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Raleigh, Nc, Us

Rtp, Nc

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Estimation Pipeline (2017 – Date) – BJS & FBI – Co-PI. Led development of a scalable cloud-based pipeline automating specialized imputation and estimation methods, generating >400M national estimates published by FBI at https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/nibrs-estimates.GASPS Prevention Hub (2022 – Present) – GA DBHDD – Led a cross-disciplinary team to create (http://gapreventionhub.org) transforming 20+ public datasets into accessible dashboards and developing an automated ETL pipeline for substance abuse and suicide prevention resources.NCHS Rapid Response Survey (2023 – Present) – CDC NCHS – Managed dashboard and infographics for public-facing survey results, aligning with organizational priorities. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/rss/rss-topics.html)NTIS Forensic Science Interactive Process Map (2021 – 2023) – NIST & NTIS – Co-PI. Led user-centered design and agile scrum development to design & deliver an interactive process map. (https://ipm.nist.gov)ACO SmartReview (2021 – Date) – CMS -Created prefect.io data pipelineNCVS N-DASH (2020 – 2021) – BJS – Defined project scope, and technology decisions, and managed development of a public-facing interactive dashboard for crime victimization data. (https://ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov)GASPS Data Warehouse (2020 – 2023) – GA DBHDD – Led the re-creation of the GASPS data portal (gaspsdata.net), overseeing user testing, content curation, and Tableau dashboard development.MapME/CFS Open Data Portal (2018 – 2020) – NIH – LeadLed an agile development team to create a data-sharing repository for multi-omic data. (https://www.mapmecfs.org)RTI VEST (2018 – 2019) – Internal – LeadPython numba library for complex survey data statistics, designed for efficient online analysis.National Recreational Boating Safety Survey DAQS (2018 – 2019) – USCG – Task LeadDashboard system for users to explore survey data visually.

Center for Data Science - early leadership. Worked with Center Director and other program managers to help grow center from 6 staff to 36. Participated in all aspects of the hiring process, team structure, QA, privacy, & project management policies. Contributed to and led sections of proposals & business development activities. SAMHDA Data Analysis System (2015 to 2020) - SAMHSA—Task Lead. Lead creation of a user friendly multi-tier interactive web application that allows analysis of survey results. The system allows users to perform design-appropriate statistical analyses on public survey datasets. Researchers can also analyze restricted public use datasets using the RDAS (Restricted Data Analysis System) version that calculates and vetts estimates for disclosure risk. Created network architecture and led integration into client system. https://datatools.samhsa.gov/DCEOW community dashboard (2015 to 2019)—Task lead. Responsible for a defining requirements and leading development of publicly accessible dashboard on substance abuse in the District of Columbia, informing programs, policies, and practices aimed at reducing substance useCannabisConvo Cannabis Tweet Tracker Tool (2015 to 2017)—Task Lead/Data Engineer. CannabisConvo is a dynamic website and powerful tool built off publicly available Twitter data, processed in pyspark on Databricks, that provides real-time information to enable researchers and policymakers to discover new trends, build a richer picture of the online conversation, and make informed policy decisions. Led a team of data scientists and epidemiologists on the social network analysis and text mining portions.Global Network MNH Study Dashboard (2015 to 2016)— Worked with study organizers to create a dashboard that visualizes operational data and study outcomes. This dashboard improves the efficiency of site meetings with study organizers and allows researchers to visualize and explore study results in new ways.

Designed and lead development of the Unreal Engine data pipelineWorked directly with Director of Operations to establish Analytics departmentBuilt and maintained Web-based reporting dashboardDeveloped data generation methodology, adopted by development teamsResponsible for data collection and live reports for the live product Unreal Engine 4, pre-alpha game user tests and internal development data

Cary, Nc

Helped build the data pipeline for Gears of War 3 - Collected and reported on 10TB of dataBuilt Gears of War 3 reporting dashboard Worked with Dev team to generate reports to inform development and production server configurationBuilt Intranet application for reviewing and testing playtest data Built intranet application for collecting and reviewing crash dataLead development of epicgames.com

Ba, Psychology/Computer Science

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