{"id":10754,"date":"2025-01-29T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/?p=10754"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:40:37","slug":"spotlight-kolabtrees-freelance-data-science-expert-dr-tomoe-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/ja\/spotlight-kolabtrees-freelance-data-science-expert-dr-tomoe-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Kolabtree\u2019s Data Science Expert Dr. Tomoe G"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Tomoe is a scientific consultant with a versatile background in data science, biotechnology, and industrial engineering. With a background that spans both industrial and academic settings, Dr. Tomoe has worked as a Quality Manager at a biotech startup, a researcher, and more recently, as a scientific consultant. Here she discusses her journey, highlighting her skills in quality assurance, machine learning, and transfer learning, as well as the importance of adapting to the fast-evolving fields of data science and consulting.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overview of your career and expertise:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I became a freelance data scientist over a decade ago because of the opportunity to work on diverse, challenging projects that would allow me to leverage my interdisciplinary skills.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My journey started as a programmer, and pharmacist (already a multidisciplinary field), and moved to biotech and industrial engineering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You could say I’m restless. I always loved new challenges.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Experience in implementing quality assurance management systems, developing product quality specifications, and strong statistical background. Advanced pharma and biotech skill set, not used in the clinic (clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical assistance). My varied skill set was already difficult for conventional workplaces to comprehend even before I pursued my Doctorship in Industrial Engineering, but relevant in the context of a startup company where I encountered myself. I worked with spin-off companies and tech transfer. I spent some time working as a university professor and a practical academic researcher (post-doc), even securing a public research grant for a technology transfer project.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t deny I love that freelancing offers me a desirable work-life balance but still with challenges and opportunities to grow my skills continuously; I appreciate the flexibility to set my own hours, be present for my child, and avoid the stresses of night teaching or suddenly missing babysitter problems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I became a scientific consultant as I wanted to explore opportunities beyond publishing and metrics, focusing on practical needs and greater autonomy. As a scientific consultant in Kolabtree, I can use my science and research skills on interesting and challenging projects, irrespective of any (local) national economic or political climate that may limit funding for innovation and R&D.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a practice-oriented scientific consultant, I can use a broader view. I can assess the problem and determine the most suitable approach, tools, and so on, without being constrained by preconceived notions about what will garner more citations or publications or define the lab\/research group.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a scientific consultant, or working with data science and machine learning, also demands continuous learning, researching and updating of my skills, which perfectly suits my restless nature.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interesting project or research you’ve worked on:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Data science is not just about knowing stats, how machine learning works, and how to train, transfer, or fine-tune models. Is also about understanding the nature of the data and the problem, its context.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So we need to answer several sometimes apparently unrelated questions like:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n