Howard Paget

Howard Paget

Corporate Analyst

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Software Developer at CNS

  • Education

    • The University of Reading

      2008 - 2012
      MMath Mathematics 1st Class

      Final Year Research Project: Numerical Grid Generation• Researched, implemented and improved techniques for discretising irregular regions for the purposes of numerically solving differential equations on them. • Demonstrated an application of the grids by modelling heat flow through irregular regions.• Used MATLAB to build solutions and simulations.

  • Experience

    • Esure

      May 2013 - Jul 2015
      Corporate Analyst

      • Built numerous reports tailored to the needs of the people requesting the analysis.• Wrote efficient SAS code to extract and manipulate data from very large datasets.• Gained experience using a number of SAS procedures such as: proc summary, proc freq, proc transpose, and proc sql.• Used Emblem modelling software to predict loss performance of particular segments and adjust current pricing strategy to increase profit per policy and improve risk mix of the new business book.• Automated several key pieces of MI using VBA to benefit the team and reduce time spent on routine tasks. Many daily tasks have been reduced to a click of button with even the emails being written by the spreadsheet.• Built tools to scrape comparison websites and extract premiums of other insurers using Excel and VBA.• Proactively pushed to improve processes and reports by making them easier to interpret, quicker to produce, or less likely to contain mistakes. Show less

    • Direct Line Group

      Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
      Pricing Analyst (Motor NB)

      • Developed pricing strategies and presented them during pricing meetings.• Developed optimised rates designed to achieve best profit per sale for a given sales volume using Radar.• Used SAS to explain and discover movements and trends in performance indicators and risk mix.

    • Smartdriverclub

      Jan 2016 - Aug 2018
      Data Scientist

      • Applied statistical and machine learning techniques to driver’s telematics data to derive behavioural insights and develop risk mitigation processes.• Implemented ETL processes in C# to insert high volume data into Amazon Redshift using Amazon Kinesis.

    • Realistic Games

      Aug 2018 - Mar 2021
      Game Statistics Developer
    • CNS - Community Network Services

      Mar 2021 - now
      Senior Software Developer
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