Chris Mahoney
me@chrismahoney.com.au
chrismahoney.com.au
Sydney, Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Data Scientist: Contract Logistics Specialist
DB Schenker01/2022 - Ongoing
Sydney, Australia
Lead Data Scientist: For all Warehousing Analytics projects and innovations across Australia & New Zealand.
Agile Champion: Leading 6 different projects in both Scrum & Kanban style, with both domestic and international teams.
Lead Developer: For PowerBI dashboards, Azure big-data pipelines, and applied machine-learning algorithms.
Researcher: For advanced mathematical models (machine learning & operations research), and productionisation of advanced analytical concepts.
Educator: Enthusiastic knowledge sharing of processes, concepts, & successes, through regular tech-talks, blogs, newsletters & 1-on-1 mentoring.
Achieved Success: Implementing large-scale, robust, secure data lake which utilises big-data, clustered-computing, and real-time analytics.
Academic & Support Lecturer
University of Technology Sydney02/2020 - Ongoing
Sydney, NSW
Casual Academic: Lecturer for Deep Learning
Casual Academic: Masters of Data Science and Innovation
Board Member (Student Rep): School of Transdisciplinary Education
Support Lecturer: Machine Learning Algorithms and Applications
Teachers Assistant: Data Algorithms and Meaning
Senior IT BA: Technical Lead & AU Innovation Champion
DB Schenker10/2019 - 12/2021
Sydney, NSW
Lead Business Analyst: IT Solutions Development and Implementation for Contract Logistics.
Demand Management: Prioritisation and Delegation of Software Development tasks.
Innovation Management: Business Advocate for new products/services/processes for Innovation & Digitisation in Australia.
Change Management: Key Coordinator between Business Operations and IT Development teams for Application Enhancements.
Analytical Solutions Leader: Business Architect for Machine Learning, Data Modelling, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data Solutions.
Team Leader: NextGen IT Team for System Development and Customer Migration.
Iteration Manager: Daily Agile Meetings and Kanban-style IT Project management.
IT Business Analyst: NextGen System and Business Innovation
DB Schenker06/2018 - 10/2019
Hoxton Park, NSW
Lead Developer: Live and interactive BI Dashboards using SSRS and PowerBI.
Lead Analyst: IT Solutions Development and Implementation.
Systems Analyst: Providing intimate systems support for key customer during large-scale product launch.
IT Specialist: IT Security Auditing and migration to Secure-Shell connections.
Implementations Specialist: Customer migrations from Legacy to NextGen Warehouse Management System.
Subject Matter Expert: Data visualisation, real-time operational reporting, and user-friendly dashboard design.
Business Systems Analyst
Toll Global Express05/2016 - 11/2017
Eastern Creek, NSW
Lead Analyst: Customer forecasting and operational performance.
Developer: Depot-level and customer-specific forecasting models.
Forecaster: t-SQL-based data model to forecast received volume per customer, per freight-profile, per day; achieving an accuracy of within 2.5%.
Data Visualiser: Dynamic analytics dashboards and interactive reports.
Previous Roles
National Service Quality Analyst (11/2017 - 05/2018) (TNT/FedEx)
Business Analyst - Operations Support (08/2015 - 05/2016) (Toll IPEC)
NSW Operations Manager (05/2015 - 06/2018) (Toll Specialised Solutions)
NSW Risk Coordinator (06/2014 - 07/2015) (Toll IPEC)
Internal Sales Consultant (05/2013 - 06/2014) (Toll IPEC)
PM Shift Operations Supervisor (11/2011 - 05/2013) (Toll Express)
About Me
I am an astute and engaged individual. Whilst working full-time, I have completed a double degree part-time, and a Master’s degree. I continue to Volunteer with Rotary International; focusing on leadership development programs. I can maintain high levels of success in all areas of my professional life. As proven by my achievements: Dean's Medal, Golden Key, Citizens Scholar, Academic Engagement Award.
