Summary
Samantha Rhoads is a Lead Data Science Consultant with eight years of experience translating social-science insights into practical analytics and production-grade tools for clients across law, finance, and education. A Columbia magna cum laude double major in Psychology and Sociology with an MA in Quantitative Methods, she builds end-to-end solutions—from automated government reporting and pay‑equity statistical platforms to interactive Shiny apps and Python/R libraries—while advising on P&L, risk reporting, and client strategy. Her background in experimental and field research gives her a rare fluency in human-centered questions and rigorous quantitative methods, enabling interpretable models that respect context and ethics. Equally comfortable coding APIs and maintaining legacy VBA pipelines, she pairs technical leadership with business development and client-facing presentation skills. Notably, she has prototyped name-based demographic prediction tools and scaled automated reporting for hundreds of firms, reflecting a blend of curiosity-driven research and operational execution.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.) Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (Data Science/Statistics), Master of Arts (M.A.) Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (Data Science/Statistics) at Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor’s Degree Psychology and Sociology Honors Student Double Major, Bachelor’s Degree Psychology and Sociology Honors Student Double Major at Columbia University
Diploma, Diploma at Homestead High School
English, Spanish, German