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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice President, Data Operations  |  2023 - Present
Energy Outreach Colorado - Denver, CO
Nonprofit serving low-income households with energy assistance statewide

  • Serve on the Executive Leadership Team, directing all IT, data analytics, infrastructure, and cybersecurity operations
  • Transformed IT function into a strategic, organization-wide partner through improved policy transparency, secure data integration, and interdepartmental collaboration
  • Led adoption of NIST 1.0 cybersecurity compliance
  • Directed enterprise AI governance strategy and company-wide AI resource rollout, defining responsible use policies, security standards, and practical enablement pathways for staff adoption
  • Launched a centralized data lake integrating siloed program databases, enriching internal data with external census sources to identify service gaps and underserved populations
  • Developed secure, automated workflows for participant enrollment and partner processing, improving turnaround time and compliance
  • Spearheaded creation of an online application portal, expanding program access to rural and mobility-limited participants, and increasing digital equity
  • Instituted a knowledge management platform (Confluence) to capture institutional processes, policies, and best practices, laying the foundation for a searchable company-wide intranet
  • Oversaw vendor procurement and software acquisition processes, ensuring secure, cost-effective integration with existing systems
  • Provided expert witness testimony to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on the energy burden and rate impact for vulnerable communities


Senior Director of Data Science  |  2021 - 2023
Valley Agricultural Software (VAS) - Remote
AgTech SaaS company supporting dairy production worldwide

  • Built and led a team of data scientists developing analytics to optimize livestock health and productivity
  • Architected and deployed a robust data lake and warehouse infrastructure enabling real-time analytics and predictive models
  • Managed full product lifecycle for several analytics features, directly improving animal inventory tracking and herd health insights
  • Created and executed data strategy, governance, and architecture roadmap to align with business scalability and security needs
  • Facilitated communication between data teams and executive stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and ROI


Principal Data Scientist  |  2020 - 2021
AES Corporation - Remote
Global energy firm providing sustainable power generation and distribution

  • Led multiple teams in developing AI and ML models for energy operations and grid management
  • Built drone imagery–based models to detect wind turbine damage. Deployed models for anomaly detection in steam turbines and battery storage systems
  • Developed outage restoration estimation models using geospatial and weather data
  • Oversaw predictive vegetation trimming optimization to reduce outages for electric utilities
  • Mentored data scientists and served as technical lead on climate-informed energy initiatives


Data Scientist  |  2019 - 2020
DataRobot, Inc. - Remote
AI and automated machine learning platform

  • Guided enterprise clients through the end-to-end ML lifecycle: problem framing, model building, deployment, and output interpretation
  • Designed geospatial functionality for platform applications
  • Served as strategic advisor on advanced analytics solutions


Co-founder  |  2018 - 2020
Visual Perspective, LLC - Denver, CO
visualperspective.io
Data science and visualization consultancy

  • Built machine learning and mapping applications for global development use cases
  • Developed population migration models, poverty predictors, and vegetation monitoring dashboards
  • Led technical development and external-facing reports for public-sector and NGO clients


Co-founder and CTO  |  2017 - 2018
Population Explorer, LLC - Denver, CO
Geospatial web analytics platform for population and demographic data

  • Directed development of Population Explorer, used by Fortune 500s and NGOs in 115+ countries
  • Oversaw technical architecture, backend infrastructure, and user experience


Director, DataLab  |  2015 - 2018
Kimetrica, LLC - Denver, CO
International development consultancy for data modeling and humanitarian analysis

  • Led a team of data scientists serving clients such as UNICEF, USAID, and DARPA
  • Created AI models for malnutrition detection, famine early warning, and resilience forecasting using satellite and survey data
  • Designed randomized controlled trials and impact evaluations to guide global policy decisions


Associate Scientist  |  2013 - 2015
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Boulder, CO
Federal research center for atmospheric and environmental sciences

  • Conducted Arctic atmospheric gas analysis and developed solar tracking algorithms for remote instrumentation
  • Served as lead developer on remote sensing software and climate retrieval models


EDUCATION

Ph.D. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences / The University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland

M.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences / Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, Maryland

M.S. Aerospace Engineering / The University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado

B.S. Aerospace Engineering / The University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado


