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Erin W.

Tokyo, Japan

$75/hr
5.0
63 jobs

๐Ÿฅ‡ EXPERT-VETTED TOP 1% ON UPWORK | 100% JOB SUCCESS | Data Science and Analytics | Statistical Analysis | Custom Survey Design & Data Analysis | Predictive Modeling | Classification Modeling | Business Analysis | Market Research and Analysis | Topic Research and Modeling Thank you for taking a look at my profile here on Upwork! I would love the opportunity to help you answer the questions you need to answer or solve the problems you need to solve. The kinds of clients I work with most often: โœ…Have a lot of data, but donโ€™t know how to unlock the insights hidden inside it โœ…Know the specific questions or problems theyโ€™re hoping to solve with their data, but need help on the technical side with data wrangling and modeling โœ…Need to build out a forecast, classification, ranking, or impact model, but arenโ€™t sure where to begin โœ…Are students (DNP, PhD, etc.), researchers, or survey designers who need help with statistical analysis โœ…Need help organizing and visualizing their data in a way that can clearly and effectively communicate key information โœ…Are seeking help to design an analytical methodology, but plan to do the actual analysis in-house Ultimately, regardless of the industry or specific context or circumstance, what my clients want (and what I am able to successfully provide them) are the answers, insights, patterns, and connections that can be illuminated through thoughtful, creative, and intelligent data analysis. The reviews of my work have been extremely positive. . . "๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€.โ€ - Biotech company financial forecast model "๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ." - Tech-forward real estate company algorithm development "๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต. " - Online/retail business customer and purchase analysis โœ…A bit more about me: My passion, skills, and experience center on the application of data science and analytics to help clients solve business problems, make smart decisions, and uncover truths about people, systems, and organizations. I have worked with clients in a diverse range of sectors and industries including healthcare, pharma, biotech, real estate, management consulting, retail, restaurants, e-commerce, online subscription services, and more. I have also worked with clients in both academia and government and have conducted data science training seminars at the Texas Medical Center, at a major oil and gas company, and elsewhere. โœ…Skills & Proficiencies โ‹† Data modeling (linear and logistic regression, machine learning, prediction, optimization models, decision models, simulation, ranking models, classification models) โ‹† Statistical analysis & consulting โ‹† Custom survey design & data analysis โ‹† Quantitative analysis โ‹† Shiny app development โ‹† Data science consulting (e.g. designing methodologies to solve business problems) โ‹† Data team consulting (how to grow your team, who to hire/what to look for, assessments and training) โ‹† Building / optimizing / expanding new or existing data models โ‹† Operationalization / conceptual modeling โ‹† End-to-end data science project delivery, including data capture, modeling, deep analysis, and presentation of results โœ…Tools & Platforms โ‹† R โ‹† Shiny โ‹† ggplot2, corrplot โ‹† MS Excel Expert โ‹† Database management systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Heroku, etc.) โ‹† Survey platforms (Typeform, Survey Monkey, Fast Ask, Conjointly) โœ…Credentials & Professional Experience โ‹† 18+ years in data analytics space which includes: โ‹† 11+ years as a data science and analytics freelance professional โ‹† 2.5 years leading the data solutions team at a marketing strategy firm in Tokyo โ‹† 6.5 years in International Business Development at MD Anderson Cancer Center โ‹† CAP (Certified Analytics Professional) (2014-current) โ‹† MBA from the University of Houston (2013) โ‹† BS in Biology from the University of Arizona (2002) ๐ŸŒŸDoes it sound like I might be a good fit? ๐Ÿคฉ Send me a message describing your problem or project, and we can begin discussing how I may be able to help! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you!

  • Data Science
  • Data Analysis
  • R
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Data Modeling
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Survey Design
  • Linear Regression
  • Survey Data Analysis
  • Business Modeling
  • Analytics
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Survey Question Writing
Nguyen Anh Huy N.

