Résumé

John Harrison

my life in a few HTML slides, automatically generated in R
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Me

Who

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↓ Where

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Education

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Phd. Degree

Statistics, Cass Business School 2000-2005

  • Thesis: Sports Models for the gaming industry.

MASt Degree

(Master of Advanced Study) Part 111 maths tripos

Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1999-2000

  • Stochastic Networks
  • Advanced Financial Models
  • Large Deviations
  • Advanced Probability
  • Statistical Theory
  • Stochastic Calculus and Applications
  • Time Series and Monte Carlo Inference
  • Mathematics of Operational Research
  • Thesis: Poisson Point Processes

BSc Actuarial Science

1st class honours degree

City University, London, 1996-1999

Courses in:

  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Insurance Mathematics
  • Thesis: Exotic Options: Structured Equity Derivatives.

Jobs

  • Private Fund (2007 - 2011)
    • Ran Hedge fund betting into Asian Handicap Football markets
  • SmartOdds (2003-2007)
    • Co-Founder of smartodds. Head of quantitative analysis.
  • Cass Business School London (2002-2005)
    • Lecturer in Actuarial Statistics and Financial Mathematics
  • Goldman Sachs (2003-2004)
    • Consulted on foreign exchange transactions.
  • Watson Wyatt (2003)
    • Consulted on international financial literacy

Skills

  • R user since 2000
    • Visualization (ggplot2, shiny, googleVis, rCharts etc..)
    • Statistical Inference, Machine Learning
    • Automated reportings (these slides are made in R using Reveal.js)
    • Author of various R packages RSelenium, rDVR, JSON2XML etc...
  • Knowledge of various SQL's and other NoSQL variants.
  • Fluent in LaTeX and Markdown
  • Python, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • Java, C, C++, Node.js, d3.js
  • Older tech Excel, VBA
  • Github, Agile project management(pivotal tracker etc.), continuous integration via travis CI.

Extra skills and Hobbies

ggplot2 example running on shiny server on digital ocean
See blog article

RSelenium testapp running on shiny server on digital ocean

RSelenium test app

Email

johndharrison0@gmail.com