Joseph Mienko
Director Of Specialized Workforce Development at University of Washington School of Social Work
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Mienko is a data-driven social scientist and technology leader who builds interdisciplinary programs and production analytics to strengthen public child welfare systems. With a PhD in Social Work and nearly two decades of hands-on experience from frontline foster care to leading data science teams, he blends rigorous research, machine learning, and cloud-native engineering to deliver actionable tools for state agencies. As Director of Specialized Workforce Development at UW, he is creating curricula that train students for entry-level software development and business analysis roles within the public sector, pairing capstone projects with real-world technology portfolios. His background includes prototyping automated ETL and fraud-detection models for state vendors, architecting nationally representative social surveys, and shipping infrastructure-as-code on AWS—skills rooted in earlier service as a US Army intelligence analyst and child welfare practitioner. Joseph is notable for translating academic insight into operational systems that reduce manual processes and empower nontechnical stakeholders with self-service analytics.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Social Work, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Social Work at University of WashingtonBS, Psychology, BS, Psychology at Grand Valley State UniversityMS, International Relations, MS, International Relations at Troy University
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csv6
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quantile6
outliers6
pca6
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odbc4
database3
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Github contributions (5)
cssat/sprout-issues
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
An issue-only repository for the Sprout data collection platform
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 6 days
sproutdata-collectionissue-only
joemienko/legal-representation-evaluation
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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