About me

I am a transportation professional with 5 years of engineering experience and a knack for data. I like digging into data, finding insights, and developing interesting and effective ways to communicate results to teammates, stakeholders, and decision makers.

Statistics and Data Science Experience

• Experiment design, hypothesis testing, quantitative analysis, statistical modeling
• Developing system requirements
• Familiar with data warehousing systems and architectures
• Completed five courses Coursera Data Science Specialization: Data Scientist's Toolbox, R Programming, Getting and Cleaning Data, Developing Data Products, Practical Machine Learning
• Graduate level coursework in statistics, econometrics, and forecasting

Skills

• Programming, databases, analysis: R, SQL, Python, SPSS
• Visualization: ggplot, D3.js, Power BI, Tableau
• Mapping: ArcGIS, QGIS, Leaflet
• Public speaking: Presented at conferences, professional societies, and project meetings
• Project management: Scopes, schedules, earned value analysis, invoicing

Education

• Portland State University: Ph.D. coursework completed in Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2015
• Portland State University: M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013
• Penn State University: B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009

Other Interests

• Cycling
• Woodworking
• Calligraphy
• Donnie the Cat