James Maccarthy Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, VA, US

> Oversee contracts with external partners to develop machine learning pipelines for classifying near real-time deforestation alerts using imagery from earth observation satellites > Lead the prioritization of wildfire research and data products and engage with partners to build a coalition around fire-related issues

> Created data solutions to achieve goals by defining user requirements, developing performance metrics, and architecting data pipelines—built monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools to track the status of five diseases across 1,000+ districts in 11 different countries> Developed statistical models in R using structured and unstructured data on a.

> Built custom neural networks using transfer learning in TensorFlow to accurately classify images> Created statistical model from time series data to predict future temperature trends for several cities that incorporated seasonal fluctuations identified through Fourier analysis> Analyzed GitHub data dump with more than 24 million observations to identify.

Arlington, VA

> Established several best practices for ecological field methods and data management by drafting research protocols and data dictionaries> Automated robust data quality processes for large-scale ecological databases with millions of records using R scripts> Collaborated with software engineers to design and launch software products to help researchers.

Master Of Environmental Management (Mem), Ecosystem Science And Conservation

Activities and Societies: Student Association for Geospatial Analysis (President), Duke Conservation Society (Treasurer), Eno Literary.

B.A. (Magnum Cum Laude), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Wheaton Woods Conservation Society, Community for Sustainable Agriculture at Wheaton, Sustainability Committee.