Ethan Jantz - Resume

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Experience

Recurser - Recurse Center

June 2025 - September 2025 | Brooklyn, NY

• Developed and launched Deed Dish, a tool for exploring property ownership in Chicago
• Collaborated on variety of projects in pair programming and white board sessions

Data Science and Analytics Fellow - United States Digital Corps

2023 - 2025 | Washington DC (Remote)

• Supported the Office of Head Start in modernizing IT and data infrastructure
• Informed $805M in grant funding allocation through data analysis efforts that supported critical leadership decisions and program oversight
• Led design and deployment of a backend API system for the Head Start Enterprise System on AWS, building scalable data pipelines using Python and implementing comprehensive testing infrastructure
• Built automated data processing pipelines, streamlining data reporting through comprehensive cleaning, preprocessing, and validation
• Developed a full-stack dashboard application, collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to enhance program monitoring capabilities
• Built ticketing system and implemented standard operating procedures to manage data requests and improve team efficiency while maintaining transparency and reproducibility

Associate Research Analyst - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

2022 - 2023 | Chicago, IL

• Led migration of organization’s open data portal to ArcGIS Hub, developing data governance policies aligned with industry best practices, enhancing data accessibility and transparency
• Automated data processing workflows, reducing manual reporting efforts and improving data infrastructure accessibility
• Analyzed and visualized spatial/tabular data to generate actionable insights for planning initiatives
• Provided technical training to 20 staff across 2 departments on data analysis

Research Assistant - Nathalie P. Voorhees Center

2019 - 2022 | Chicago, IL

• Worked with academic centers and nonprofits to scope and develop data products across a variety of domains including transportation, accessibility, and housing
• Designed and built data pipelines to support researchers in writing reports and developing analytical products

Projects and Publications

Deed Dish

• A web tool for exploring property deeds in Chicago, IL.

Addressing Barriers to Homelessness Data in Illinois

• A case study exploring the State of California’s efforts to integrate it’s Homelessness Management Information Systems into a single system. This paper was written as part of a collaboration with the State of Illinois’ Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

Skills

Programming: Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, bash, git, SQL, R

Tools/Systems: Docker, Debian, Ubuntu, AWS, ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL, Postgres, SQLite, MySQL, Maplibre

Education

MSc, Civic Analytics - University of Illinois, Chicago

2022 | Chicago, IL

BA, Urban Studies | Geographic Information Systems - University of Illinois, Chicago

2020 | Chicago, IL | Summa Cum Laude

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