Summary
Russell Owen is a Senior Data Engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems across finance, international development, and public sector programs. At Capital One he develops a Scala/Spark API to reliably ingest large volumes of streaming data into the enterprise data lake and has also driven model risk monitoring and cloud migration analytics for enterprise ML governance. His background in econometrics and program evaluation (USAID, RTI, NORC) gives him uncommon strength in rigorous measurement, data quality, and impact-focused analytics alongside production data engineering. Comfortable in AWS, Spark, SQL, Python and R, he bridges research-grade analysis and scalable engineering to turn complex compliance and monitoring needs into automated, auditable pipelines. Fluent in French from fieldwork in West Africa, he pairs technical depth with international M&E experience that informs practical, policy-relevant data solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MPP, Master's of Public Policy, MPP, Master's of Public Policy at Duke University
BBA, Economics, BBA, Economics at James Madison University - College of Business
French