Technical skills
My main tools for quantitative analysis are SQL and R.
Data Visualization and dashboards built with ggplot2, R Shiny, Tableau, Google Data Studio.
I’ve built tools and implemented solutions on on AWS, Google Cloud.
Years of experience working with big data using Presto, Hive, PostgreSQL, Apache Airflow, Redshift, and BigQuery.
Hi my name is Rich. I’ve helped United States presidential campaigns, Fortune 100 companies, and national non-profits make data driven decisions using surveys, A/B experiments, large behavioral datasets, and machine learning.
I’m best at working with teams to think creatively and convert their business problems into actionable data. My primary expertise is using data to understand people; whether we’re thinking about them as users, customers, or voters.
Send me an email (rkbarney[at]gmail.com) and let’s talk about how I can help your organization.
Work Experience
Principal Data Scientist
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
June 2021 - Present
Developed solutions in R to estimate and optimized the impact of Disney Television advertising.
Developer of a number of internal R Packages to standardize and automate routine tasks such as database queries as well as more advanced analytical products.
Director of Analytics
Tom Steyer For President, July 2019 — March 2020
NeedToImpeach.com, July 2018 — July 2019
Trusted analytics advisor to campaign executive team. Outside of politics this is equivalent to the Director of Marketing Analytics with a heavy emphasis on quantitative research (surveys and experiments). I helped optimize a $200 million advertising budget so the right people are got the right message at the best price.
Market Research Data Scientist
Uber Technologies, February 2017 — April 2018
Research methods expert working with teams across the organization to leverage user data and design quantitative research to address business questions around customer loyalty, customer acquisition, and increasing engagement.
Lead Data Scientist
Alloy.us, March 2020 — February 2021
Developed algorithms to quickly run billions of comparisons for matching customer lists to Alloy’s database (similar to Experian or Equifax) on cloud infrastructure using machine learning.
Manager of Research & Analytics
Civis Analytics, June 2014 — February 2017
Part pollster, part data scientist, part management consultant for some of the biggest organizations in progressive politics (Priorities, USA, Senate Majority PAC, DNC, DSCC, EMILYs LIST) using innovative methods from the Obama data team.
Soft Skills