Joshua Foster
Senior Data Scientist
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Foster is a Senior Data Scientist based in Auckland with roughly a decade of experience applying advanced analytics, machine learning, and causal inference across retail and academic settings. He transitioned from rigorous experimental research roles at University of Chicago and Boston University into industry data science, delivering end-to-end projects that combine research design, analytics, visualization, and stakeholder communication. At The Warehouse Group and now Woolworths Group he has focused on translating causal and predictive insights into operational decisions for large retail environments. His background in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, plus a PhD, gives him unusual depth in experimental design and human-centered modeling compared with typical data scientists. Colleagues know him for bridging academic rigor with pragmatic production deployments and for quickly turning complex quantitative questions into clear, business-ready answers.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, First Class Honours, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, First Class Honours at Victoria University of WellingtonDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), PSYCHOLOGY, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), PSYCHOLOGY at University of Chicago
Github Skills (1)
python3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
joshuajfoster/Preprocess_EEG_EyeTrack
Mar 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:1 release, 79 commits, 39 pushes in 2 years 5 months
joshuajfoster/joshuajfoster.github.io
Jun 2019 - May 2022
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:152 pushes in 2 years 11 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
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