Gavin Masterson
Senior Data Scientist
Knysna Local Municipality, South Africa
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Top SchoolGavin Masterson is a Senior Data Scientist with seven years of experience bridging ecological research and data engineering, currently delivering end-to-end analytics, pipelines, and dashboards for Fathom Data. He brings deep expertise in R, PostgreSQL, Git and Bayesian hierarchical modeling, honed through a PhD and published ecological research on reptile and amphibian populations. Prior to data science he led provincial conservation decision support in South Africa, performing Red List assessments for SANBI and IUCN—experience that informs his strength in turning complex, domain-specific problems into practical, auditable analyses. Comfortable switching between roles as data engineer, analyst and database manager, he combines scientific rigor with pragmatic engineering practices and a habit of self-teaching to rapidly adopt new tools. Based in Knysna, he has a track record of award-winning research and a practical focus on building reproducible workflows that stakeholders can trust.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Zoology, Ecology, Conservation, Master's Degree, Zoology, Ecology, Conservation at University of the Witwatersrand
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Github Skills (19)
shiny9
r8
algolia7
markdown7
dvc7
react7
rmarkdown7
docker7
algolia-search6
documentation5
open-source5
git5
docker-desktop3
windows2
python1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GavinMasterson/route_optimisation
Apr 2021 - May 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
GavinMasterson/dvc-pipeline-demo
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:20 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
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