Howard Man

Howard man

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Junior Data & Software Engineer at Sigma Labs

  • Education

    • Queen mary's grammar school

      2012 - 2019
      Gcses, a-levels mathematics
    • University of birmingham

      2019 - 2023
      Master of science - msci mathematics 1st

      Activities and Societies: Societies include: • Poynting Physical Society; won 2 campus netball league titles as a regular squad player (2021 - 2023) • Mathematics Society; contributed as a student representative and EDI representative (2023) Years 1 and 2: learnt topics both in pure & applied mathematics, such as analysis, linear algebra & combinatorics. Gained experience in typesetting & programming languages such as LaTeX & Lua.Year 3: specialised in topics in financial mathematics, such as statistics, mathematical finance & partial differential equations. Engaged in pure mathematical topics such as number theory and composed a research project on the history of Sinitic algebraic results & breakthroughs.Year 4:… Show more Years 1 and 2: learnt topics both in pure & applied mathematics, such as analysis, linear algebra & combinatorics. Gained experience in typesetting & programming languages such as LaTeX & Lua.Year 3: specialised in topics in financial mathematics, such as statistics, mathematical finance & partial differential equations. Engaged in pure mathematical topics such as number theory and composed a research project on the history of Sinitic algebraic results & breakthroughs.Year 4: Composed an extended research project on topics in algebraic number theory and their application in Kummer's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for regular primes. Engaged in pure mathematics topics such as group theory, linear programming & combinatorical optimisation. Undertook a module in advanced mathematical finance, and object-oriented programmed a valuation tool in Python for financial derivatives, leveraging inheritance classes to model relationships between financial products and valuation methods. Show less

  • Experience

    • Bishop challoner teaching school alliance

      Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
      Mathematics teaching intern

      • Acted as a teaching assistant in multiple instances when on placement in a local secondary school;supervised and taught GCSE Maths in groups of up to 20 children, using appropriate behaviouralmanagement to ensure a healthy learning environment when conducting various lesson starters.• Utilised a plethora of pedagogical devices, such as scaffolded learning, to ensure that pupils had amore fulfilling learning experience that catered to their level of understanding.• This position was crucial to helping me develop my explanation skills when demonstrating a highlyintricate topic and aided in building my leadership skills in a large group. Show less

    • Bmh tutors

      Sept 2021 - Nov 2021
      Chemistry tutor

      • Delivered weekly GCSE Chemistry lessons to multiple pupils both remotely and in-person.• Tailored a study plan - detailing what areas of Chemistry they wish to cover - for each student and consistently delivered tuition sessions corresponding to those topics. • Thoroughly researched and collated subject content for each student’s syllabus, meeting each of their academic needs via implementation into classroom-led and independent work.• This position enabled me to communicate clearly and break down difficult concepts into a simplerformat for an audience who may have a limited understanding of the said subject area. Show less

    • Sigma labs

      Jan 2024 - now
      Junior data & software engineer

      Sigma Labs is a high-performance training programme for technology professionals across software, data and platform engineering.► Software & Data Engineering Programme: experience coding individually and as part of an agile team: • Coding: Python, OOP, HTML/CSS, Clean Code, TDD, Git; • Backend: Flask, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, 3NF, API development, security fundamentals; • Data Eng: Kafka, ETL pipelines, stream processing, data cleaning; • Visualisation: Matplotlib, Dashboarding using Streamlit, Tableau; • ML: NLP, Fuzzy Matching, NER; • Cloud: Docker, AWS, EC2, Lambda, Terraform;► Experience delivering four industry-standard technical case studies involving ETL, data analysis, machine learning, cloud and data visualisation;► Technical Excellence: Problem-solving, systems thinking, technical communication, effective & clean code;► Professional High Performance: developing fundamental transferrable skills and knowledge, across communication, behaviour, decision making frameworks (incl. Agile), business basics & problem-solving. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • KPMG Data Analytics Virtual Internship

      Issued by Forage on Sept 2022
      ForageAssociated with Howard Man
    • Student Representative and EDI representative

      Issued by School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham on Sept 2022
      School of Mathematics, University of BirminghamAssociated with Howard Man
    • Mathematics Tutor

      Issued by CoachBright on Feb 2021
      CoachBrightAssociated with Howard Man
    • Tuition Scheme Volunteer

      Issued by University of Birmingham on Nov 2019
      University of BirminghamAssociated with Howard Man