Steve Wald
Senior Consultant - Data Science Data Analysis & Visualization
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolSteve Wald is a Senior Consultant in data science and applied AI with nine years of experience building production LLM systems, RAG pipelines, and Databricks-based analytics for nonprofit and enterprise clients. He has led small delivery teams and engineered human-in-the-loop integrations with the OpenAI API for high-stakes projects like the Gates Foundation Expenditure Responsibility AI Assistant. Comfortable across the stack, he blends data engineering (PySpark, Databricks, Azure Synapse), analytics, and Power BI visualization to turn complex humanitarian and health operations data into actionable insights. Earlier roles include automating ML workflows for HR and dynamic pricing systems for SMBs, demonstrating a knack for practical, labor-saving automation. His background spans academia and fundraising leadership, and a PhD in History of Science, which surfaces in his ability to translate nuanced domain problems into robust technical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, History of Science, PhD, History of Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonCertificate, Data Science, Certificate, Data Science at Galvanize IncCertificate, Business Adminstration, Certificate, Business Adminstration at University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of BusinessBA, Product Design, BA, Product Design at North Carolina State UniversityMTS, History of American Religion & Protestant Reformation, MTS, History of American Religion & Protestant Reformation at Duke University
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Github Skills (35)
rise8
predictive-analytics6
vagrant5
apache-kafka5
reveal5
amazon-ec25
amazon-web-services5
python5
apache-spark5
spark4
asciidoctor4
reveal-js4
ipython4
kafka4
machine-learning4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sewald101/django_experiments
May 2020 - May 2023
Contributions:26 PRs, 44 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years
sewald101/measureyes
Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
Bringing A/B testing metrics and methods from the digital world to physical environments
Contributions:6 PRs, 29 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 3 months
a-b-testingdigital-worldtestingbringingphysical
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