Martin Frigaard

Martin Frigaard

R Programmer | Shiny Developer | University Instructor

PDG

Biography

Hi! I am Martin Frigaard – I’m a data scientist with 15+ years of experience with data analysis, visualization, statistics, and research. When I am not actively programming for my day job, I like to design and create training materials and workshops on data management, visualizations, reproducible research, and application development. I’m also the Co-founder of Paradigm Datagroup (PDG) and a fully certified Posit tidyverse trainer.

Download my resumé.

Interests

  • Shiny App Development
  • Data Visualization
  • Reproducible Research

Education

  • MAS in Clinical Research, 2017

    University of California, San Francisco

  • MA in Kinesiology, 2011

    California State University, Chico

  • BS in Exercise Physiology, 2009

    California State University, Chico

Skills

R

95%

Data Visualization

95%

Statistics

80%

Shiny

75%

Python

25%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Posit System Administrator

BluOmega

Feb 2024 – Present Remote

Responsibilities include:

 
 
 
 
 

Data Visualization Engineer

Atorus

Dec 2022 – Nov 2023 Remote

Responsibilities include:

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Clinical Programmer

BioMarin

Oct 2020 – Dec 2022 California

Responsibilities include:

 
 
 
 
 

Co-Founder

Paradigm Data Group

Apr 2019 – Present San Francisco, California

We created PDG to help organizations and people make better decisions by increasing their ability to tell stories with data and create evidence-based solutions to business problems.

 
 
 
 
 

Data Scientist/Shiny App Developer

Freelance R Programmer

Jul 2017 – Apr 2018

Built and maintained Shiny applications:

 
 
 
 
 

Author/Data Scientist

Storybench

Aug 2016 – Jun 2020

Regular contributor to Data Journalism in R on the Northeastern University School of Journalism blog/website.

 
 
 
 
 

Research Associate

Northern California Institute for Research and Education

Apr 2015 – Mar 2018
  • Assisted with the preparation of IRB applications, including protocols, informed consent documentation, and obtaining approvals to clinical trials
  • Created clinical study documents that align with trial protocols, including but not limited to: database documentation guidelines, monitoring visit templates, and lab order reports
  • Maintained database of subject information and generated daily reports for Primary Investigator and study staff
  • Journal article
  • Journal article
 
 
 
 
 

Science Writer

Lerner Media Global (LMG)

Nov 2014 – Jun 2015
  • My writing responsibilities included independently researching science and health topics for six sections in The Worldmark Encyclopedia of Global Health Issues textbook
  • Write for non-technical audiences under tight deadlines
  • Example writings available upon request

Accomplish­ments

Tidyverse Certified Instructor

RStudio’s instructor training and certification program helps people apply modern evidence-based teaching practices to teach data science using R and RStudio’s products, and helps people who need such training find the trainers they need.
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Data Analyst with R Track

Covers importing, cleaning, manipulating, and visualizing data in R with ggplot2 and tidyverse packages like dplyr and readr. Also includes SQL skills to query data from databases and join tables.
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