Joe Downs
Rush Director at Penn State THON™
Marple Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Downs is a computational data science student at Penn State with a 3.58 GPA and 11 years of practical experience blending data analysis, event operations, and community leadership. As Rush Director and former Rush Chair for Phi Chi Theta, he uses Excel and R to analyze recruitment metrics and design large-scale events that narrowed candidate pools from 300+ to ~30, demonstrating both technical rigor and people-first decision making. He has hands-on analytics experience from a summer Data Analyst role at PowerPay where he built QuickSight dashboards and actionable visualizations for executive teams. Outside of data work, Joe performs for audiences up to 15,000 with his own music business and supports large philanthropic events through THON operations, showing an uncommon mix of technical chops, public performance, and event logistics. Ambitious and collaborative, he’s focused on deepening his software and analytics skills while continuing to cultivate community impact and entrepreneurial creativity.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computational Data Science, 3.58, Bachelor's degree, Computational Data Science, 3.58 at Penn State University
Github Skills (64)
forge8
graph-algorithms8
network-analysis7
probability7
probabilistic-graphical-models7
networkx7
graph-visualization7
graph-analysis7
python7
graph-theory7
complex-networks7
jupyter-notebook6
high-speed6
query-language6
neo4j6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aplbrain/flyemflows
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
jtpdowns/w205-summer-16-labs-exercises
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:23 pushes in 1 month
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