Paul Buffa
Director, Product at Observable
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Buffa is a product leader and data-visualization specialist with 11 years of experience building analytics-driven products and developer-facing visualization tooling. Currently Director, Product at Observable, he has repeatedly bridged product, BI, and education teams to drive product-led growth, activation, and customer pilots while founding solutions engineering capabilities. His background includes designing visual analytics at Datadog, building interactive editorials for clients like National Geographic and McKinsey, and leading visualization engineering and patents work at Capital One Labs. Comfortable shipping both code and strategy, Paul also integrates AI into visualization workflows and has taught D3.js and data visualization to professionals. Based in Boulder, he combines a humanities-trained curiosity (BA in Philosophy and Music) with hands-on data science training and a knack for translating complex data into compelling visual narratives.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate, Data Science, Graduate, Data Science at General AssemblyBA, Philosophy, Music, BA, Philosophy, Music at Vassar CollegeStudy Abroad Program, Music, Study Abroad Program, Music at New York University
Github Skills (7)
dashboard9
visualization9
markdown9
static-site-generator7
react4
angular2
typescript2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pstuffa/nyc-dataviz-open-house
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
pstuffa/pstuffa.github.io
May 2016 - Aug 2022
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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