Ridge E. Guerrilla Analytics A Practical Approach to Working with Data

Author: E Ridge
Release Date: 23 Sep 2014
Imprint:Morgan Kaufmann
Print Book ISBN: 9780128002186
eBook ISBN: 9780128005033
Pages: 276
Dimensions: 229 X 152This book is a guiding reference for data analysts who must
work in dynamic analytics projects. It will help them do high-quality work
that is reproducible and testable despite the many disruptions in their project
environment and the typically open-ended nature of analytics. It will guide
them through each stage of a data analytics job with overarching principles
and specific practice tips.Biography
Enda Ridge is an accomplished data scientist with a Big 4 consultancy in London. He has 10 years of experience consulting to clients in Financial Services, Insurance and Government. Enda is an expert in agile data science for projects where data and requirements change often, resources and tooling are sometimes very limited and results must be traceable and auditable for high profile stakeholders.Enda's Ph.D. thesis was in design of experiments for algorithm tuning. He has brought this interest in methodical reproducible data analysis to the consulting teams he manages, rolling out methods and tooling for managing agile data science teams in several organisations.Enda obtained a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Ireland at Galway and held the National University of Ireland's Travelling Studentship in Engineering. His Ph.D. in Computer Science was awarded by the University of York. He is an internationally published author of peer-reviewed research and has spoken at international research and practitioner conferences.