I am keenly interested in Data Science, Innovation, Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Big Data Analytics. I am competent in multiple programming languages (Python, R, SQL, M), and am experienced in many analytical platforms (SSRS, PowerBI, MiniTab, RStudio, Azure, Jupyter). Moreover, I have a very pragmatic approach to work, always asking questions like "How can this improve business outcomes?". I strike a perfect balance between business acumen and technical expertise.
APPLIED LEADERSHIP
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)Facilitator: Summer 2016 to Current Participant: Summer 2015
Rotary Youth Program of EnrichmentFacilitator: Summer 2015 to 2019 Mentor: Winter 2015 to Current
International Leadership Programme (ILP)Participant: Winter 2017
Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA)Adjudicator & Coach: 2016 to Current
Rotary InternationalRotarian: March 2015 to Current
REFERENCES
Dr Marius BrandHead of Innovation & Digitisation at DB Schenker
Dr Kailash AwatiSenior Lecturer, Data Science & Innovation at UTS
Dr John KeoghBarrister at Law, and Fellow Rotarian
Claudio NietoCIO for Australia & New Zealand at DB Schenker
Dr Marion CornishSenior Lecturer for Strategic Management at WSU
Academic Education
Master Data Science & Innovation
University of Technology Sydney 2019 - 2022
Sydney, NSW
GPA
6.9 / 7.0
Bachelor of Applied Leadership and Critical Thinking
Western Sydney University 2014 - 2018
Parramatta, NSW
GPA
6.0 / 7.0
Bachelor of Business and Commerce - Advanced Business Leadership (Management)
Western Sydney University 2012 - 2017
Parramatta, NSW
GPA
6.24 / 7.0
Diploma of Management
Benchmark College 2011 - 2011
Penrith, NSW
GPA
7.0 / 7.0
Cert IV in Training and Assessment
Benchmark College 2011 - 2011
Penrith, NSW
GPA
7.0 / 7.0
Publications
How to Use GitHub Webhooks, Docker, and Python for Automatic End-to-End Deployments
Better Programming
04/2022
https://www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/github-webhooks
The Power of Code Snippets
CodeX
08/2021
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/code-snippets
Mental Models and Social Situations
Better Humans
07/2021
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/mental-models
Reinforcement Learning
Towards Data Science
06/2021
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/reinforcement-learning
Vanilla Neural Networks in R
Towards Data Science
11/2020
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/vanilla-neural-networks
Exploring Undernourishment
Start It Up
10/2020
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/exploring-undernourishment
Addressing The John Smith Problem
Towards Data Science
07/2020
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/addressing-john-smith
Reinforcement Learning in the Warehousing Industry
Artificial Intelligence in Plain English
07/2020
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/reinforcement-learning-warehousing
The Contemporary Logistics Industry
Medium
04/2019
www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/contemporary-logistics-industry
Western Introduces Academy Excellence Awards
Western Sydney University
11/2017
http://bit.ly/CM_AcadAward
Skills
Analytical Platforms
ExcelPowerBISSRSMiniTabDataBricksRStudioJupyter
Languages / Environments
SQLPythonRMSSRSPowerBIAzureGitHubAWS
Data Science / Machine Learning
AzureMLcaretSk-LearntidyverseTensorFlowPythonRPyTorch
SKILLS
Leadership
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Data Analysis
Change Management
Logistics
International Experience
International Leadership ProgrammeWYSE International
07/2017 - 08/2017
Florence, Italy
International RYLA ConferenceRotary International
09/2015 - 10/2015
Chicago, USA
University Scholars Leadership SymposiumHumanitarian Affairs
07/2014 - 08/2014
Phnom, Cambodia
Human Resources InternshipHabitat for Humanity
12/2013 - 02/2014
Saigon, Vietnam
NextGen WMS Functional TrainingDB Schenker APAC
11/2018 - 11/2018
Changi, Singapore
NextGen WMS Technical TrainingDB Schenker APAC
06/2019 - 06/2019
Bangkok, Thailand
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Onboarding of Critical Business Applications to Azure Big-Data Ecosystem
10/2021 - 12/2022
DB Schenker, Australia
The solution is built in Azure ecosystem, with Data Factory, DataBricks, Azure-ML, Synapse, Spark and scalable Blob-storage.
