Scott Weston
Head Of Data Science
New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Weston is a Head of Data Science with 12 years of experience building reliable data platforms and machine learning solutions, currently leading Plex’s combined data engineering and data science organization. He has a track record of turning fragile pipelines into highly available, cost-efficient services and standardizing analytics so stakeholders can trust a single source of truth. Equally comfortable as a manager and an individual contributor, Scott has implemented churn prediction and content valuation models while owning the company-wide data strategy. A former founder of a Unity game studio, he brings a pragmatic, product-focused engineering mindset and a long-standing interest in functional programming and ML hobby projects. Based in New Zealand and grounded in a computer science education, he balances technical leadership with hands-on delivery and creative pursuits like music and game design.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Victoria University of WellingtonWilliam Colenso College
English, Polish
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Github Skills (27)
jupyter10
python-modules10
documentation-generator10
literate-programming10
pypi10
setuptools9
notebook9
python9
conda9
nbdev9
developer-tools9
jupyter-notebook9
fastai9
version-control9
macos6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
scwe/dotfiles
Feb 2016 - Apr 2025
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 3 months
scwe/clean
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:82 commits, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
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