Charlie Henry

Data Scientist

Charlie Henry is a full-stack data scientist with experience leading teams and delivering end-to-end data solutions at the City of Austin Transportation Department, he specializes in Python, SQL, cloud orchestration, and Power BI.

Work

Head of Data Science

– Present
Austin, TX
  • Leads a cross-functional team (data analyst, intern, product manager) to develop data-driven tools for decision-making.

  • Engineered Python data pipelines to support interactive dashboards and open data APIs.

  • Developed data products that track $1 billion in spending and $10 million in revenue

Data Scientist

–
Austin, TX
  • Automated daily data publishing pipelines using Python and Prefect for the city’s open data portal

  • Created high-frequency updating dashboards using Power BI and Python

Transportation Engineer

DKS Associates
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Austin, TX
  • Developed high-impact safety models using large-scale transportation datasets

  • Designed and tested traffic simulation models for complex roadway networks

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Data Science
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Masters of Science

The University of Texas at Austin

Aerospace Engineering
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Bachelor of Science

Projects

Airport Wait Time Forecasting

– Present
  • Developed an end-to-end ML pipeline that forecasts airport security wait times and posts daily updates to Bluesky

  • Automated data ingestion from TSA checkpoint reports (PDF format) using Python ETL scripts

  • Trained and deployed ARIMA-based supervised learning models for short-term forecasting

  • Integrated the pipeline with Bluesky’s API to publish real-time predictions and travel tips for major U.S. airports

  • Tools: Python, Scikit-learn, Postgres, Google Cloud Functions, Bluesky API

Austin Road Conditions Bot

– Present
  • Built a Bluesky bot that monitors and posts real-time road condition updates for Austin using open sensor data

  • Implemented a Python script to query roadway grip sensors every 5 minutes via the city’s open data API

  • Open-sourced and containerized the application with Docker, and deployed it on Render for continuous operation

  • Designed the solution to be modular and open-source for easy adaptation to other cities with similar datasets

  • Tools: Python, Docker, Render, Bluesky API, City of Austin Open Data Portal

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • R
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • SQL

Data Engineering

  • dbt
  • Docker
  • SQL
  • Airflow
  • Prefect

Cloud Platforms

  • AWS (S3, EC2)
  • GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage)
  • Render

BI & Visualization

  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Microstrategy