Petra Roberts petra(at)daa.com.au
BSc (Hons) (ECU)
Consultant Statistician
Petra has a keen interest in all facets of statistics, particularly in time series analysis. She has experience in managing and analysing surveys and designing and managing databases.  Petra's keen attention to detail is utilised in performing quality assurance checks and validation of survey data.

Miriam Maclean miriam(at)daa.com.au
BA (Hons) (ECU)
Consultant Survey Researcher
Miriam graduated from Edith Cowan University with First Class Honours in Psychology. Her skills include questionnaire design, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and report writing. Miriam previously worked for an employee assistance provider, where her role included analysis and reporting of key employee issues.

John Dickson dickson(at)daa.com.au
BCM (UWA) BSc (Hons) (ECU)
Consultant Statistician
John graduated from the University of Western Australia with majors in Applied Statistics and History. He began working as a Research Assistant in the School of Engineering and Mathematics at Edith Cowan University where he subsequently completed his Honours degree in Mathematics. John's areas of expertise include geostatistics, time series analysis and analysis of fisheries data.

Taryn Major taryn(at)daa.com.au
MAppStat (Macquarie) BSc (Monash) BEng (Curtin)
Consultant Statistician
Taryn joined Data Analysis Australia after graduating from Macquarie University with a Master of Applied Statistics. She has experience in modelling and analysis in the biostatistics arena. Prior to undertaking her mathematics and statistics studies, Taryn worked as a mechanical engineer in the mining industry where she gained many years experience in the area of project management.

Prudence Thompson prudence(at)daa.com.au
BSc (Hons) (UWA)
Consultant Statistician
Prudence has recently joined Data Analysis Australia after graduating from the University of Western Australia with majors in Biophysics and Applied Statistics and Honours in Statistics. She has a broad statistical background with her Honours research primarily concerned with spatial statistics and point processes.

Emma Smith emma(at)daa.com.au
BSc (Hons) (Curtin)
Consultant Statistician
Emma has recently joined Data Analysis Australia after studying towards her PhD in Applied Mathematics, which is nearing completion. Prior to this, Emma graduated from Curtin University with Honours in Applied Mathematics, specialising in Optimisation Techniques. Through her studies she gained experience in modelling and analysis with a biological focus and in estimating population demographics, specifically with Indigenous information. Since joining Data Analysis Australia she has been involved in analysing data collected as part of an environmental study.

Hana Sakai hana(at)daa.com.au
BA (Hons) (University of the West of England, UK)
Consultant Statistician
Hana joined Data Analysis Australia in December 2008 after moving to Perth from London. Before moving to Australia, Hana obtained consultancy experience whilst working as an Operational Research Analyst in academia and for the British Government. Hana completed her degree in Business Decision Analysis, which included a dissertation on “An Analysis of Data from Multiple Sclerosis Patients”. For this, Hana explored various statistical methods to determine the best approach for highly skewed ordinal data, using the covariates of age, sex and disease duration. Since joining Data Analysis Australia, Hana has been involved in forecasting gas consumption and costs for a local utility.

Mai Tanimoto mai(at)daa.com.au
BSc (Hons) (Griffith, Brisbane)
Consultant Statistician
Mai recently joined Data Analysis Australia after moving to Perth from Brisbane. After graduating from the Griffith University with majors in Environmental Modelling and Honours in Statistics, Mai worked as a fisheries population modeller at Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (now part of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation). Mai’s areas of expertise include biostatistics, marine resource assessment, population modelling/simulations and risk analysis in fisheries management systems.

Yuichi Yano yuichi(at)daa.com.au
BSc (ECU)
Consultant Statistician
Yuichi joined Data Analysis Australia in February 2010 as a graduate consultant statistician. Yuichi graduated from Edith Cowan University with majors in Mathematics and Physics. He has recently been working towards the completion of a master degree in Mathematics. Yuichi’s areas of expertise are in geostatistics and statistical modelling, as evidenced in his postgraduate research work analysing the relationship between air pollutant concentration and asthma hospitalisation risk in Perth.

Greg Wogan-Browne greg(at)daa.com.au
BCM (Hons) (UWA)
Consultant Software Engineer
Greg works in conjunction with other consultants to provide IT solutions for clients. Greg's skills are in interfacing information sources with the Internet, including the design and implementation of web surveys and the construction of web based data entry systems running through Data Analysis Australia's internal network. His expertise also extends to database systems design and management, application development, and programming and systems automation.