OUR TEAM

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Jarrod Doucette

Jarrod Doucette

Lead Research Analyst, Director
765.494.3573

Jarrod served as a Lead Research Analyst with the Agriculture Data Services team for several years before taking on director responsibilities in January 2022. His focus is on combining data architecture and stewardship to improve analytic and visualization capabilities in the areas of agriculture and natural resources research.  He leads research teams through the process of designing and implementing data management plans, writes scripts to manipulate and move data, creates secure storage solutions, and develops tools for researchers to interact with their data.  Some of the things he enjoys most about his roles are strategizing with the team about ways to make it easier to work with data, and working directly with researchers to teach them new tools and techniques. 

Pete Zahparty

Pete Zahparty

Data Services
All around good guy

Data Steward - 10;
Data Geekyness - 2;
Tech Savvy - 5;
Researchitude -7;
Project Management - 3;
Education & Outreach - 1;
Creativity - 9;
Muddy Boots -8


“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
Kurt Vonnegut

Adeayo Adewumi

Adeayo Adewumi

Graduate Research Assistant

Adeayo Adewumi is a graduate research assistant with Agriculture Data Services team and PhD student at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. His research interest is in the application of computer vision in autonomous aerial and ground platforms for weed and disease detection and control.

Nathan Denny

Nathan Denny

Lead Research Analyst
765.494.3105

Nathan is a Lead Research Analyst with the Ag Data Services team.  His experience and professional interests are focused on computer and information sciences.  He contributes expertise in ontologies, controlled vocabularies, data architecture, search methods, NoSQL technologies, and algorithms.

Benny Goller

Benny Goller

Lead Research Analyst

Benny Goller is a Lead Research Analyst with the Agriculture Data Services team. His background is in research and he enjoys working on experimental design, data quality control, analytic pipelines, simulations, and visualization. He primarily works with faculty and research groups in Digital Forestry and the Institute for Plant Sciences/Alumni Ag Seed Phenotyping facility.

Kirby Kalbaugh

Kirby Kalbaugh

Lead Research Analyst
765.494.5625
Kirby Kalbaugh is a Lead Research Analyst with Agriculture Data Services. A portion of his position is dedicated to the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, while the remainder is on projects throughout the college. He works in a wide variety of areas, including IoT sensors, data security, lab data management, and data visualization. Kirby's experience allows him to assist students, faculty, and staff with advancing their ability to collect and analyze research data across a variety of interrelated disciplines.
Tima Paak

Tima Paak

Research Analyst
Tima Paak joined Ag Data Services in September 2023. She holds a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science from the University of Toronto. As a Research Analyst, she leverages her full-stack developer skills to streamline data workflows and drive efficiencies. Tima conducts descriptive and inferential analyses to extract meaningful insights from data. Her visualization proficiency enables her to translate complex information into digestible and impactful graphics. She provides analytical support for Agricultural Economics projects and collaborates with researchers across the college. Tima aims to enhance data-driven decision making through optimized data management, statistical modeling, and effective communication of data insights.
Gustavo Valencia

Gustavo Valencia

Lead Research Data Analyst
Dr. Valencia was named Lead Research Data Analyst in June 2023. He comes to the Agriculture Data Service team with nearly 20 years of experience in statistics/data analytics. Gustavo holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Management from Univ. Pontificia Bolivariana, a M.Sc. in Statistics from Univ. Nacional de Colombia, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Purdue University. He has an extensive background in research and industry data analysis, which range from security and fraud prevention to user behavior analysis, healthcare analytics, and digital agriculture. Gustavo specializes in developing and implementing predictive models, data mining techniques, and machine learning algorithms to solve complex business needs and engineering problems, as well as the underlying challenges associated with data quality and visualization.

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Data Geekyness - 2
Tech Savvy - 5
Researchitude -7
Project Management - 3
Education & Outreach - 1
Creativity - 9
Muddy Boots -8

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