Mary Van Valkenburg
Data Science Online Course Instructor
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMary Van Valkenburg is a data science educator and practitioner with 11 years of experience building analytics programs, teaching online courses at DataCamp, and leading data operations for tech training organizations. Based in Asheville, she bridges hands-on technical work—from web and .NET development to data governance and analytics—with program leadership, having modernized state systems and led multi-year IT initiatives across Tennessee government. Mary blends practical instruction with public-sector impact, having moved legacy grant systems into state data centers, improved transparency initiatives, and contributed as a NASA Datanaut. She holds an MS in Data Science and a background in psychology and engineering, which informs her user-centered approach to curriculum and tooling. Known for turning complex requirements into teachable, repeatable workflows, she runs Data Playground to share data learning resources and best practices.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Psychology, BS Psychology at Tennessee State UniversityN/A Engineering, N/A Engineering at Vanderbilt UniversityMS Data Science, MS Data Science at Lipscomb University
Github Skills (32)
strings7
regular-expression6
docker-image5
r4
machine-learning4
storage4
manipulation4
docker4
kaggle4
python4
binary-data4
frame4
nss3
apache3
data-science3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MaryLvV/Search-Me
May 2018 - May 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
MaryLvV/Predict-A-Tron
Dec 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
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