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Joel Weber

Rockville,MD

Summary

A TS/SCI-cleared data professional with nine years of experience in a variety of data-centric roles. I'm currently serving as a consultant for CDAO, working on cross-domain PySpark pipelines and Qlik dashboard development within the Advana platform. I've also spent time working with Natural Language Processing tasks, including Named Entity Recognition pipelines, Topic Modeling, and Text Classification, for both CDAO and ODNI.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
McLean, VA
11.2020 - Current
  • Designed, implemented, optimized, and monitored cross-domain PySpark ETL pipelines within the CDAO Advana Databricks environment.
  • Applied Natural Language Processing algorithms, such as vectorization, dimensionality reduction, clustering, topic modeling, and named entity recognition, to analyze government contract spending across organizations.
  • Developed Qlik dashboards to allow customers to interactively edit and present data to OUSD-level leadership.

Geospatial Analyst

Skyline Software Systems
Chantilly, VA
05.2019 - 11.2020
  • Developed automated processes for collecting, manipulating, and analyzing geospatial data sets in both tabular and raster formats.
  • Converted UAV imagery into 3D surface models using the PhotoMesh software suite.

Data Analyst

Hexagon US Federal
Lanham, MD
05.2016 - 05.2019
  • Created custom Python scripts to automate routine tasks related to GIS operations.
  • Processed and analyzed single-photon LiDAR data collected during laboratory tests and test flights.
  • Compiled results summarizing project progress and key findings related to LiDAR sensor performance.

Geospatial Analyst Intern

Amazon Conservation Team
Arlington, VA
10.2015 - 12.2015
  • Digitized deforestation patterns caused by illegal gold-mining operations throughout Suriname.
  • Created a watershed map of the Amazon River basin using SRTM elevation data.

Education

Master of Science - Geospatial Information Science

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
05-2017

Bachelor of Science - Environmental Geography

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
05-2015

Skills

  • PySpark ETL
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Python Programming
  • Qlik Dashboard Development
  • Geospatial Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Computer Vision

Certification

  • Certified TensorFlow Developer
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Timeline

Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
11.2020 - Current

Geospatial Analyst

Skyline Software Systems
05.2019 - 11.2020

Data Analyst

Hexagon US Federal
05.2016 - 05.2019

Geospatial Analyst Intern

Amazon Conservation Team
10.2015 - 12.2015

Master of Science - Geospatial Information Science

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science - Environmental Geography

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Joel Weber