David Carlson
Quant Analytics Manager at KeyBank
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Carlson is a Quant Analytics Manager with a PhD in Political Methodology and a decade of experience applying statistical modeling, machine learning, and survey analytics to real-world problems. He has a proven record predicting election outcomes, building anti-fraud models, and translating academic research into operational analytics across media, academia, and industry roles including CNN, Koç University, YouGov, and now KeyBank. A co-founder of a Computational Social Science master’s program and author of multiple peer-reviewed papers, he combines rigorous causal inference with practical deployment of models. Based in Pittsburgh, he brings a rare mix of academic depth and product-oriented impact—skilled at turning complex political and survey data into actionable, auditable insights.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, International Political Economy, International Relations, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, International Political Economy, International Relations at University of Illinois at ChicagoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government at Washington University in St. Louis
Github Skills (13)
prediction6
r-package6
bayesian5
quantitative5
intl4
geolocation4
survey3
testing2
gaussian1
inference1
matlab1
statistical-inference1
gaussian-processes1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
carlson9/KocCSSMbootcamp2021
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
carlson9/GPRPanel
Mar 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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