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
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
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.
SKILLS
LANGUAGES
C#, Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Python, VB.NET, MATLAB, R, C++, Javascript, Typescript, NodeJS, SQL, LaTeX
ARCHITECTURE
SOLID, DDD, TDD, MVC, N-Tier,
Microservices, SPA, Event driven
TECHNOLOGIES
RMDBS (MSSQL, MySql, PostgreSQL), MongoDB, CPLEX, OptQuest, Git, TFS, Databricks, AWS, Azure,
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
DES, MILP, MC, MDP, RL, BNet,
HMM, Constraint Programming, Meta-heuristics, Simulation Optimisation
MATHEMATICS
Statistics, Discrete, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Optimisation, Theoretical Computer Science
DATA & AI
Data science, engineering, analytics, farming, fusion; statistics, machine learning, AI, NLP
EXPERTISE
Roles
CTO, IT Manager
Chief Data Science
Enterprise architect
Software architect
Data architect
Operations researcher
Technical lead
Software developer
RDBMS administrator
Data scientist & engineer
Industries
Defence
Franchising
Aged care
Telecommunications
Accounting
Legal
Health and fitness
Financial services
Property
Coaching
Research areas
Simulation
Simulation optimisation
Combinatorial optimisation
Data analytics & farming
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Geospatial analytics