Resume

Dylan Pieper with Archie

Data scientist with 5+ years of experience across research and program evaluation. Builds the full analytic stack from databases and pipelines to statistical models, reports, dashboards, and AI applications. Translates big and messy datasets into tools that guide stakeholders and non-technical audiences. Advocates for open-source software and open science.

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Experience

Research Analyst — University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (2025–Present)

I lead data analytics and infrastructure development for medical education research and program evaluation, supporting faculty and staff projects and strategic plans for the Collective for Innovation, Scholarship, and Research in Undergraduate Medical Education (CISR-UME).

Data Scientist — University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy (2021–2025)

I led data strategy for grants in the health sciences, including topics of substance use and criminal justice. I conducted research and evaluation, and developed data collection methods, databases, pipelines, automated reports, and dashboards. I also contributed to business management and training staff.

Education

Master of Arts, Social Psychology — University of Northern Iowa (2018–2020) GPA 3.91

Statistical computing (R), quantitative thesis, research assistant in psychoneuroendocrinology lab

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology — University of Northern Iowa (2014–2018) GPA 3.54

Skills

Research methods: Statistics, multilevel modeling, psychometrics, mixed methods research, machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLM), web scraping, reproducible report design, interactive visualization, dashboard development, geospatial mapping or GIS, web application development, package development

Data collection and reporting: Quarto, Shiny, Plotly, D3, Tableau, MS Power, REDCap, Qualtrics, API endpoints

Languages and infrastructure: R, Python, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DuckDB), Git, Docker, Podman, Azure, MS Foundry, Posit Connect, Linux, Sentry, WordPress, HTML/CSS/JS, web asset design