I designed, architected, planned, managed, implemented, and deilvered the entire project end-to-end.
Some Technical & Business support provided from consultants and developers within DB Schenker.
Development of Warehouse Digital Twin
06/2021 - 06/2022
DB Schenker, Yennora
With inspiration from other industries which utilise Digital Twin Technologies, built and deployed a Warehouse Digital Twin tool.
Develop pure-Python application, with complete documentation and seamless API integration.
Utilise graph-based machine learning algorithms to deliver distance-based optimisation and real-time re-slotting capabilities.
Workforce Capacity Planning
07/2020 - Ongoing
DB Schenker, Hoxton Park
Utilise historic data to formulate time-series forecasting models to predict future volume quantity.
Implement real-time data set and high-quality dashboard.
Impart data-driven analytical advice for the Operations team to improve their daily performance results.
Exploring Undernourishment
03/2020 - 06/2020
UTS, Sydney
Explore the open-source Global data from the Food and Agrigultural Organisation of the United Nations.
Implement tree-based predictive model for predicting the Prevalence of Undernourishment.
Wrote an open-source App and published an 8-part Blog piece.
https://www.chrismahoney.com.au/b/exploring-undernourishment/
Reduction of Outstanding POD's
2018 - 03/2018
TNT, Erskine Park
Reduction of Outstanding Proof of Delivery (POD) consignments from 1.4% (aprox. 800 cons. per week) to a stable 0.3% (aprox. 150 cons. per week).
Project manager for a cross-functional team of 10 people, utilising Lean Six Sigma technologies and methodologies.
Achieved a sustainable result whilst managing competing priorities and various operational challenges (eg. politics, resources, and procedure documentation).
TGX Sales Operations Planning Rollout
11/2016 - 11/2017
Toll Global Express
Establish in-depot forecasting, using historic data and customer intelligence.
Facilitate Operations flexibility to gear up or down the labour requirements.
Deliver flexible database back-end, and interactive dashboard tools.
IPEC KPI Development
2017 - 10/2017
Toll IPEC, Operations
Developed a suite of 88 Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for use by IPEC Operations teams, Managers, Frontline Supervisors, & C-Suite Executives.
Directly responsible for the development, documentation and implementation of dashboards to the KPI's to key stakeholders.
Bungarribee Operational Turnaround
08/2016 - 12/2016
Toll IPEC, Bungarribee
As part of the Bungarribee Operations team, directly contributed to a reduction in Operational costs of $3.2Mil.
Focusing on three primary areas: 1. Conversion of labour from casual to permanent; 2. 80% reduction in Overtime 2.0; and 3. Purchasing of fleet vehicles to replace rentals.
The end result yielded upwards of $7.2Mil in annualised savings ($4Mil above original estimates), due to a further reduction in Overtime 1.5.
Accolades
Western Sydney University Citizens Scholar Award (2018)
Deans Medal (2016)Graduating in the top 2% of my cohort.
Deans Merit List (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017)Finishing in the top 15% per academic year.
Academic Engagement AwardAt the Western Sydney University Academy Excellence Awards in 2017
Golden Key International Honor Society (2012, 2017)For outstanding academic performance.
Lean Six Sigma
Green Belt: 2017
Yellow Belt: 2016
Paul Harris FellowAwarded: 2018
1st Sapphire: 2020
Duke of Edinburgh's AwardGold (2009), Silver (2007), Bronze (2006)
Find me online
Websitewww.chrismahoney.com.au
Mediumwww.medium.com/@chrimaho
LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/chrimaho
GitHubwww.github.com/chrimaho
Stack Overflowwww.stackoverflow.com/users/12036005
WhatsApphttps://wa.me/0438617516
Emailchrismahoney@hotmail.com
Quotes
"Think deeply, be bold, and help others."
Speaking at the Grace Hopper Conference and on Data Framed Podcast
– Debbie Berebichez