Tim Herzog
Small Business Owner at Potomac Boatcraft
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Herzog is a versatile data scientist-turned-entrepreneur with 14 years of experience bridging open data, climate policy, and software development. He led expansion of the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative, authored climate chapters for global indicators, and built tools and APIs used by international clients and statistical organizations. Comfortable shifting between strategy and hands-on execution, he has run scrum teams, developed Python interfaces for global datasets, and taught open data in multiple countries. Now owner of Potomac Boatcraft, he applies analytical rigor to restoring classic sailboats—combining marine carpentry and systems retrofits with a habit of shipping practical, well-documented solutions. Based in Alexandria, VA, Tim brings an uncommon mix of policy expertise, technical stewardship, and small-business craftsmanship centered on environmental and maritime interests.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MPP, Economics, Statistics, Policy, Politics, MPP, Economics, Statistics, Policy, Politics at Georgetown UniversityBS, Communications, Music, BS, Communications, Music at Bethel UniversityMoundsview High School
Github Skills (50)
bank10
api10
pyyaml10
economics9
python9
yaml9
government-data8
ide7
typescript7
open-data7
arduino7
github6
electron6
arduino-ide5
bug-reporting5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tgherzog/wbgapi
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
Python module that makes using the World Bank's API a lot easier and more intuitive.
Contributions:1 review, 136 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 3 months
apipythonlotapi-sintuitive
tgherzog/tgherzog.github.com
Sep 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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