Giorgi Chighladze is a data scientist and analyst with 10 years of experience turning complex, multi-source datasets into reliable, decision-ready products using R, T-SQL, and Azure Synapse. At Iowa State University he boosted processing efficiency by 50% and pipeline speeds by up to 90% through automated ETL, stored procedures, and rigorous QA/QC processes, while achieving 95% data accuracy. He designs interactive Shiny and Power BI dashboards and automated Quarto reports that cut manual reporting time by 80% and deliver county-level insights in real time. Giorgi’s background in engineering research and founding laboratory and training centers shows a rare blend of technical depth, program management, and instructional design. Comfortable collaborating with large, multidisciplinary teams, he routinely translates domain science into reproducible analytics and production-ready data systems. Based in Ames, Iowa, he combines academic rigor (PhD-level research) with practical cloud and visualization engineering to drive measurable operational impact.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Science at Iowa State University
Master’s Degree Engineering Management, Master’s Degree Engineering Management at Georgian Technical University
Candidate of Technical Sciences Hydraulics and Hydrologic Engineering, Candidate of Technical Sciences Hydraulics and Hydrologic Engineering at Georgian Research Institute of Power Engineering and Power Structures
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