Hello! I'm Brendan

I'm a researcher, consultant and software developer, working in operations research, bioinformatics and software architecture.
I use maths, statistics, simulation, data analytics, optimisation, machine learning and AI to build practical and scalable solutions to real world problems. I'm interested in artificial general intelligence, life extension, and the future of humanity

Brendan Hill

CONSULTANT, TECH STARTUPS

Email:

brendan.hill(AT)gmail.com

Location:

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

2021-present

Co-founder, Chief Data Scientist

OVIDA.ORG

Ovida is a tech startup in the coaching industry, building AI tools to help coaches communicate more effectively. As CTO I oversee software development and architecture decisions, and as Chief Data Scientist I design and oversee the development of new algorithms.

2023-present

Head of Software, Data Engineering

BLUEROCK > TECH & INNOVATION

Bluerock provides a range of tax, accounting, business advisory and legal services. As Head of Build Team I design and plan the development of internal data lake products and internal workflows to support new automation tools, and lead small teams to perform tech spikes and PoCs.

2021-2023

Analytics Consultant, Head of Architecture

BLUEROCK > PROPELLA.AI

Facilitated the transition of this start-up company from consultancy group to a product-oriented model, providing direction, oversight and hands-on contributions across data science, machine learning, data engineering, Azure services, software engineering, solution architecture and team formation.

2021-present

Co-founder

AlGORA.COM.AU

Consulting group focussing on optimisation, simulation, AI and data science services.

2017-present

Defence Operations Research Analyst

DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Employed via Deakin University, RMIT and the University of Melbourne, my roles have encompassed the application of optimisation, data analytics, simulation, and machine learning methods to scheduling and workforce planning problems, with a focus on predictive, descriptive and prescription solutions for long term planning and risk management.

2020-2021

Researcher

ST VINCENTS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Applying deep learning and workflow tools to medical image analysis to support clinical diagnoses, and single cell RNA sequence analysis

2018-2020

Consultant

TRANSURBAN

Contracted through CBS Group, I worked on data fusion algorithms for roadside data, producing high quality passage data by fusing multiple heterogeneous, low quality data sources.

2017-2020

Researcher

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Various casual research projects including data transformation for CPLEX solutions, and optimisation of Electric Vehicle Routine Problems using metaheuristics.

2017-2021

Tutor

MURRUP BARAK, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Tutored various undergraduate mathematics and computer science subject in classroom and one-on-one environments.

2012-2018

Software Architect, Developer

MANAGEMENT ADVANTAGE

Development and architecture work on management software for aged care facilities, with features covering scheduling, alerts, medical data management, auditing, and many B2B integrations including Medicare.

2012

Software Developer

COMPUTERSHARE

Contract work involving the development of data processing pipelines, analysis and development of an Adviser Desktop module, web development and UI for portfolio management and bug fixing.

1999-2012

IT Manager, Software Architect, Developer

JIMS GROUP

IT Manager for 6 years, Technical Lead for 10 years. Oversaw the redesign and global centralization of core management system, FMS. This software managed all aspects of the franchising group including job allocation, accounting, reporting, compliance, legal document generation, direct debits, task scheduling, SMS messaging and automated debt collection.

ACADEMIC

2018-2020

Master of Science

Mathematics and Statistics

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

In 2020 I completed my Masters of Science in Mathematics and Statistics, specializing in Statistics and Stochastic Processes. I graduated with average grade of first class honours, and my thesis was accepted for publication at the WinterSim 2019 conference.

2015-2017

Bachelor of Science

Mathematics and Statistics

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

In 2017 I completed my Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Statistics, specializing in Discrete Mathematics and Operations Research, graduating with an average grade of first class honors.

Awards

2020 WCCI EVRP competition 2nd place

2020 Professor Nanson Prize

2019 Eureka Prize Finalist (Data Science)

2019 Maths&Stats School Scholarship

2018 Maths&Stats School Scholarship

2017 Summer Vacation Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

2021

"Solving large, long-horizon resource constrained multiproject scheduling problems with genetic algorithms" - Brendan Hill, Adam Scholz, Lachlan Brown, Ana Novak, in the 17th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling

"A simultaneous sequencing and allocation problem for military pilot training: Integer programming approaches" - Vicky Mak-Hau, Brendan Hill, David Kirszenblat, Bill Moran, Vivian Nguyen, Ana Novak, in Computers & Industrial Engineering

2019

"Insights into the health of defence simulated workforce systems using data farming and analytics" - Hill, B., D. Vukcevic, T. Caelli, A. Novak, in Proceedings of the 2019 Winter Simulation Conference

2018

"Optimizing Recruitment to Achieve Operational Capability Conditional on Appetite for Risk" - Hill, B., D, Kirszenblat, B. Moran, and A. Novak, in Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference

"A Stochastic Programming Approach to Optimal Recruitment in Australian Naval Aviation Training" - Pike, C., B. Moran, D. Kirszenblat, B. Hill, and A. Novak, in Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference

"Dancing Links for Optimal Timetabling" - Nguyen, V., B. Moran, T. Caelli, B. Hill, and A. Novak, in Journal of Military Operations Research

2017

“Using Column Generation to Solve an Aircrew Training Timetabling Problem” - Kirszenblat, D., B. Hill, V. Mak-Hau, B. Moran, V. Nguyen, and A. Novak. In 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation

"Capacity Analysis for Navy's 725 Squadron" - Shokr, M., Novak, A. & Hill, B. For DST Group Client Report (DST-Group-CR-2017-0247). Melbourne, Australia: Defence Science and Technology Group.