Henry Ngo
Director, Data Strategy
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHenry Ngo is a Director of Data Strategy in the BC Public Service with nine years of experience translating scientific rigor into public sector data and analytics programs. A planetary astronomer-turned-data-scientist with a Caltech PhD, he applies Bayesian statistics, machine learning and a researcher's curiosity to public health surveillance, environmental policy and service transformation. He has progressed from hands-on research in exoplanets and observational astronomy to leading analytic teams that inform provincial health and environmental decisions. Known for combining quantitative analysis with clear policy-minded communication, he brings a rare mix of deep technical modeling experience and practical, government-facing delivery. Based in Victoria, BC, he also carries an academic lineage of teaching Bayesian analysis and publishing research that informs how he frames complex, data-driven problems.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics and Astronomy at The University of British ColumbiaMaster’s Degree, Astronomy, Master’s Degree, Astronomy at Queen's University
English, French, Vietnamese
Github Skills (65)
feature-extraction10
image-processing10
mcmc10
high-contrast10
orbital-mechanics10
orbit10
pca10
spectral10
image-filters10
imaging10
contrast10
quarto9
data-processing9
angular9
team-project9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bcgov/epi.branch.sim
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Stochastic epidemiological branching simulation
Contributions:1 release, 88 commits, 3 PRs in 8 months
stochasticsimulationbranching
henry-ngo/VIP
Jul 2017 - Apr 2022
VIP is a python package/library for angular, reference star and spectral differential imaging for exoplanet/disk detection through high-contrast imaging.
Contributions:15 pushes, 3 tags in 4 years 10 months
pythondiskexoplanetimagingangular
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