Will Raphaelson
Staff Writer at Copytree
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Raphaelson is a product leader and writer with nine years of experience translating data-driven insights into user-centered products across analytics, machine learning, and APIs. He’s held senior product roles at Prefect, Civis Analytics, and NGP VAN and moved between hands-on ML product work and strategic API/integration leadership before pivoting into product roles at Confluent and writing at Copytree. His background blends public policy training from Brown and SUNY New Paltz with deep experience in government and political tech, giving him a rare fluency in regulatory context and technical product development. Will is comfortable bridging technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders, having driven ML and integration initiatives at scale while advising policy and revenue analysis early in his career. Now based in Chicago, he combines analytical rigor with clear storytelling—an asset as he shifts more into content and product strategy. Unexpectedly, his trajectory shows a pattern of moving from policy research into product leadership, suggesting strength in turning complex policy problems into practical product solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Political Science, BS, Political Science at State University of New York at New PaltzMaster’s Degree, Public Administration and Policy, Master’s Degree, Public Administration and Policy at Brown University
Github Skills (71)
dataflow10
python10
digital-signature10
automation10
infrastructure10
orchestration10
prefect10
data-engineering10
signing10
pipeline10
observability10
data-science10
workflow-engine10
esignature9
pdf9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
WillRaphaelson/mindflayer
Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
The Mind Flayer, also known as the Shadow Monster, is a malevolent entity that rules the parallel dimension known as the Upside Down.
Contributions:10 PRs, 31 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
parallelentityshadowdimensionmind
WillRaphaelson/van_api
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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