Alex Handy
Head Of Data And Engineering
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Handy is a data and engineering leader with 11 years’ experience building high-performing teams and delivering data-driven products across academia, health tech, and environmental science. Currently Head of Data and Engineering at NatureMetrics and a Senior Research Fellow and Data Scientist at UCL, he blends rigorous research methods with product-led engineering to turn complex biological and clinical signals into usable insights. He has led data functions at fast-moving startups like Vira Health and managed strategic analytics at Sky and consulting roles at Booz, demonstrating a rare mix of startup grit and enterprise strategy. A Cambridge graduate with an MSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London, Alex pairs strong quantitative instincts with domain curiosity—often surfacing unexpected cross-disciplinary approaches from neuroscience to biodiversity sensing.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons History Management, BA Hons History Management at University of CambridgeMakersMSc Neuroscience, MSc Neuroscience at King's College London
Github Skills (65)
android10
ios10
react-native10
react10
twilio10
javascript9
medicine9
frontend9
cross-platform9
pubmed9
mobile9
nlp8
falcon8
app-framework8
twitter8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
AlexHandy1/ad-genetic-overlap-web
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
MSc Thesis: Summary of results in R Shiny
Contributions:14 PRs, 45 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 7 months
msc-thesisshinyrstatsthesisshiny-r
AlexHandy1/subredditor
Jun 2015 - May 2020
Subredditor: Full stack JS Subreddit article search app
Contributions:46 commits, 22 PRs, 30 pushes in 4 years 11 months
full-stackjs
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