Howard Vickers Web Dev | Data Science | Startup Management


Coding Data Science (Python) & Web Dev (JavaScript)


UploadCSV.com: Import CSV file into DynamoDB database

Web app to enable importing of csv files. Point-n-click matching of fields, import into databse and query databse.

Personal project for portfolio.

GitHub Website

asthma-rates

Asthma-Rates.com: Machine Learning with Regressors

Machine learning algorithms to predict asthma rates as influenced by pollutants and socio-economic factors. Web app format.

Capstone project at Galvanize Data Science Immersive.

GitHub Website

lingo-ninja

Lingo.ninja: Language Learning Web App with VueJS & MongoDB

Web app for language learning; includes a dictionary, flashcards, vocab tests, and progress tracking.

Capstone project at CodeCraft Full Stack Web Dev intensive.

GitHub Website

nextjob-site

NextJob.site: Web App using Web Scraping, VueJS & MongoDB

Web app for tracking job applications using web scraping of online jobs-board to find job opportunities.

Personal project for portfolio. UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

GitHub Website

no-code-ml

No-Code-ML.com: Tool for Machine Learning without Coding

Machine learning tool to enable predictive analysis without coding. Point-n-click web app to upload data, manipulate data and run algorithms.

Personal project for portfolio.

GitHub Website

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GitHub Website

Marketing Videos, Brochures

Technical Overview

Overview video showing the benefits, technology and device.

Telling the Patient's Story

Introductory video as told by patients in their own words.

Presentation of Benefits

Clinician brochure detailing the benefits, technology and device functionality.

Clinical Results Explained

Technical brochure presenting the results of clinical trials and investigations.

Professional Experience Medical Device Startups

project1

Finance & Operations

VP of Operations and Finance at startup manufacturer of bone conduction hearing aids.

  • Accounting, financial reporting and tax filing
  • Acquisition due diligence and investor cap table
  • Cashflow management
  • Onboarding/offboarding; internal policies and controls
  • Production team management Sales and Operations Plan
project2

Marketing & Sales

Led market entry into US for innovative medical device and therapy. Responsible for US sales US operations and global marketing.

  • Created, rolled out sales strategy with foucs on high value regions
  • Recruited, trained, managed US sales team
  • Developed relationships with Key Opinion Leaders
  • Established digital marketing strategy: ads, social media, SEO, HubSpot
  • Developed new collateral and branding, technical brochures, videos

Education & Skills MBA, Economics, and Programming

MBA Canada

MBA in international agribusiness at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

University of Guelph

MS Economics UK

Masters in Economics at SOAS, University of London, UK.

SOAS, London

Data Science & Machine Learning Colorado

Data Science Immersive course at Galvanize, Boulder, Colorado.

JavaScript, Mongo, Express, Vue, Node, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, Git, Bash, jQuery, JSON, Flask, Jinja2

Galvanize

Fullstack JavaScript Web Dev Colorado

Fullstack Web Dev intensive course at CodeCraft, Boulder, Colorado.

Python, supervised & unsupervised machine learning, big data, Spark, Pandas, Numpy, SQL, bayesian, frequentist, AWS (EC2, S3, Route 53)

CodeCraft/BDA