Kyle Ward
Senior Data Scientist
Apex, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Ward is a Senior Data Scientist with 11 years of experience applying data-driven methods to transportation and civil engineering problems, currently leading analytics efforts at Caliper Corporation. He combines a strong engineering foundation—M.S. in Civil Engineering and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from NC State—with hands-on expertise in Python, TransCAD, data visualization, and transportation modeling. His career spans public planning at a metropolitan planning organization to lead data science roles in consulting, giving him a rare perspective on both policy-facing analysis and product-focused modeling. Known for turning complex transportation datasets into actionable insights, he bridges domain knowledge and technical execution to improve mobility outcomes. Based in Apex, NC, he brings practitioner-level engineering judgment to advanced analytics and tool development.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Civil Engineering, Master's degree, Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (126)
r-package10
survival-analysis10
r9
mixed-models9
multilabel-classification9
variable-selection9
r-language9
regression9
clustering9
literate-programming9
feature-selection9
rstudio9
ide9
cross-validation9
predictive-modeling9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
dkyleward/ipfr
Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Generic expansion of seed distribution to marginal targets
Contributions:2 releases, 63 commits, 4 PRs in 8 months
marginalexpansiongenericseedtargets
Triangle-Modeling-and-Analytics/TRMG2
Feb 2023 - Feb 2025
The second generation of the Triangle Regional Model
Contributions:1 release, 19 reviews, 131 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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