Ben Brew
Staff Data Scientist
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Brew is a Staff Data Scientist with 11 years of experience blending bioinformatics, economics, and applied mathematics to build data-driven solutions across academia, healthcare, and industry. He co-founded databrew.cc to provide visualization, machine learning, and statistical consulting to diverse clients while leading enterprise analytics at Munich Re. His background includes predicting cancer onset at SickKids and advising disaster risk and health equity projects at the World Bank, reflecting a rare mix of translational bioinformatics and policy-focused data science. Trained in applied math and economics at Paris institutions and Sewanee, he pairs rigorous quantitative foundations with practical model deployment. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex scientific problems into actionable products for both research and operational settings.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Economics, Master's degree, Economics at Paris School of EconomicsMaster's degree, Applied Mathematics, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics at University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics at Sewanee-The University of the South
Github Skills (12)
bank7
shiny6
health6
pipeline6
data-science5
finance4
financial4
data-pipeline4
virus2
python1
data-visualization1
science1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
databrew/steppingup
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:78 PRs, 187 pushes, 56 branches in 3 months
web-applicationcompassyouth
benmbrew/LFS
Nov 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:210 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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