Summary
Miles Efron is a Senior Data Scientist and seasoned IT leader with over a decade of production-focused experience building cloud-native, data-intensive systems for research and public affairs. With a PhD in Library and Information Science and AWS certifications, he blends academic rigor with practical engineering to design tera-scale SQL/noSQL architectures, Solr search platforms, and APIs that improve discoverability and performance. At UVA’s Miller Center he leads AI, machine learning, and DevOps initiatives while managing the technology portfolio and driving measurable improvements in responsiveness, SEO, and data access. Formerly a research faculty member, he pairs scholarly insight into information access with hands-on cloud solutions architecture and team leadership. Quietly influential, he tends to favor pragmatic, auditable solutions that translate complex research outputs into usable public-facing tools.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, English/Comp Lit, Bachelor's degree, English/Comp Lit at Occidental College
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Library and Information Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Library and Information Science at UNC Chapel Hill