Alyssa I
Director Of Business Intelligence at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAlyssa I is a cognitive scientist turned data leader with eight years of experience applying behavioral research and computational methods to higher education policy and analytics. Based in Austin, she now directs Business Intelligence at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, having progressed through research and senior analyst roles where she linked K-12, postsecondary, and workforce data to inform statewide decision-making. Her background includes a PhD in Brain & Cognitive Sciences and an MS in Data Science, giving her uncommon fluency in experimental design, mixed-effects modeling, and practical data engineering for dashboards and metrics. She has experience translating complex research questions into operational metrics and grant-supported initiatives, and she brings a researcher’s rigor to public-sector data governance and strategic planning.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Cognitive Sciences; Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA Cognitive Sciences; Philosophy at Rice UniversityMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at University of Rochester
English, Spanish
Github Skills (1)
data-science4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alyssaibarra/bookclub-dsieur
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Data Science in Education Using R Book Club
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes in 15 days
sciencebookdowndata-sciencebook-clubr-programming
alyssaibarra/shiny-file-upload
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
Shiny Application testing, uploading file, processing
Contributions:6 PRs, 4 pushes, 7 branches in 20 days
uploadingtestingshinyfile-processing
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