Communica - ML Developer
Communica, a stakeholder-engagement consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, works towards connecting, engaging, and collaborating with clients and their stakeholders in a real, pragmatic and thoughtful manner. In other words, they have a lot of communication data, from emails to phone records which need to be analyzed.
That's where I come in! In my contract position, I helped Communica automate text-analyzing processes by preparing an end-to-end NLP solution for text extraction, text summarization, and text proof-reading using a scalable ETL pipeline with Microsoft Azure services. I also developed and implemented scalable python applications for text retrieval and indexing that reduced email review time by 200x.
Most importantly, during my time here, I learned how to share results in stakeholder meetings, where the audience was from technical and non-technical backgrounds. I think this is a critical skill for a data analyst. I'm grateful to have had that experience during my time in this role.