Bryan Baird Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Virginia, US

Institutional Support Contractor for USAID's Global Health antimalarial efforts, especially the data and informatics efforts of the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Serve as a senior data analytics technical subject matter expert for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine.
• Identify and implement process changes to improve the speed and quality of responsive data analytics requests, including coding and automation standards for data analytics and data engineering.
• Coordinate with IT staff and cloud software developers on architecture requirements for analytics workflows.
• Manage and coach data analysts on data science and technical consulting best practices, such as Python programming, interactive data visualization design, data engineering, and statistical analysis.

Chicago, IL, US

• Served as overall project lead for a major global health data consulting project with the U.S. Government, overseeing a team of 10+ data scientists, analysts, and engineers. Coordinated business and technical.
• Identified and applied the most suitable statistical and Machine Learning methodologies for different Public Sector clients, depending on the requirements and available data. Stayed up to date with emerging tools and.
• Presented the results of complex analyses to different internal and client audiences, including senior business and client leadership. Crafted appropriate communications for each audience including technical writing.
• Collaborated with product managers to plan and refine features for the company’s core software offerings, emphasizing how to strengthen service delivery through key use cases for client organizations and power users.

Chicago, IL, US

• Advised municipal governments and federal agencies on how to improve their use of analytics and data-driven decision-making.
• Created automated data processing, modeling, and reporting pipelines using SQL, Python, and R in the Civis Platform; presented methods and findings to audiences at varying levels of statistical sophistication using.
• Designed and conducted field experiments to assess the effectiveness of persuasion messaging campaigns. Used R and Bayesian statistics to estimate the effectiveness of messaging strategy options for outreach programs.
• Oversaw development processes across client projects within Civis’s public sector department. Coordinated and mentored junior data scientists, business stakeholders, and client representatives within a user-focused.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Led research project on the effects of trade policies on US innovation-intensive industries.
• Collected economic data to design and validate econometric models using R and Excel.
• Described results for an audience of policymakers with written reports, brief primers, and data visualizations.

Washington, DC, US

• Supported municipal governments, utility providers, and regional water authorities as they coordinated policy with the Federal Government.
• Tracked legislation, identified appropriate grants, and reported key insights from Congressional testimony to help regional and local groups understand and take advantage of opportunities to better serve their.

• Provided background research for policy recommendations to the President on issues of technology for drinking water quality and scientific standards of forensic evidence in courtrooms.
• Consolidated academic sources and identified potential program funding strategies within the Federal Government to strengthen recommendations from OSTP staffers and PCAST members.
• Drafted blog post publicizing PCAST report on recommended biodefense measures; combined report recommendations with department communications guidelines to produce a message in line with PCAST’s policy and publicity.
• Coordinated and staffed meetings and events with PCAST members, White House staffers, and outside subject area experts from government agencies and the private sector.

Washington, VA, US

• Managed development projects for large- and small-scale clients in government, nonprofit, higher education, and private sectors; communicated client requests to developers on the technology team by prioritizing.
• Coordinated development of Drupal and WordPress websites by tracking developer assignments and facilitating regular Agile meetings.
• Led creation of new development processes to improve the responsiveness and efficiency of the technology team by implementing and administering a customized ticketing system in JIRA. Resulted in greater.

• Recruited, interviewed, trained, and co-managed 15 Student Fellows to lead on-the-ground volunteer voter outreach, both door-to-door and phone banking.
• Coordinated with organizers and staff across offices to maintain relationships with donors, volunteers, and supporters across the region; tracked outreach and communication efforts with NGP VAN.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led development of major software project features for Microsoft Office; coordinated Feature Crew teams of developers, engineers, and designers to drive product concepts to functioning code. Accomplished by authoring.
• Secured approval for development decisions from partners and management across development disciplines; presented research and design decisions as informed by quantitative telemetry data research and qualitative user.
• Actively designed and conducted workshops and interviews to solicit first-person user input in order to better prioritize feature decisions based on real world user needs.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Interpreted, evaluated, edited, and provided industry feedback for proposed technical regulations from the United States Postal Service with emphasis on the market impact of required new technology.
• Assisted Project Manager with tracking the status of multiple research development projects.

Washington, DC, US

• Researched legislation and wrote policy summaries on issues of technology, defense, and transportation, including proposals to open new radio frequencies for wireless communication.
• Addressed constituent questions and concerns through phone, mail, and Capitol tours.

Master’S Degree, Public Policy

Data Science

Bs, Applied Science, Systems Science And Engineering, Political Science

Industrial Engineering

Education record