Data & Strategy for the Public Good

Victoria
Walter

I help organizations trust their data,
understand it, and act on it.

I help organizations trust their data, understand it, and act on it — building the pipelines, databases, and dashboards that make complex data accessible and actionable. I work at the intersection of technical execution and stakeholder strategy, with a focus on mission-driven organizations where better data can translate directly into real-world change.

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 help organizations turn data into decisions. That means building the pipelines, databases, and dashboards that make data trusted, accessible, and actionable — but it also means understanding the questions stakeholders are actually trying to answer before writing a single line of code. My philosophy is simple: a tool no one uses effectively has no value. The value comes from its use.

My approach to data work is shaped by a liberal arts education in economics and political science — I try to understand the broader system, the incentives, and the story first before digging into the data. That habit of framing problems before solving them has made me a better analyst and a better collaborator.

Growing up in Pennsylvania — a state I know firsthand is more politically complicated than most national coverage suggests — has shaped both my research instincts and how I think about the relationship between data and real-world decisions.

I'm looking to bring this work to organizations where the mission matters. That includes political data and civic tech, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and other mission-driven or social-impact spaces where better data infrastructure and stronger analytical thinking can translate directly into real-world change. I'm drawn to roles that sit at the intersection of strategy and technical execution: close enough to stakeholders to shape the questions being asked, and technical enough to build the systems that answer them.

Based in Washington, D.C. Bluebonnet Data Fellow. Recipient of the Department of Energy 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. — Data Management & Analytics
U.S. Department of Energy - CAAT
2021 — 2025
Senior Associate
Technomics, Inc. — Data Management & Analytics
U.S. Department of Energy - CAAT & IIP
2020 — 2021
Data Fellow
Bluebonnet Data — Yang for NY / DePasquale for Congress
2019
BA, Economics & Political Science
Dickinson College
Magna Cum Laude
02 — Work

Selected projects

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 & civic tech organizations
  • Nonprofits & advocacy organizations
  • Mission-driven & social impact organizations
  • Campaigns & election infrastructure
  • Strategy & technology consulting