robbiethegeek

Hey there I am a member of USDS and a local community organizer for DCJS / NodeDC / DC Code & Coffee / Alexandria Code & Coffee. I would be happy to chat at or after any event I am attending. There are a bunch of us around who are DC Tech organizers, I am sure any would be happy to chat.

I joined the USDS 2 years ago and the first team I joined was at the Department of Veterans Affairs and we worked on digitizing the 1010EZ form. This form is how veterans apply for health care benefits and we were able to successfully launch this form and use this project as an example. We continue to work on how veterans interacted with the VA digitally. Since it was launched there have been over 340,000+ submissions this is the most rewarding thing I have worked on in my career. President Obama talked about this project to the Disabled Veterans of America in 2016 https://youtu.be/vAmRl0Pzrkg?t=38m43s and that was super humbling. Think about joining us! https://www.usds.gov/join

There aren't explicit data scientist roles but there are engineering roles with a focus on data as needed by the agencies / projects. If you are interested in chatting more feel free to ping me or apply!