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Callum Richards

Callum Richards

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies

  • Education

    • Imperial College London

      2017 - 2018
      Master of Science - MSc Environmental Technology - Environmental Economics and Policy Distinction

      Environmental Economics and Policy stream at the Centre for Environmental Policy. Basil Furneaux Fund Scholar 2017.Carried out a stakeholder consultation of the UK Wine Industry together with the UK’s main trade body Wine GB, gauging members awareness of grapevine diseases following a survey based statistical analysis in R.MSc Thesis conducted in conjunction with the UN Environment Programme and Technical University of Denmark, assessing the non-financial risks to on-grid solar… Show more Environmental Economics and Policy stream at the Centre for Environmental Policy. Basil Furneaux Fund Scholar 2017.Carried out a stakeholder consultation of the UK Wine Industry together with the UK’s main trade body Wine GB, gauging members awareness of grapevine diseases following a survey based statistical analysis in R.MSc Thesis conducted in conjunction with the UN Environment Programme and Technical University of Denmark, assessing the non-financial risks to on-grid solar infrastructure within sub-Saharan Africa. Stakeholder engagement and renewable energy sector analysis conducted on location in Kampala, Uganda, July 2018. Show less

    • Imperial College London

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor of Science - BSc Biological Sciences with Research Abroad 2:1

      Activities and Societies: Men's Imperial College Union Association Football Team: 4 XI Captain 2015/16, Fixture and Transport secretary 2016/17; Treasurer 2017/18. Student Representative for Extra Curricular Humanities courses 2015/16 Member, London Forum for Science & Policy 2016-2017 Key Units: Biology of Organisms (2:1), Biochemistry and Microorganisms (2:2), Cell Biology and Genetics (2:1), Ecology and Evolution (1st), Applied Molecular Biology (2:1), Genetics (1st), Resource Management (2:1), Behavioral Ecology (2:1), Ecology (2:1), African Field Course Biology (1st), Evolutionary Biology (2:1) and Global Change Biology (2:1)Final Year Research Project: Statistical modelling of landowner participation in private land conservation schemes and conservation policy… Show more Key Units: Biology of Organisms (2:1), Biochemistry and Microorganisms (2:2), Cell Biology and Genetics (2:1), Ecology and Evolution (1st), Applied Molecular Biology (2:1), Genetics (1st), Resource Management (2:1), Behavioral Ecology (2:1), Ecology (2:1), African Field Course Biology (1st), Evolutionary Biology (2:1) and Global Change Biology (2:1)Final Year Research Project: Statistical modelling of landowner participation in private land conservation schemes and conservation policy in the Eastern Cape of South Africa (Awarded a 1st)Second Year Politics Supplementary Course (Sept. 2014-March 2015) (2:1)First year Supplementary Course in Science Policy (Sept. 2013-March 2014)Critically reviewed government policy and its approaches to environmental issues, while also conducting research into the influence of political orientation on the interpretation of Global warming and the challenges of designing evidence-based mitigation policy towards climate change. Show less

    • Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen

      2015 - 2016
      Bachelor’s Degree Biology with Research Abroad - Erasmus 2:1

      Year abroad exchange programme (ERASMUS placement), studying courses in Applied Marine Biology, Aquaculture and Fish Diseases, Conservation and Physiology of Aquatic Organisms; as well as a Danish Level 1 language course.Conducted a lab based research project at the University's Centre for Social Evolution, investigating microbial diversity within the Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach hindgut, using genetic and statistical analysis techniques.Primary authorship of published… Show more Year abroad exchange programme (ERASMUS placement), studying courses in Applied Marine Biology, Aquaculture and Fish Diseases, Conservation and Physiology of Aquatic Organisms; as well as a Danish Level 1 language course.Conducted a lab based research project at the University's Centre for Social Evolution, investigating microbial diversity within the Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach hindgut, using genetic and statistical analysis techniques.Primary authorship of published research paper, PLOS One, October 2017 "Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach gut microbiota respond consistently to a fungal diet without mirroring those of fungus-farming termites"Under supervision from Professor Michael Thomas-Poulsen at the Centre for Social Evolution (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185745) (Attached PDF) Also conducted a cultural report analysing the rise of right-wing politics and "Euroscepticism" within Danish Politics and politcal discourse. Show less

  • Experience

    • Imperial College Union

      Sept 2013 - Jan 2014
      Bar Staff and Safety Steward

      Demonstrated safety awareness skills, ensuring the safety of large crowds of students in the bar area and efficient table service

    • Gavin Shuker (MP) Labour Summmer School

      Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
      Public Policy and Community Engagement Summer Intern

      Redesigned new guidelines for the care of Young People served by Luton Borough Council’s social services.Constructed a speech for delivery to Parliament on the International Development Bill 2014-15 as part of Mr Shuker’s role as the Shadow Minister for International Development and Labour representative for Luton South.

