Hi There!
My name is Ryan Cushen, and I'm
Sydney, Australia
Founder
Sequential
Melbourne, 2023-
Currently building Sequential, a project management tool that brings a new (AI-powered) approach to planning, managing and delivering work.
Data Science Lead
Prezzee
Melbourne, 2022-
Currently leading the analytics team at a fast-growing ecommerce startup. My focus is building out the function's data science and machine learning capability, while solidifying the foundations of our analytics and business intelligence stack. Key accomplishments have included:
Manager
KPMG
Sydney, 2018-22
As a Manager in the Data Analytics team at KPMG, my responsibilities included:
My work focussed on core financial and operational processes, while my clients spanned organisations in the health, natural resources, energy, retail, government and financial services sectors. I also led the development of new analytics products and services within my team and acted as Product Manager for KPMG's internal automation platform.
Research Assistant
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, 2018-19
In addition to my role at KPMG, I assisted Dr Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo in the Faculty of Economics with research, with a focus on Macroeconomics and Econometrics. This primarily involved the development and implementation of econometric models in R, as well as the write-up of results.
Maths Tutor
Manning's Tutors
London, 2016-17
Whilst in London, I worked part-time as a maths and economics tutor, teaching group and one-on-one sessions with middle to secondary school students. These were run through schools, and ranged in scope from struggling GCSE students to high performing A-Level students. Responsibilities included lesson planning, generation of technical course notes, and coordination with teachers regarding learning strategies for specific students.
Intern
Rio Tinto
London, 2016
During my time with Rio Tinto, I worked alongside the Economics & Markets team, assisting with the production of commodity price forecasts and testing out my understanding of industrial economics. This involved:
Key deliverables included an analysis of aluminium industry structure, presented to the group chief economist, and a review of global carbon prices as part of the carbon price forecast. Feedback noted a cogency and clarity of analysis, as well as a quick ability to apply key economic concepts.
MSc in Mathematics
The University of New South Wales
2019 - 2021
Masters degree in mathematics, with a focus on pure math and computer science. I wrote my thesis on dynamical systems and received a High Distinction.
BCom in Economics
The University of Melbourne
2014 - 2017
First-Class Honours and Dean's Honours List (top 3%). Contributor to Farrago and committee member with the Melbourne Microfinance Initiative.
Data Science Nanodegree
Udacity
2019
Building on the material covered in the Machine Learning Nanodogree, this course established a foundation in software engineering, web development, data engineering, and other skills central to the practice of Data Science.
Machine Learning Nanodegree
Udacity
2017
Extended online course covering the core models and techniques employed across supervised, unsupervised and deep learning problems.
Web Application
A simple tool that helps optimise system prompts for LLM-driven applications.
Web Application
Project management tool that models everything as a directed graph... lots of cool features fall out of this. Currently in public beta.
Web Application
A very niche tool for annotating spreadsheets. Useful if you regularly had exactly the same problem as I did! Else not so much.