Kaitlyn Perham

I’m a geospatial professional skilled in geospatial analysis, Python, and data analytics. Proven track record in developing data pipelines and providing data analysis for delivering actionable insights. Seeking roles in data analysis with a focus on geospatial applications.

Role

Senior Geospatial Analyst, Verisk

Responsibilities

Research project to determine the effectiveness of defensible space on wildfire losses

Defensible Space Analysis

As a senior member of the team, I worked with the product director to develop a methodology to analyze the effects of defensible space and it’s impact of structure survivability in a wildfire. I was responsible for the data processing, cleaning, designing the analysis methodology, and discussing the final results with the product director to assist in determining the parameters of a new indicator to be added to our product offerings.

The analysis consisted of:

  • Processing NAIP imagery and spatial structure data with structure attributes to feature engineering additional variables for analysis, mainly determining whether or not a home had defensible space prior to a wildfire
  • Using the defensible space data and other protective structure measures to come up with a final model suitable for analysis
  • Explore the results, which provided clearer guidance on what defensible space attributes and structure characteristics are actually determining factors in survivability

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