Sam Norton
Staff Software Engineer II at BD
New Zealand
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Top SchoolSam Norton is a Staff Software Engineer II based in New Zealand with nine years of experience bridging biomedical research and bioinformatics software engineering. With a PhD in human macrophage cancer immunology and a background as a postdoc and university lab demonstrator, he translates complex biological problems into user-friendly analytic tools, often using R and Shiny. He founded a scientific data analysis consultancy, building production-ready bioinformatic pipelines and interactive apps that help researchers explore data without a steep learning curve. Sam thrives on intellectual challenges, balancing multiple concurrent projects and learning new domains quickly, bringing both academic rigor and practical product focus to engineering teams.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Macrophage Cancer Immunology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Macrophage Cancer Immunology at University of OtagoHigh School, High School at Wellington College
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
NortonS1/BrickPlots
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
NortonS1/KempkirmanRwork
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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