Elise Thorsen
Associate Manager, Open Source Analysis
Montpelier, Vermont, United States
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Top SchoolElise Thorsen is an Associate Manager in Open Source Analysis at Accenture Federal Services with 11 years of experience translating area studies and high-quality data into actionable insights on strategic communications and influence operations in Europe. She leads reporting for advanced analytics projects, directs quality control of human-curated and machine-aggregated datasets, and designs tailored, data-informed assessments and predictions for federal customers. A former academic with a PhD in Russian Literature and a Fulbright year in Kazan, Elise combines deep linguistic and regional expertise with computational curiosity rooted in digital humanities. She has a track record of expanding project scope and supervising small analytic teams while advising on toolkit development for analytical exploitation. Passionate about rigorous, values-driven work, she applies the same care to community service—volunteering as a gleaner and mentoring as a Toastmaster—to strengthen resilient, equitable local systems.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Russian Studies, 3.63, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Russian Studies, 3.63 at The College of William and MaryRussian Language, Russian Language at Moscow State University, Center for International EducationDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Russian Language and Literature, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Russian Language and Literature at University of Pittsburgh
Russian, Serbian, German
Github Skills (8)
gift4
stem4
creative-commons3
linked-open-data3
questions-and-answers2
wikimedia2
edtech1
collaboration1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
enthorsen/russian-poetry
Aug 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:129 commits, 127 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
enthorsen/poetry
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
nlpassistednatural-language-processingverse
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