Craig Evans

Craig Evans

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder / Chief Analyst / Remote Pilot

  • Education

    • University of Wollongong

      1988 - 1993
      BCompSc Software Engineering
    • Swinburne University of Technology

      1996 - 1997
      Master of Engineering (MEng) Open Systems

      Completed 1/2 of the program ... then emigrated to the US and was unable to finish. However, this did spark an ongoing interest in post graduate studies.

    • Parkland College

      2023 - 2024
      Advanced Certificate Unmanned Aircraft Systems

      Drone OperationsCertificate in UAS Completed 11/2023.Advanced UAS Certificate Completed 05/2024.

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      2022 - 2023
      Master of Science - MS Library and Information Science

      It's been a wild ride. Graduated with a MSLIS degree May 2023, and continue teaching.The framework for social network testing will continue to be developed.

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      2011 - 2022
      PhD Informatics Discontinued

      Previously an Informatics PhD student through the Illinois Informatics Institute (http://www.informatics.illinois.edu). First time as a full time student - I've been enrolled FT in the past, but now until completion will be purely as a student. Academic training is as a data scientist, with domain application in social network analysis. This has involved a lot of text mining and network graph analysis using R, Java, and SQL. Building out a test platform for experimentation using R and… Show more Previously an Informatics PhD student through the Illinois Informatics Institute (http://www.informatics.illinois.edu). First time as a full time student - I've been enrolled FT in the past, but now until completion will be purely as a student. Academic training is as a data scientist, with domain application in social network analysis. This has involved a lot of text mining and network graph analysis using R, Java, and SQL. Building out a test platform for experimentation using R and Shiny. Show less

  • Experience

    • BHP Information Technology

      Jan 1988 - Jan 2000
      Senior Analyst
    • BHP Coated Steel Corporation

      Oct 1997 - Sept 2000
      Systems Engineer

      Site manager for maintenance and enhancement of voice/data communications infrastructure. Systems administration of NT 3.51/4.0 servers and OpenVMS servers, as well as Nortel Meridian Option11 PBX hardware. Project management responsibilities for installation of DEC Alpha, and expansion of RF network barcode scanners.

    • AdaptiveInfo.com

      Jan 2001 - May 2002
      Software Engineer

      Software engineer for client server based personalisation software and mobile applications on PalmOS, BREW, and Microbrowser based devices.

    • E-Z Data, Inc (now Ebix)

      Aug 2002 - Oct 2009
      Corporate Sales Engineer

      Prepared and co-ordinated formal Request for Proposal responses. This involved taking client generated business requirements and mapping to internal software capabilities as part of a client due diligence process. Additional responsibility for liaison between business and technical staff internally, and management of technical resources and presentations to clients for the deployment of multitiered client/server solutions to the insurance and finance industry. This involved preparing scheduling of resources (people, vendor, hardware) to meet milestones, sales support and business analysis, preparation of supporting documentation for client sites, interaction with external clients in a pre-sales technology application capacity. Show less

    • Health Alliance Medical Plans

      Oct 2010 - Aug 2011
      Snr. Business Systems Analyst

      Entrenched in the update from ASC X12 4010 to 5010 for the health care industry, Updated Microsoft BizTalk 2004 mappings and schemas to BizTalk 2010 in preparation for 5010, re-architecting existing BizTalk deployment along the way to adhere to current best practices.

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

      Aug 2011 - Jan 2023

      Wait, shouldn't this be under education? Yes. It is there as well. After juggling work and studies, the time in my program has arrived for me to do the heavy thinking and focus 100% on the studies. Post graduate education is a full time position, and requires a 9-5 work ethic, with an expectation of excessive amounts of overtime. For the next 30 months, this is my full time position. Everything else is a distraction.TA for LIS590NA - Social Network Analysis. RA for Dr Jana Diesner.Seem to be pushing on social network analysis more than I intended. Will be combining with text mining and interactive analysis using R. Wouldn't it be nice to have NodeXL or Gephi type graphs straight out of R ;) Show less

      • PhD Student - Informatics, expected gradation 2021

        Aug 2012 - Jan 2023
      • PhD Student - Informatics, expected gradation 2019

        Aug 2011 - Jan 2023
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Information Sciences

      Aug 2011 - May 2023
      MSLIS Student / Instructor.

      Graduated May 2023 with MSLIS Master of Science - Library and Information Science. Heavy on the Information, light on the Library ... but complimentary in ways that will be beneficial moving forward.While working through grad studies, I have been heavily focused on Data Science in general, and Social Network Analysis in detail. During my time as grad student, I created the syllabus and content for IS206 - Introduction to Database Concepts and Applications. This is mandatory course int he undergraduate BSIS program run at the iSchool, and I have been the instructor of the class since its inclusion in the program growing from a single class of students, to teaching multiple sections with over 100 students in total. Show less

    • John Deere

      Oct 2011 - May 2012
      Researcher - Data Analytics

      Developed a text mining solution to analyze comments from web form submissions and build keyword summaries and classify any technology involved into broader categories. Experimented with sentiment analysis (opinion mining) over a separate HR focused corpus of data.

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      May 2012 - Aug 2014
      Visiting Senior Research Programmer

      Resident software engineer supporting research projects for GSLIS faculty. Projects are diverse, but largely focused on big data initiatives and online services.

    • Triadix Networks LLC

      Aug 2018 - now
      Founder / Chief Analyst

      Formed Triadix Networks as a company to house personal software development projects and initiatives. Mainly focused on social network analysis, and developing tools to provide competitive insight into social medial platforms.

    • Vidaeris

      Oct 2023 - now
      Founder / Chief Analyst

      Photography is an understatement. Drone based Photography/Photogrammetry, Videography, Orthomosaics, Thermography, and Data Analytics.

    • ISchool at Illinois

      Aug 2024 - now
      Lecturer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Neo4j Certified Professional

      Neo4j
      Oct 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • Part 107 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

      Federal Aviation Administration
      Nov 2023