BOARD & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

  • Denver’s Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program Advisory Committee — helps guide how community service block grant funds are used in Denver (2026 - Present)
  • Neil Armstrong Award Committee Member, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (2025 - Present)
  • Board Member, SciAll – External Affairs and Community Engagement (2021 - 2022)
  • Mentor, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (2020 - 2022)


PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS

  • December 2012 – Winner, Outstanding Peer Reviewed Paper Award, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, for “The Role of Shortwave Radiation in the 2007 Arctic sea ice anomaly.”
  • October 2011 – Winner, Outstanding Presentation at the World Climate Research Programme conference, Denver, Colorado
  • July 2005 – Letter of Commendation for leading the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Block 12 space vehicle study at the Aerospace Corporation. Letter from U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Pelc, system program director for STSS
  • July 2004 – Achievement Award for developing and deploying Concept Design Center (CDC) concurrent engineering tools to educational institutions
  • September 2004 – Letter of Commendation for participation in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) study. Letter from the general manager of the Civil and Commercial Division, The Aerospace Corporation
  • April 2004 – Performance Recognition Award for implementation of the Integrated Data Exchange Architecture (IDEA) database to support conceptual design in the Concept Design Center (CDC)
  • August 2003 – Employee Spot Award for sizing of Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) payloads and design of supporting spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network Technology Support Contract (FEWS NET TSC) – Methodology Report, December 2017. Contract number AID-OAA-C-11-00171
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network Technology Support Contract (FEWS NET TSC) – Resilience Measurement for Decision-Support, December 2017. Contract number AID-OAA-C-11-00171
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network Technology Support Contract (FEWS NET TSC) – Selecting Climate Risk Indicators for Resilience Measurement, December 2017. Contract number AID-OAA-C-11-00171
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network Technology Support Contract (FEWS NET TSC) – Low Cost Methods for Livelihoods Analysis and Zoning, October 2016. Contract number AID-OAA-C-11-00171
  • Viatte, C., Strong, K., Hannigan, J.,Nussbaumer, E.A., Emmons, J.K., Conway, S., Paton-Walsh, C., Hartley, J., Benmergui, J., Lin, J. (2014) Identifying fire plumes in the Arctic with tropospheric FTIR measurements and transport models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-15-2227-2015
  • Pinker, R.T., Wonsick, M.M, Nussbaumer, E.A., and Y. Ma. Cloud radiation variability over the Indian Monsoon region as observed from satellite. Key-note speech at Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) November 2012, Kochi, Kerala India.
  • Nussbaumer, E.A. Invited talk at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Change Region 8 office. The role of surface radiation in Arctic sea ice anomalies from 2003-2007. Denver, Colorado. November 2011.
  • Nussbaumer, E.A., Pinker, R.T. (2012) The Role of Shortwave Radiation in the 2007 Arctic sea ice anomaly. J. Geophys. Res. Letts., doi:10.1029/2012GL052415
  • Nussbaumer, E.A., Pinker, R.T. (2012) Estimating Surface Longwave Radiative Fluxes from Satellites utilizing Artificial Neural Network. J. Geophys. Res-Atmos., 117, D07209, doi:10.1029/2011JD017141
  • Nussbaumer, E.A., and R.T Pinker (2011) Estimating surface longwave radiative fluxes at global scale. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.974
  • Nussbaumer, E.A., and R.T Pinker, Estimating Global Surface Longwave Radiative Fluxes Fluxes Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks. Poster session presented at the World Climate Research Programme Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2011.
  • Pinker, R.T., A. Bentamy, Y.-T. Ma, E.A. Nussbaumer, A. Santorelli, A. M. Mestas-Nunez, K. B. Katsaros, W.M. Drennan, F.J. Kelly, and J. A. Carton. An air-sea flux dataset based on satellite observations. Presentation at Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference, Keelung, Taiwan, 2010
  • Lomheim, T.S., E.A. Nussbaumer, J.A. Lang, D.W. Warren, N. Carballo (2004). Parametric Methodologies and Tools for First-order Hyperspectral Imaging Sensor System Design, Imagining Spectrometry, Volume 5546, pg 1-28, 2004
  • Lomheim, T.S., E.A. Nussbaumer, J.A. Lang, Presentation at SPIE’s annual International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, Denver, CO. August 2004
  • Nussbaumer, E.A., Presentation to the Vice President of the Aerospace Corporation. Parametric Methodologies and Tools for First-order Hyperspectral Imaging Sensor System Design. El Segundo, CA. June 2004