Blake Madden
Director Of Institutional Research at Edison State Community College
Dayton, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolBlake Madden is a data-driven software developer and analytics leader with eight years of experience translating institutional data into actionable insights for higher education. Currently Director of Institutional Research at Edison State Community College, he builds predictive models, interactive dashboards, and automated reporting pipelines using R, SQL, and C#, helping faculty and administrators improve student success and compliance. His background spans research data roles at Purdue and the University of Dayton Research Institute and a long stint in product engineering and localization at StatSoft, giving him a rare mix of statistical-product and documentation expertise. An active contributor to open-source documentation—improving clarity in the widely used wxWidgets C++ GUI project—he brings meticulous communication skills to technical teams. Based in Dayton, Ohio, Blake pairs an English BA with deep technical fluency, making complex analyses accessible to diverse stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English at University of Dayton
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documentation10
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emacs6
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
wxWidgets/wxWidgets
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:90 reviews, 25 commits, 154 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Blake's commits primarily focus on fixing typos, correcting grammatical errors, and improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation within the wxWidgets project. They have made changes to various documentation files, including those related to the interface, samples, and code examples. These edits enhance the overall readability and understandability of the documentation for developers using the library.
cppc-plus-plusgui-frameworkguidesktop
Blake-Madden/Wisteria-Dataviz
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Wisteria Dataviz Library
Contributions:6 releases, 2 reviews, 1090 commits in 8 months
data-vizcppdata-visualizationdatavizdonut-chart
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