Paul Stey
Assistant CIO, Research Software Engineering & Data Science
Rhode Island, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Stey is an experienced research software and data science leader with 11 years building teams and infrastructure to turn complex scientific problems into reproducible tools and services. As Assistant CIO for Research Software Engineering & Data Science at Brown University and co-founder of Ecolumix, he blends institutional leadership with entrepreneurial product-building and a strong statistical background from roles at the EPA and CDC. His career progressed from PhD-level developmental psychology research into applied biomedical and environmental data science, giving him a rare mix of domain expertise, rigorous experimental thinking, and production-focused engineering. Known for mentoring and curriculum work as a former data science lecturer, he emphasizes reproducibility, collaboration, and practical impact across academic and startup settings.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Developmental Psychology, Master of Arts (M.A.), Developmental Psychology at University of Notre DameBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology at The Ohio State University
English, French
Stackoverflow
632reputation
13kreached
11answers
1question
Github Skills (147)
python10
smote10
postgresql-extension10
polars10
threaded10
dataframes10
background-image10
rust10
poster10
dataframe10
sampling9
csv9
converting9
csv-import9
hugo-theme9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
brown-ccv/git-trigger-simulation
May 2023 - Jun 2023
Contributions:95 PRs, 54 pushes, 39 branches in 28 days
paulstey/rust_euler
Dec 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:34 PRs, 84 pushes, 28 branches in 6 years 3 months
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