Matthew Badger
Head Of VPP at Branch Energy
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Badger is a Head of VPP and experienced data scientist/software engineer with 13 years applying quantitative and engineering skills across European and North American energy markets. He combines a PhD in mathematics with leadership roles from hands‑on tech lead positions at Shell to heading data science and VPP strategy at Branch Energy, translating complex market models into commercial products. Known as a "recovering mathematician," he blends rigorous probabilistic thinking with pragmatic software engineering to build forecasting, risk and optimisation systems for energy retail and distributed assets. Based in England, he has a track record of moving between research, commercial structuring and platform engineering, which helps him bridge analytics, product and operations in fast‑moving energy businesses.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
King Edward VI Five Ways, BirminghamDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics at University of BirminghamBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mathematics at The University of Sheffield
Stackoverflow
1,063reputation
51kreached
141answers
1question
Github Skills (114)
cox-regression10
parser10
python10
json-schema10
data-parsing10
prediction10
code-generator10
pandas10
statistics10
econometrics10
validation10
pythonic10
regression-models10
statsmodels10
espn10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
branchenergy/branch_utils
Aug 2022 - Nov 2024
dbt utilities
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
badge/bham-latex-preamble
Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
Contributions:9 commits in 2 months
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