Chris Allison
Director General, Data Analytics & Information Management
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Allison is a data and digital leader with 17+ years of cross‑sector public service experience, currently directing Data Analytics & Information Management for the Department of National Defence. He blends operational front‑line experience (RCMP, CBSA, police) and national security policy with hands‑on engineering in Python, Go and big‑data tooling to drive pragmatic, data‑driven change in large government organizations. Known as a storyteller and communicator, he has reverse‑mentored deputy ministers, led enterprise social collaboration initiatives, and reimagined the traveller experience through policy and technology. A builder of machine learning classifiers, social network analyses and web apps, he’s equally at home shaping legislation, governance and the technical pipelines that make insights actionable.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Continuing Studies East Asian Studies, Continuing Studies East Asian Studies at McMaster UniversityH.B.A. Sociology & Psychology, H.B.A. Sociology & Psychology at Lakehead University
Japanese, French, English
Github Skills (164)
chat10
matrix10
docker-image10
elgg9
javascript9
snapcraft9
voice9
camelcase9
bots9
dialogue-systems9
collaboration9
async-await9
kaios9
conversations9
jstree9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ToferC/intersections
Sep 2020 - Apr 2024
An MVP for an intersectional data framework of personal experience.
Contributions:337 pushes, 3 branches, 2 issues in 3 years 7 months
mvp
ToferC/ore_web_roller
Apr 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:115 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 10 months
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