Data & Strategy

Victoria
Walter

Building systems that turn complex data
into decisions that matter.

I architect data platforms and analytics tools for high-stakes environments — from federal acquisition programs to political campaigns. I lead at the intersection of technical infrastructure and strategic insight.

5+
Years building analytical platforms
75+
Federal analysts served by platforms I lead
$6M+
In matched donations supported via automated pipelines
100+
Automated data validations deployed
Political Data Strategy Data Engineering R / Shiny SQL Python ETL Pipelines
01 — About

Strategy-led.
Technically deep.

I'm a data leader who moves comfortably between the server room and the strategy table. My career has been defined by a core belief: the best analytical systems aren't just technically sound — they're built around the decisions they need to enable.

At Technomics, I've led development of a federal analytics platform that benchmarks multi-billion dollar acquisition programs, managing everything from SQL infrastructure and ETL architecture to client briefings and feature roadmaps. I'm as comfortable designing a database trigger as I am presenting insights to senior federal stakeholders.

My roots are in political data. As a Bluebonnet Data Fellow, I built automated pipelines for campaigns that eliminated dozens of hours of manual work weekly — work that directly supported democratic participation. That mission-driven orientation has never left me.

I hold a BA in Economics and Political Science from Dickinson College, and I'm a recipient of NNSA's Administrator's Achievement Award.

Data Architecture

Designing scalable databases, ETL pipelines, and data governance frameworks

Analytical Platforms

End-to-end development of interactive dashboards and decision-support tools

Political Data

Voter file analysis, campaign finance reporting, field operations data

Strategic Leadership

Translating stakeholder needs into technical roadmaps and analytical products

2025 — Present
Senior Associate, Project Lead
Technomics, Inc. — CAAT / NNSA
2021 — 2025
Senior Associate
Technomics, Inc. — Data Management & Analytics
2021
Data Fellow
Bluebonnet Data — Yang for NY / DePasquale for Congress
2021
BA, Economics & Political Science
Dickinson College
02 — Work

Selected projects

Original Research

Pennsylvania Electoral Atlas

A five-cycle electoral analysis tool mapping Pennsylvania's working-class realignment from 2008–2024. Built on the argument that the shift is primarily a structural economic story — not a candidate-specific one — the tool identifies persuasion targets for 2026 and 2028.

R Shiny tidycensus leaflet Medallion Architecture Political Data
  • Classified all 67 PA counties by five-election flip pattern across 2008–2024
  • Overlaid structural economic indicators — income stagnation, cost burden, manufacturing decline — to test the thesis against the data
  • Built a forward-looking persuasion score identifying highest-impact counties for 2026/2028 resource allocation
  • Deployed as a live interactive dashboard with adjustable analytical weights
Federal Consulting

Integrated Infrastructure Portfolio - Data Pipeline & IIPDB

A R Shiny dashboard enabling stakeholders to perform tradeoff analysis and portfolio optimization across a list of infrastructure projects — adjusting start years, durations, and funding levels to build portfolios that are both executable and affordable. My primary contribution is the backend data infrastructure that powers it: an ETL pipeline and SQLite database following the medallion architecture model, designed to push analytical complexity into the data layer and minimize computation in the dashboard itself.

SQLite R Package Dev Medallion Architecture Data Validation
  • Architected and maintain IIPDB — a SQLite database and custom R package pipeline following the medallion model: raw ingestion → silver standardization → gold transformation
  • Silver layer cleans and standardizes multiple disparate data sources into consistent, query-ready tables — separating ingestion concerns from analytical logic
  • Gold layer applies custom R modeling functions that encode domain-specific business logic and pre-compute analytical results, minimizing computation in the Shiny frontend
  • Designed the full database schema — table structures, relationships, and constraints — to support efficient querying from the dashboard
  • Wrote all ETL functions within a custom R package handling ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and loading across every data source
Political Data

Bluebonnet Data Fellowship

Served as a data fellow on two Democratic campaigns, building automated data infrastructure that eliminated manual work and directly enabled campaign operations and fundraising compliance.

Python Docker R VAN / VoteBuilder Voter File Analysis
  • Built automated Python + Docker pipelines reporting ActBlue donation data to NYC Campaign Finance Board — eliminated 20+ hours of manual work per week
  • Supported $6M+ in matched donations for Yang for New York through reliable, automated financial reporting
  • Analyzed census and voter file data in R to assess voter engagement and inform precinct-level outreach strategy for DePasquale for Congress
03 — Skills

Tools & expertise

Languages
  • R (tidyverse, Shiny, bslib)
  • SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
  • Python (pandas)
  • Excel (Power Query, VBA)
Data Engineering
  • ETL pipeline design
  • Custom R package development
  • Medallion architecture
  • Data validation (pointblank)
  • DBI / dbplyr
  • Docker
Platforms & Tools
  • Posit Connect
  • Git / version control
  • NGP VAN / VoteBuilder
  • SSMS (SQL Server)
Domain Expertise
  • Political data & campaign operations
  • Federal program analysis
  • Voter file & census analysis
  • Campaign finance compliance
Strategic & Leadership
  • Product roadmap ownership
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Technical documentation & training
  • DevOps & deployment workflows
Recognition
  • 2025 Team Achievement of the Year — ICEAA (WCAC)
  • NNSA Administrator's Achievement Award
  • Bluebonnet Data Fellow
04 — Contact

Let's work
together.

I'm exploring opportunities in political data and technology, strategy consulting, social science research, and think tanks. If you're looking for someone who can lead both the technical architecture and the strategic conversation, I'd love to connect.

Open to new opportunities

Roles I'm targeting

  • Political data & technology organizations
  • Strategy & technology consulting
  • Social science research institutions
  • Think tanks & policy organizations
  • Civic tech & election infrastructure