Russ Allen
Retired at University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolRuss Allen is a retired database and statistics professional with 17 years of hands-on experience in SQL Server administration, BI development, and academic research at the University of Iowa. He transitioned from roles as a lead DBA and developer in healthcare and enterprise training to a faculty position where he built web-based Java applets for sample-size and power and authored several R packages (estimability, lsmeans, rsm). Known for bridging practical IT operations with statistical computing, he combines deep SQL Server expertise with a developer’s fluency in .NET, Java, and R. His background in music education and computer science underpins a methodical, pedagogical approach to tooling and documentation. Even in retirement he retains a footprint in reproducible statistical software that continues to be used by researchers and educators.
17 years of coding experience
BA, Music Education, BA, Music Education at University of Northern IowaBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (88)
marginal-effects10
statistics10
regression-models10
least-squares10
sem10
r-package10
predict10
bayesian10
rstan10
rope10
tidymodels10
rstanarm10
r9
stan9
bayesian-data-analysis9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rvlenth/rsm
Dec 2012 - Oct 2021
R package for response-surface methodology
Contributions:1 release, 439 commits, 1 PR in 8 years 10 months
rr-package
rvlenth/estimability
Mar 2017 - Jun 2026
Contributions:1 release, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 4 months
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