Summary
Rebecca Davies is a Data Science Product Owner in Portland with 10 years of experience translating complex spatial and infrastructure data into practical products and policy-ready insights. She combines graduate-level geography training with hands-on skills in Python, SQL, GIS, and product management to modernize analytics tools and streamline data pipelines for non-technical audiences. At PeopleForBikes she led the City Ratings program, redesigned analytical formulas and communications, and spearheaded a novel Recreational Bicycling Access Map taxonomy while securing substantial grant funding. Rebecca excels at balancing technical trade-offs, vendor oversight, and stakeholder engagement to deliver impact under budget and labor constraints. Colleagues describe her as a user-focused leader who turns messy or misleading data into clear decision-support and repeatable project templates. She brings uncommon fluency across research, engineering, and advocacy contexts—making her especially effective at guiding data-driven public-interest initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Urban Studies, Environmental Science, B.A., Urban Studies, Environmental Science at Columbia University in the City of New York
M.A., Geography, M.A., Geography at University of Colorado Boulder
H.S. Diploma, H.S. Diploma at Catlin Gabel
Williams College
English, Spanish