
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Swenson is a Senior Data Analyst with over a decade of applied analytics and data science experience, currently driving insights and data product ownership at Wawanesa Insurance. He combines rigorous statistical training (MSc in Applied Statistics) with practical machine learning and engineering skills—optimizing ETL, SQL, Python, Azure Databricks, and CI/CD—to deliver measurable business impact such as dramatic runtime reductions and multimillion-dollar transaction matching improvements. Chris has repeatedly boosted forecast accuracy (up to 99.8% in pandemic modeling) and saved teams substantial time, including an 80+ hour/week productivity gain via an LLM-driven email summarization agent. A natural mentor and cross-functional leader, he has served as product owner, supervised analytics teams, and founded a Neurodivergent Support Group, showing a rare blend of technical leadership and human-centered advocacy. He’s comfortable translating complex causal and experimental analyses for C-suite stakeholders and uncovering hidden savings in marketing and operational programs. Based in Winnipeg, he brings a pragmatic, research-minded approach that prioritizes reproducibility, automation, and stakeholder adoption.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Music, Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Music at University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterMaster's degree, Applied Statistics, Master's degree, Applied Statistics at Penn State World Campus
Spanish
Github Skills (9)
recipe3
revit-api3
exploratory-data-analysis2
django2
python2
statistics2
business-analytics1
sql-server1
pandas-dataframe1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
chris-swenson/samples
Mar 2021 - Feb 2026
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
chris-swenson/sasmacros
Dec 2017 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 release, 14 commits, 13 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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