David Paulus
Strategic Data Analyst
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Paulus is a Strategic Data Analyst at the United Nations with a decade of experience designing data-driven decision support for crisis and humanitarian contexts. He combines a PhD in computer science and psychology with hands-on data engineering—building Python-based pipelines, managing Azure SQL warehouses, and automating analytical workflows that inform senior UN leadership. His work uniquely bridges technical implementation and behavioral insight, having researched cognitive bias in crisis decision-making through mixed methods and field case studies like Yemen and COVID-19. Prior roles include developing open-data APIs, Android apps and interactive dashboards for disaster risk reduction, and integrating diverse humanitarian datasets (HDX, IATI, UN FTS) into operational products. Based in New York, he blends research rigor with production engineering to turn complex, unstructured information into timely strategic intelligence.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Systems, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Systems at Fachhochschule Pforzheim - Hochschule für Gestaltung, Technik und WirtschaftBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Logistics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Logistics at Fachhochschule Stuttgart - Hochschule für TechnikDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences at Delft University of Technology
English, French, German
Github Skills (55)
azure8
python8
azure-ai8
openai8
chatgpt8
typescript7
ai7
azd-templates7
anthropic6
gemini6
generative-ai6
open-source6
large-language-models6
llm6
quarto6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
d-paulus/scrape_oryx_py
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:50 commits, 32 pushes, 1 comment in 10 days
d-paulus/IATIHDXAPINepal
Dec 2017 - Apr 2018
early testing
Contributions:39 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
testingtesting-tools
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