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Novica Nakov
R, Tidyverse, Shiny for all things data by night. Finance, accounting, and law by day. Father always.
Personal summary I spend my time working with people, numbers, and software. I am interested in exploring the meeting points of technology, law, society, and politics. I am always looking at the big picture, but also pay attention to details. It seems I talk a lot, and mostly about Free Software. I can write text, and code. I continuously learn new things. MRes Human Rights and International Politics, (Chevening Award). B.Sc. in Economics.
Professional Experience
Data Analysis and Visualization
Freelance
Skopje, North Macedonia
2015 - Present
I have been working on various data analytics projects for the past five years with various intensity and focus. I started learning R for data science as part of my studies at the University of Glasgow where I had to do an analysis of a large dataset for my thesis. Currently I am working as a freelance analyst for a consultancy that provides services to a large US corporation.
- Working on various small projects on Upwork too, mostly dealing with data wrangling and visualizations, but also deploying Shiny apps to AWS.
- Worked on a project for a local NGO for a presentation of data of public companies from North Macedonia using Shiny.
- Some personal projects and demos are available on my Github page.
- Example 1: An analysis of Macedonian bicycle accidents (see Rmd).
- Example 2: A shiny app that plots statistical indicators on a map (see github).
- I contribute code to few R projects and I am an Arctic Code Vault Contributor. See my github for more.
Various things Free Software and Data
Free Software Macedonia
Skopje, North Macedonia
2002 - Present
This is my volunteering activity. Currently I am organizing TidyTuesday, the R for data science weekly learning meetup, at the Skopje hacklab.
Recently completed a project with Free Software Macedonia about use of open data and reproducible research for NGOs. Co-authored a guide for reproducible research using R (see github).
- Involved with the free software community for a very long time.
- Working mostly on localization, advocacy and policy building.
- Held many presentations and talks, coordinated various events and teams.
Finance and operations manager
Trgotekstil ZS AD - Skopje.
Skopje, North Macedonia
2005 - Present
This is my full time job.
- Responsible for all things finance, and VAT and end-of-year reporting.
- Negotiating contracts with clients.
- Training new staff.
- Managed a team of 4-7 people.
- Expanded the company business to accounting services.
Finance and business development adviser
IBorn.net DOO - Skopje.
Skopje, North Macedonia
2013 - 2020
This was my part time / on call professional engagement, usually few hours per week.
- Implemented accounting and finance software.
- Advise on various finance and operations matters.
- Work on identifying potential clients and employees.
- On some occasions worked on web development with Drupal.
Education
University of Glasgow
MRes Human Rights and International Politics, (Chevening Award).
Glasgow, UK
2016
Thesis: Human rights and pirate libraries: Can sci-hub.org-enabled improvements in access to scientific literature help fulfill human rights?
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
B.Sc. in Economics
Skopje, North Macedonia
2005
Thesis: The Macedonian Software Industry: Government’s Role and Possibilities for Development
Languages
- English: Professional
- German: Beginner (Studied at school and university, but have no active use.)
- Spanish: Beginner