    • Umphafa Private Nature Reserve, Colchester Zoo

      Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
      Wildlife Reserve and Conservation Management Intern

      Promoted a sustainable management ethic to landowners and rural communities, while also coordinating practical conservation tasks such as game and landscape management and habitat restoration.

    • Westminster Forum Projects

      Jul 2016 - Sept 2016
      Policy Stakeholder Database Administrator

      Performed background research and cataloguing of key stakeholders invited to attend Policy forums on future environmental and energy policy strategy within the UK.

    • Walgreens Boots Alliance

      Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
      Corporate Social Responsibility Mentee

      Analysed corporate strategy for environmental policy and societal engagement during a careers experience day at WBA’s Nottingham Headquarters in March 2017.Kindly mentored by the Wallgreens Boots Alliance Head of CSR, who guided through my future career choices and was instrumental in my decision to study environmental and sustainability sciences at a postgraduate level.

    • Imperial College London

      Dec 2016 - Aug 2017

      Undergraduate Research Experience in Ecological Health and Policy, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London within Dr Kris Murray's lab.Reviewed the socio-economic and climate forecasting literature for Sri Lanka, and modelled the environmental suitability and health burden of snake bite occurrence and conflict across the island, using GIS software in R.Identified and highlighted genetic markers of the amphibian fungal disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian samples taken from French Guiana, working within Imperial's Fungal Disease Epidemiology lab at St Mary's Hospital. Show less

      • Undergraduate Research Assistant - Ecological Health and Policy

        Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

      • London Forum for Science and Policy Member

        Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

    • Thames Water

      Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
      H2innOvate 2018 Innovation Challenge Winner

      Presented a technological solution designed to utilise VR technology to raise public awareness around the issues of sewer blockages within urban drainage systems.Member of the challenge’s winning team, as judged by the Thames Water executive in partnership with Microsoft.Awarded a 6-week internship within Thames Water’s Data Analysis team, due to take place in September 2018.

    • Thames Water

      Sept 2018 - May 2020

      Data Scientist and Product Technical Lead within Thames Digital's Data Factory Team. Product Technical lead for Leakage Targeting and network maintenance prioritisation tool, responsible for Power BI dashboard UX design and end-to-end data engineering pipeline builds in an Azure technology stack.Functioned within an ‘Agile’ Development and Scrum delivery structure , driving product orientated insight through advanced GIS and data visualisation platforms within a CRISP-DM analytical framework.Extensive experience working with a range of data engineering pipelines and data science languages including SQL, Python, PySpark, Spark SQL and R, as well as visualisation tools and unified analytics platforms such as PowerBI and Azure Databricks on Apache Spark. Show less

      • Technical Lead

        Mar 2020 - May 2020

      • Data Scientist

        Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

      • Digital Innovation and Data Science Intern

        Sept 2018 - Oct 2018

    • CDP

      May 2020 - Nov 2022

      Data Analyst within the Data & Insight Dept’s Data Analytics & Reporting Team.Lead analyst and UX designer on CDP's leading suite of Power BI and KPI dashboard solutions introduced under the Digital Transformation program, aggregating and visualising key ESG related datasets to users across the business. Oversaw the initial migration of BI and dashboard ETL pipelines from on-premises to cloud based tooling, including integration into Databricks and ADF orchestrated workflows. Technical Lead for CDP’s inaugural open-source data science competition, hosted in partnership with Kaggle (Competition Page: CDP - Unlocking Climate Solutions https://www.kaggle.com/c/cdp-unlocking-climate-solutions ) Show less

      • Lead Data Scientist (Scoring)

        Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

      • Data Analyst

        May 2020 - Jul 2021

    • Palantir Technologies

      Nov 2022 - now
      Deployment Strategist

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Databricks Academy Azure Databricks Cloud Architecture and System Integration Fundamentals

      Databricks
      Nov 2022

    • Databricks Academy Apache Spark Programming with Databricks

      Databricks
      Oct 2021

  • Volunteer Experience

    • FA Level 1 Coaching Qualification

      Issued by English Football Association on Jun 2011
      English Football AssociationAssociated with Callum Richards