Robert Fry
Head Of Enhanced Digital & Data Insight Products Team
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Fry is a data visualisation and statistics leader with 11+ years building national-scale digital products that make complex datasets accessible and actionable. Currently heading the Enhanced Digital & Data Insight Products team at MHCLG, he has shifted delivery from reactive analysis to proactive, reusable platforms and live data pipelines that accelerate ministerial decision-making. Previously at the ONS he led delivery of Census 2021 digital dissemination—including a maps service that saw 30 million views in under a month—and established cross-government standards, training and automated publishing techniques. He blends statistical rigour (BSc Mathematics, diploma in Official Statistics) with hands-on technical and product instincts, managing multidisciplinary teams across data, design, analytics and UCD. Known for reducing dependence on ad‑hoc commissions and external suppliers, he emphasises resilience, repeatability and value for money in public-sector data services. Based in Winchester, he brings a rare combination of national policy impact and practical data-visualisation craft.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Official Statistics, Diploma, Official Statistics at University of Southampton
Github Skills (14)
d3js10
boundaries10
topojson10
graph9
maps8
responsive8
charts7
react7
census-data6
census5
wcag3
accessibility2
mobility1
plot1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fryford/imdmap
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
fryford/fryford.github.io
Mar 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:148 commits, 4 PRs, 141 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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