James Geiger
Manager, Research Data Analytics
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Geiger is a strategic, hands-on data leader with a decade of experience building trusted analytics teams and delivering mission-critical data products for research institutions. As Manager of Research Data Analytics at UNMC he combines technical ownership of a modern stack (Python, R, SQL, neo4j, Tableau, Prefect) with human-centered leadership to operationalize reporting, data warehousing, and internal research applications. He began as a full‑stack web developer and still contributes to open-source projects—most notably UI and meta-tag improvements to the popular BookStack Laravel wiki—bringing practical web development fluency to data product roadmaps. James pairs academic training in data science and psychology with grant-funded research experience, enabling him to translate complex research needs into reliable, user-focused analytics. Based in Omaha, he is adept at balancing immediate institutional demands with forward-looking tool selection and platform modernization.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at University of Nebraska at OmahaThe University of ArizonaBachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY at Northwest Missouri State University
Github Skills (13)
colours10
php10
customisation10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
pstack10
backstack10
ui-design9
javascript9
html9
css9
opengraph8
documentation4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BookStackApp/BookStack
Aug 2019 - Feb 2021
A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & Laravel
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and settings customization within the BookStack application. They implemented features for custom color settings for various elements and integrated footer links, requiring changes to both frontend and backend files. In addition, the user worked on creating and refining Open Graph meta tags for improved social media sharing of content within the application. The user also refactored code, resolving issues with page content and image handling.
cmsselfhostedphp-laravelphpbookstack
james-geiger/paper-weights
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:68 commits, 59 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
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