Summary
Kayla Brown is a Senior Data Analyst with nine years of experience translating complex, multi-source datasets into actionable insights across defense, healthcare, and human services. With a PhD in Psychology and a background as a developmental social neuroscientist, she blends rigorous social science methods and machine learning to tackle problems from social anxiety risk to supply chain vulnerabilities. She has led teams, built real-time dashboards and predictive models deployed in clinical settings, and routinely turns unstructured text and EHR data into decision-ready narratives for non-technical stakeholders. At Govini she applies AI to accelerate analysis of defense acquisition data, while earlier roles include winning grant proposals and optimizing REDCap-based pipelines for statewide evaluations. Known for bridging academic research and operational impact, she often pairs psychometric insight with pragmatic analytics to surface risks others miss.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology at Penn State University