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Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

Stears Open Data’s goal is to increase transparency into Africa’s political systems and the management of public goods (infrastructure, publicly funded services, land, environment, etc). We create and freely share data about Africa for the public’s benefit.

Lagos, Nigeria

Stears provides economic and industry data & insight to facilitate decision-making for global organisations investing and operating in Africa. In this role, I led the disciplines of product management, product data analytics, customer support, and data visualization.

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Preserving Nigeria's history and making it accessible to everyone by digitizing old newspapers

Greater New York City Area

labs.planning.nyc.gov. Managed a growing portfolio of 10+ digital products. Coordinated and conducted user research to inform design decisions and ensure products are impactful. Scoped and built new web applications. Prioritized work for team of designers and web developers.

Greater New York City Area

Product managed the development of the NYC Facilities Explorer. Developed strategy for siting new City facilities. Analyzed the City’s capital budget and real estate portfolio. Rebuilt and automated the data pipelines for City Planning Facilities Database.

Curriculum design and instruction of "Python Coding for Public Policy," an applied learning course for public policy grad students.

Greater New York City Area

Analyzed the relationship between suburban poverty and transportation access for aUTRC grant project. Examined flood risk for water supply infrastructure for the NewYork State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies. Analyzed Hurricane Sandydata on damage to urban power and transit infrastructure for an NSF RAPIDcollaborative project.

San Francisco Bay Area

Developed and piloted a methodology for analyzing Uber's impact on parking in cities. Utilized SQL, R, and Python to analyze driver parking and conducted surveys of riders to understand behavior if they hadn't used Uber.

Greater Boston Area

Conducted GIS analysis and planning research related to bike network connectivity and bike safety

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Worked with hydraulic modeling and GIS to analyze capacity and performance for water and sewer master plans. Clients included USAID West Bank, Miami-Dade FL, Kansas City KS, and Douglasville GA.

Master Of Urban Planning

Advanced Certificate In Applied Urban Science And Informatics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders - GT, Students Organizing for Sustainability, Presidents Council Governing Board, GT.