Friðrik Þór Bjarnason

Data analyst

Union of Icelandic Captains•  May 2024 - September 2024•  Reykjavík

Helped the workplace get started in utilizing data to their advantage by setting up simple, interactive dashboards using Power BI. Identified strategies to analyze fish prices for actionable insights, verify contract legitimacy by evaluating fishermen's pay against export prices, and compare international pay and export prices. Collaborating with team members to ensure data accuracy and relevance.

Caretaker

Reykjavík City•  May 2020 - September 2023•  Reykjavík

Engaged with individuals facing mental health challenges, helping in their daily lives. Successfully filled a managerial role for five months, demonstrating supervisory skills and leadership abilities. Demonstrated calmness and patience, particularly in stressful situations.

Research Intern

Statistics Iceland•  March 2023 - May 2023•  Reykjavík

Explored the potential use of administrative data to impute missing survey data, specifically regarding individuals' labour force status. Employed various techniques, such as Random Forest, decision trees, and multinomial regression, to impute missing values. Achieved a prediction accuracy of 83% for unseen data. Demonstrated the feasibility of predicting labour force status and identified important predictor-variables. Outlined the pros and cons of different imputation methods for further research and implementation.