Andrew Brown
Director Advanced Analytics at BC Cancer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Brown is a Director of Advanced Analytics based in Vancouver with 11 years of applied data science and analytics experience rooted in a strong mathematics background. A former mathematician who progressed through operations research and health-sector analytics, he combines rigorous quantitative training (Masters in Operations Research and Combinatorics) with hands-on implementation of models and data pipelines across organizations like BC Cancer, Shopify, Fraser Health, and Thrive Health. He has led analytics teams and projects that translate clinical and operational questions into validated models and actionable insights, and he’s comfortable both extracting and preparing complex health data and communicating results to clinicians and leaders. Andrew’s career bridges research rigor and production-focused delivery, having moved from graduate-level theory toward operational analytics that improve patient and system outcomes. Notably, he transitioned from an incomplete PhD in combinatorial algebraic geometry into leading real-world analytics programs—highlighting a pragmatic drive to apply deep math to high-impact healthcare problems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Honours Mathematics, Bachelor of Science Honours Mathematics at The University of British ColumbiaUniversity Transfer Credits Mathematics, University Transfer Credits Mathematics at Langara CollegeMasters of Management Science Operations Research, Masters of Management Science Operations Research at University of Waterloo
English
Github Skills (22)
sublime-text10
sublime9
pycharm8
quilt8
livecode8
emacs7
live-coding7
wordpress6
python6
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pelican5
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
salvor7/GoFamiliar
Jul 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:420 commits, 4 PRs, 65 pushes in 3 years 7 months
salvor7/Project-Euler
May 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:13 pushes in 4 years 8 months
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