Kevin McCraney

About Kevin McCraney

I\'m a technologist & educator that loves complex systems, languages, history, & design. I make the complex simple and the abstract concrete. With 5 years of experience in technology and teaching, I can help your organization generate insight from data or craft a clear, simple message so everyone\'s on the same page.+ Worked at City of Seattle to map processes, understand user needs, and build a holistic reporting solution for homelessness data. Saved 120hrs/mo of analyst time. Got a thank you note from the Mayor.+ Worked for the State of Washington to analyze the text of thousands of public records for trends, and build an open-data focused professional organization.+ Worked at the University of North Carolina\'s Kenan-Flagler Business School to help world-class instructors do even better pedagogical work in the classroom (and online).I get excited about using data science for social good, especially analyzing large datasets of text. Want to connect? Feel free to email me.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Bold Penguin

   Oct 2022 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Data engineer on the platform team working with Prefect 2 for orchestration of complex data pipelines

Education

• University of Washington Information School

  MS, Information Management

  2017 — 2019

• The Ohio State University

  Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature/Letters

  2007 — 2011