Summary
Matthew Smith is a data and analytics leader with 11 years of experience who combines clinical insight, sports analytics, and commercial data strategy to drive operational and financial impact. An MBA from DeGroote, he was the first data scientist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, where he built predictive models and automation to improve patient flow and clinical decision-making, and later led data consolidation and a $250k yearly cost reduction as Analytics Manager at Pangaea. He’s overseen football analytics for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and supported Olympic/Paralympic teams, evidencing a knack for translating tracking and performance data into actionable strategy. Now a Staff Data Analyst based in Pittsburgh, Matthew is skilled at migrating legacy systems to cloud-native pipelines, establishing data governance, and modeling marketing attribution to improve profitability. Less obvious: his background in nursing and frontline care informs a pragmatic, human-centered approach to analytics that prioritizes measurable outcomes for both people and organizations.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Minor: Strategic marketing, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Minor: Strategic marketing at McMaster University
English, French, German