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Novica Nakov

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Last updated on 2020-12-22.

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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

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