Brandon Lebeau
Senior Research Scientist at University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Lebeau is a Senior Research Scientist and former university associate professor with 13 years of experience turning complex educational and organizational data into actionable decisions using predictive modeling, causal inference, and scalable analytics pipelines. He blends academic rigor (Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods) with product-focused delivery—building ETL pipelines, dimensional models, Tableau and Shiny dashboards, and open-source R packages that together have 50K+ downloads. His work has accelerated reporting by 70%, secured multi-million dollar funding, and produced AI-driven tools that improve quality and efficiency across institutions. Comfortable in Python, R, SQL, Spark and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Docker), he routinely moves models from simulation to production and mentors teams to make analytics accessible. Based in Iowa City, he combines classroom teaching and research software development with hands-on engineering at The College Board, an uncommon mix that helps bridge measurement science and operational impact.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Educational Psychology - Quantitative Methods in Education, Ph.D, Educational Psychology - Quantitative Methods in Education at University of MinnesotaBA, Psychology, Mathematics, BA, Psychology, Mathematics at Luther College
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Github contributions (5)
lebebr01/stat_thinking
Sep 2019 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 606 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 7 months
lebebr01/psqf-6250-blogdown
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:10 PRs, 97 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
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