Zak Watts
Data Science And Solutions Associate
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolZak Watts is a data scientist and solutions lead who turns satellite imagery and weather data into trading-grade forecasting products for energy markets. At Open Climate Fix he builds and launches ML forecasting tools, runs high-value POCs with global energy majors, and has driven multi‑million‑pound system savings through improved reserve forecasting. He combines hands-on model development and on-call production support with commercial skills—closing deals, implementing CRM-led go-to-market operations, and expanding the business into Europe. Founder of SunsetMap, he also applies geospatial terrain analysis to consumer-facing tools, showing a knack for shipping polished products outside core domain work. A former researcher and startup operator with a Physics MSci, Zak mixes rigorous quantitative methods with practical product delivery and a curiosity that often turns side projects into useful innovations.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Beaconsfield SchoolJohn Hampden Grammar SchoolMsci, Physics, Msci, Physics at University of Bristol
Github Skills (38)
meta9
pyproject-toml9
solar9
photovoltaic9
alibabacloud8
dbml8
napalm8
react8
hosting8
api8
renewable-energy8
power-systems8
tosca7
sdn7
pytorch7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openclimatefix/gfs-downloader
Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Grids Historical Archive: https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds084.1/
Contributions:4 reviews, 70 PRs, 101 pushes in 2 months
openclimatefix/uk-nia-drs
Nov 2023 - Jan 2025
NIA DRS project
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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