RLadies x PyLadies Vancouver Career Panel

RLadies and PyLadies Vancouver are teaming up to bring you a panel of professionals to discuss career paths and current challenges. Whether you are starting out in your career or a seasoned veteran, the information covered will help you in your career! Bring your questions and notepad!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the questions we will be asking:
-What skills should a new data scientist have if trying to get a job as a data scientist/data engineer/data analyst
-What are some of the most important skills for a data scientist to have on the job?

We will also have dedicated time for the audience to ask questions as well.

Panelist Profiles:
Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda, PhD is the Founding Data Scientist at Taskmole, where she uses Python, machine learning and large language models to discover and automate repetitive workflows. She holds a PhD in Criminology with a focus on forensic science, and previously worked at a startup focused on threat and misinformation detection on social media. She’s also the Co-founder of HirePhD Career Society, a nonprofit that built a global community of 6,000+ PhDs to support their transition into industry.

Shannon Lo
Shannon is a data professional who has worked in various industries including telecom, retail, and public health. Her current work involves topic-specific analyses on the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database. When she's not geeking out about data, you can usually find her hiking, climbing, or camping.

Kathryn Morrison
Kathryn Morrison is a statistician and the founder of Precision Analytics, a boutique firm specializing in health data science. She has over a decade of experience applying statistical methods in industry, such as health technology assessment and real-world evidence projects. Kathryn works primarily in R, developing custom analytics pipelines, statistical models, and reproducible workflows for clients ranging from pharmaceutical companies to research institutes. She also serves on committees for the Statistical Society of Canada and co-organizes the R-Ladies Montreal chapter.

More to come!

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1. If this is your first R-Ladies event, please take a moment to review our R-Ladies Global code of conduct: https://github.com/rladies/starter-kit/wiki/Code-of-Conduct
2. Who is this allowed to attend the event?
   Everyone is welcome to join us at our events and to be a part of our mission to empower gender minorities with the skills and knowledge to code in one of the top programming language in data science, which is R.
3. To fulfill this mission we do ask participants to respect a focus on the encouragement and support for women and non-binary people during our events.

See you there!

Jasmine, Melissa and Mariatta