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.

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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:

Maintain Posit Services on the CDC’s Enterprise Data, Analytics, and Visualization platform
R + Python app development
R + Python package development

Data Visualization Engineer

Atorus

Dec 2022 – Nov 2023 Remote

Responsibilities include:

Quantitative Decision Making
Shiny app development
R package development
Example of my work

Senior Clinical Programmer

BioMarin

Oct 2020 – Dec 2022 California

Responsibilities include:

Centralized Statistical Monitoring (CSM)
Shiny app development
Example of my work

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.

Example of my work

Data Scientist/Shiny App Developer

Freelance R Programmer

Jul 2017 – Apr 2018

Built and maintained Shiny applications:

Example of my work

Author/Data Scientist

Storybench

Aug 2016 – Jun 2020

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

Example of my work

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

Shiny Fundamentals with R Track

DataCamp Mar 2020

Covers shiny reactivity, UI and server components, and includes the following courses:

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Tidyverse Certified Instructor

RStudio, PBC Jun 2019

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

DataCamp Mar 2018

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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