Hello!
I’m Josiah Parry. I am a person of eclectic interests; some of which are social science, politics, espresso, data science, and music. I get to indulge in some of these interests as a Customer Success Representative at RStudio.
I am also a Master of Science Candidate at Northeastern University studying Urban Informatics in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs under Dr. Dan O’Brien.
If you would like to sponsor a cup of coffee, I’d greatly appreciate it :)
Talks
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- “Old Town Road” Rap or Country?: Putting R in Production with Tidymodels, Plumber, and Shiny
- Boston useR group
- December 10th, 2019
- Tidy Lyrical Analysis
- Boston useR group
- July 17th, 2018
- Newfound Lake Landscape Value Analysis: Exploring the efficacy of PPGIS, NESTVAL 2016
- New England St. Lawrence River Valley regional American Associations of Geographers Conference
- 2016
Experience:
Government — Customer Success, RStudio
April 2019 - Present
- As a member of the Customer Success team here at RStudio, I focus on building strong relationships with our Government / Public Sector customers. I attempt to empower folks in the public sector via education, consultation, and aiding data science adoption.
Data Science Consultant, International Consulting Associates Inc.
November 2018 - April 2019
- Provide advisory services for key leadership of FDA medical device unit
- Improved internal dashboard by identifying inefficiencies and creating new KPIs
- Developed anomaly detection models performing at 90-98% accuracy (no information rate ~70%)
Research Assistant, Boston Area Research Initiative
January - April 2019
- Use Census data to uncover and communicate insights about the Boston region in the context of a government shutdown
- Update internal databases with ‘13-’17 American Community Survey data and create novel regional metrics
Data Analytics Instructor, Level Education
January - April 2019 * Modify lecture material to utilize contemporary tooling in R * Instruct students on effective data analysis, visualization, and presentation * Cultivate an interactive learning environment based on discourse and experiences
NH Data Director, NextGen America
April - November 2018
- Created Intro to GitHub curriculum for in-person training of data team members
- Developed an interactive field performance dashboard via R and Civis Analytics
- Cleaned, aggregated, and integrated legacy database which expanded target universes by ~50%
- Utilized R (and adapted to Excel) to create semi-automated Relay text campaign creation that allows creative messaging for diverse universes. This process saved 10-15 hours of staff time during GOTV and was adopted by other state leadership
- Cut and administered statewide canvassing turf to organizers.
- Validated canvassing data integrity and rectified data entry errors via a semi-automated process utilizing R
Database Administrator, Accenture
June - August 2017
- Maintained Oracle 11g & 12c databases
- Automated daily reporting utilizing Linux & PL/SQL scripts
- Analyzed & Optimized production queries
- Managed DB versioning with Git, Gerrit, and Jenkins
- Facilitated twice daily handover calls with offshore team
DataCamp, Content Creation Intern
May - September 2016
- Collaborated in the development of finance courses in R:
- Introduction to Portfolio Analysis in R
- Manipulating Time Series Data in R with xts & zoo
- Financial Trading in R