Takamatsu, Japan

$45/hr
5.0
1 jobs

I am a multilingual full-stack developer, data engineer and data scientist speaking 5 languages (Dutch, English, Japanese, German and Vietnamese) and am based in Japan. I studied law and ended up in software engineering & data science. I design and build complete end-to-end data systems, owning everything from backend pipelines to business logic to frontend UI experiences. I work best in cross-functional and multilingual environments and projects where speed, clarity and impact matter. I enjoy solving technical problems and clarifying them in language that anyone can understand, and I like bridging gaps between technical experts and non-technical stakeholders for that purpose, utilizing my data visualization and front-end skills.

  • Data Analysis
  • Python
  • Data Extraction
  • ETL
  • Front-End Development
  • SQL
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Visualization
  • Back-End Development
  • Data Cleaning
  • BigQuery
  • Tableau
  • pandas
  • Japanese
  • Market Research
Aitulla Labib L.

Kyoto, Japan

$20/hr
4.7
15 jobs

I am a Python Data Analyst & ML Engineer specializing in transforming raw data into clear, decision-ready insights for research and business applications. With a strong background in Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and R, I work across the full data pipeline โ€” from data cleaning and feature engineering to statistical analysis, machine learning modeling, and performance evaluation. My approach focuses on structured, reproducible analytical workflows that produce accurate and interpretable results. My experience includes developing end-to-end analytical systems such as an Earthquake Risk Prediction platform, where machine learning techniques were applied to historical datasets and results were presented through clear visual outputs. I have also contributed to AI-driven analytics and operational data analysis projects. What I can help with: โ€ข Data cleaning, preprocessing, and structured analysis (Python, R, SQL) โ€ข Machine learning models (classification & regression) โ€ข Research and thesis data analysis with clear methodology โ€ข Statistical analysis and predictive modeling โ€ข Data visualization, charts, dashboards, and reporting โ€ข Clear explanations and well-documented analytical reports My work emphasizes clarity, reliability, and delivering insights that support informed decision-making.

  • Data Analysis
  • Python
  • R
  • Data Visualization
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Research Paper Writing
  • Technical Writing
  • Report Writing
  • Academic Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Data Interpretation
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Presentation Design
  • Infographic
Yuhi N.

Toda, Japan

$15/hr
5.0
1 jobs

Native Japanese translator with 3+ years of professional experience as a Data Analyst. I bridge the gap between complex technical concepts and natural Japanese expression, specializing in the localization of data-driven platforms and financial content. Unlike general translators, I bring hands-on expertise in SQL, Python, and Tableau to every project. This allows me to translate technical documentation, BI tool interfaces, and analytical reports with 100% technical accuracy. My Specializations: IT & Data Science: Localization of SaaS tools, technical manuals, and API documentation. Finance & Investment: Deep understanding of US stock markets, cryptocurrency (Web3/Mining), and market research reports. Business Localization: Adapting marketing materials for the Japanese market while maintaining the original brand voice. Having managed large-scale data projects at a major Japanese telecommunications company (JCOM), I understand the importance of precision and deadlines. Letโ€™s discuss how I can help your project resonate with the Japanese audience.

  • Data Analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • Japanese
  • English
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Tableau
  • Academic Translation
  • Business Translation
  • Data Visualization
  • Technical Writing
Albert O.

Higashihiroshima, Japan

$4/hr
5.0
2 jobs

I am a data scientist, experienced in data scraping, mining, and analysis. Whether you are trying to discover hidden information, or notice complex data patterns, I can be able to help any time. I have also particpated in App testing, machine learning and training and I can do great in this field too.

  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Analytical Presentation
  • Data Extraction
Jiefeng K.

Tsukuba, Japan

$20/hr
5.0
1 jobs

I am a data scientist, working on environmental science and environmental economics. I focus on energy model, carbon emission accounting, mobility big data analysis, and biodiversity.

  • Data Analysis
  • R
  • Big Data
  • Environment
  • Sustainability
  • Energy

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