Craig Helmann
Director - Data Department
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCraig Helmann is a data and transportation modeling leader with 11 years of professional experience shaping regional planning in the central Puget Sound. As Director of the Data Department at the Puget Sound Regional Council, he manages a multidisciplinary team that builds travel models, informative visualizations, and data products used for high‑stakes decision making. He has deep hands‑on expertise as the lead for the region's 4‑Step Travel Demand Model and a history of roles spanning technical management, project leadership, and toll forecasting. Based in Seattle and trained as a civil engineer at the University of Washington, he combines technical rigor with practical program delivery across public and consulting sectors. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex transportation analytics into timely, policy‑relevant insights that guide regional investments.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSCE, Civil Engineering, BSCE, Civil Engineering at University of Washington
English
Github Skills (26)
parking9
google-api7
census7
google-maps-api7
acs6
google5
logistics4
region4
r-package4
api4
open-data4
census-data4
python4
science4
geology3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
psrc/4k
Dec 2014 - Mar 2021
4K: The PSRC trip-based model
Contributions:39 commits, 32 pushes, 5 comments in 6 years 4 months
model-based
psrc/rtp-dashboard
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Shiny app for Regional Transportation Plan Performance Data
Contributions:3 PRs, 88 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 5 months
transportationplanshiny-appshinyregional
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