Keiron O'shea
Principal Data Scientist
Abercynon, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKeiron O'shea is a Principal Data Scientist with 12 years’ experience applying machine learning and software engineering to healthcare and research settings across Wales. Currently leading automation of clinical coding, population health analytics, and HL7 FHIR R4 standardisation at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, he blends applied NLP, statistical mixed models, and systems integration to improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. His background includes building a funded Biobank Information Management System and earlier research using neural networks to extract traits from one million herbarium images, reflecting a rare mix of biological PhD-level domain knowledge and production software delivery. Comfortable mentoring and teaching, he’s moved from academia into health service analytics while maintaining a pragmatic, standards-first approach to secure data exchange. Despite a quiet GitHub footprint, his work has tangible impact in clinical operations and national surveillance projects.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy Biological Studies, Doctor of Philosophy Biological Studies at Aberystwyth UniversityBTEC Extended Diploma Information Technology, BTEC Extended Diploma Information Technology at Coleg Morgannwg
Welsh, Chinese, English
Github Skills (200)
information-management10
pubmed10
data-science10
intellij10
python10
tensorflow10
machine-learning10
java-api10
mass10
statistics10
deploying10
keras-tensorflow10
pytorch10
deep-learning10
jax10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
KeironO/pyvec
Aug 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:79 commits, 8 PRs, 79 pushes in 1 year 9 months
pythonmachine-learning
bio-ontology-research-group/neural-network-plant-trait-classification
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:122 commits, 115 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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