Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
Government Resource Center at The Ohio State University
Shiny Web App Developer August 2024-Present
- Develop Shiny web apps
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
IS Business Automation Specialist June 2023 - August 2024
- Automated DHS’s org charts for 7,000+ employees, saving 60 hours annually
- Serve as liaison for remote work policy by determining which employees meet criteria for remote work through combining multiple unclean data sources
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Highway Safety Data Analyst May 2019 - June 2023
Developed an R package that makes data pulls and data analysis much easier inside an R environment, slashing time spent fulfilling data requests into a matter of minutes
Wrote a parameterized R Markdown to fully automate the creation of 72 crash data county profiles
Wrote code to call an API to collect extensive court case data then flattening JSON file, cleaning data, and running analysis
Learned Shiny to develop a Crash Dashboard with multi-selection capabilities, interactive charts, and a dynamic map
Developed a Shiny dashboard to compare quarterly crash trends
Improved relationship between WisDOT and UW by establishing a set of uniform queries used for data pulls and crash analysis
Mandli Communications
Data Processor Dec 2016 - May 2019
- Analyze, classify, and process LiDAR data maintaining above average speed, occasionally perform quality control
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Traffic Forecaster (Part-time) Feb 2014 – June 2018
- Completed statewide traffic forecast requests using travel demand models and regression analysis of historical counts
- Provided expertise on completed forecast requests to MPOs, DOT regions and consultants
- Conducted research and learned VBA to develop a macro-enabled Excel worksheet, improving and streamlining the department’s method to forecast turning movement counts
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Bicycle and Pedestrian Intern (Part-time) Mar 2015 – July 2015
- Learned ADA standards in order to digitize and assess statewide curb ramps and sidewalks in ArcMap
- Learned about bike/pedestrian safety and design and the benefits of complete streets through five day-long courses
Awards
- 2022 Data Science Olympian: Collaborated with a team to compete in a Kaggle Challenge with Women in Big Data (WiBD)
- WisDOT Crash Dashboard won runner-up under Interactive Map category: 2021 Wisconsin Land Information Association map contest. View the project.
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Master of Science 2012 - 2014
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Certificate in Transportation Management and Policy
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Bachelors of Science 2006 - 2010
- Geography (GIS) and Urban Planning