Brian Hall
Data Engineer
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Hall is a data engineer with 11 years of professional experience and a 15+ year programming background, currently building data infrastructure at Sentry. He blends rigorous academic research—a PhD candidate and researcher who led award-winning AR/VR and visualization projects—with hands-on software engineering in C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, R, and Python. Brian co-invented the Tableau Gestures interaction technique and shipped a browser-based prototype that influenced a public Tableau keynote, demonstrating his ability to translate research into product impact. His work spans full SDLC enterprise systems, experimental graphical-perception analysis using Bayesian methods, and AR/VR interaction design, reflecting a rare mix of quantitative analysis and applied UX sensibility. Based in Stevens Point, WI, he brings a practitioner-researcher mindset that surfaces subtle human factors in data tools to improve professional user productivity.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information at University of MichiganBachelor’s Degree, Computer Information Systems, Psychology, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Information Systems, Psychology at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Github Skills (22)
ncbi8
rewrite7
optimizely7
genome7
genomics6
bioinformatics6
publish6
tbl6
networked6
api5
annotations4
personalization4
layout3
chrome3
probability3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bruab/bashy
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:1 commit, 108 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
bruab/.dotfiles
Jan 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:121 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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