Kara P
Data Scientist 3
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKara P is a Data Scientist with 11 years of technical experience who blends data engineering rigor with a security-focused computer science background, recently completing a 4.0 MEng at Virginia Tech. She has applied her skills across defense research and consulting at the Institute for Defense Analyses and Booz Allen Hamilton, surfacing critical vulnerabilities and translating complex analyses into clear sponsor-facing briefings. Comfortable in fast-paced, collaborative environments, she pairs hands-on tooling—visualizations in Cytoscape and Unreal Engine prototypes—with rigorous vulnerability analysis and production-ready data science. An educator at heart, Kara has taught data structures and contributed to STEM outreach, bringing a rare mix of pedagogy, security awareness, and visualization-driven storytelling to technical problems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, 4.0 at Virginia TechComputer Science, 4.0, Computer Science, 4.0 at Virginia Tech College of Engineering
Github Skills (8)
ipad4
iphone4
audio3
media-keys3
swift2
macos2
ios2
extensible2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kvaillancourt/BubblePop
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 24 days
kvaillancourt/kvaillancourt.github.io
Jan 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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