The University of Texas at Austin

University of Virginia

Data Scientist at Dell EMC

Austin, Texas, United States

Dell EMC

Data Scientist

- Integrated data from multiple sources (OpenAddresses, SmartyStreets API, voter files) to create a map of residential addresses with no registered voters
- Used DBSCAN (unsupervised cluster analysis) to identify dense clusters of these addresses
- Developed a web app using Flask and Amazon Web Services to share this information with voter registration organizations so that they could prioritize and track registration efforts

Insight Data Science

Insight Data Science Fellow

- Applied machine learning models (GLMs and GBMs) to estimate the impact of social context on vulnerability to natural disasters
- Helped implement PCA using cloud computing on Google Earth Engine
- Assembled necessary data from US Census, USGS API, and NOAA

Cloud2Street

Consultant

- Implemented machine learning (logistic regression, hierarchical models, and maximum entropy) to predict the complete geographic distribution of endangered species
- Combined model predictions with graph theory to quantify connectivity between habitat patches
- Organized a collaboration of more than two dozen scientists across 10 countries to assemble the necessary data sets to complete this research

University of Texas at Austin

Graduate Fellow

- Designed workflows to process and clean species distribution data using Python and R
- Ingested cleaned data sets into a cloud-based PostgreSQL-PostGIS database (CartoDB)
- Used Google Earth Engine to implement species distribution models

Yale University

Programmer and Data Manager for the Map of Life Project

- Managed a contract to install 1000 rain barrels for the RiverSmart Homes Project
- Geocoded and mapped rain barrel installation sites
- Analyzed sewer-shed data to identify and target areas for storm water management

DC Greenworks

Project Coordinator and GIS Analyst

- Updated data fields for recently subdivided parcels using ArcGIS 9.2
- Analyzed Real Estate data and matched with county planimetrics
- Conducted census research and prepared data for thematic mapping

County of Albemarle: Department of Community Development

Intern - Geographic Data Services

- Analyzed GIS data provided by Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Identified areas of increased threat due to development pressure
- Proposed strategies for preservation of ecological and cultural resources

Green Infrastructure Center Inc.

- Performed background research for proposed zoning ordinances
- Created a strategy to improve site plan review and customer service

Intern - Zoning and Current Development

- Primary project: Global Mammal Assessment (GMA) for the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- Edited, reviewed, and analyzed biological data in ArcView 3.2 and Microsoft Access
- Facilitator at 6 international workshops, and day-to-day manager of 3 undergraduate assistants

Research Assistant: Department of Environmental Sciences

- Performed chemical analysis of water samples, including ion chromatography
- Conducted field work and collected water samples

Columbia Analytical Services

Analyst I

- Worked on the Shenandoah Watershed Study and Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity Study
- Performed chemical analysis of water samples for pH, alkalinity, and conductivity
- Conducted field work, collected water samples, and maintained field equipment

Cody Schank