Summary
Naomi Penfold is a specialist data and information analyst with nine years’ experience applying scientific rigour to complex public-sector and research problems, currently leading workforce analytics projects for NHS Education for Scotland. She combines hands-on skills in R, SQL, Python and PowerBI with a PhD in neuroscience, enabling her to turn messy datasets into actionable official statistics and stakeholder-facing insights. Her background spans lab science, funding design, open infrastructure research and non-profit leadership, so she brings systems thinking and community-driven practice to data work. Known for spotting patterns and the gaps behind numbers, she also prioritises reproducible pipelines and collaborative delivery—she completed an intensive professional data analysis course and continues to publish code and projects on GitHub.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Developmental programming of food intake, PhD, Developmental programming of food intake at University of Cambridge
Online Short Course, Service Design, Online Short Course, Service Design at University of the Arts London
International Baccalaureate, HL: Biology 7, Chemistry 7, Mathematics 6; SL: French 7, English Literature 7, Psychology 7, International Baccalaureate, HL: Biology 7, Chemistry 7, Mathematics 6; SL: French 7, English Literature 7, Psychology 7 at Alton College