Joseph DiCastro
Data Engineer and Data Visualization Developer
- Phone:
- +1 (646) 234-8458
- Email:
- joe@josephdicastrollc.com
- Location:
- Brooklyn, NY
Joseph DiCastro
Data Engineer and Data Visualization Developer
I'm an accomplished data engineer with specialties in database development, data analysis, and data visualization. Creative leader with 20 years of professional experience and a certificate in Data Analysis and Data Visualization from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. Expertise building data-driven applications, websites, and other interactive visual experiences that combine analytical rigor with creative presentation. Recognized ability to successfully collaborate with multiple levels of an organization’s hierarchy to deliver best-in-class business solutions. Thrives in creative and analytical environments, and looking for positions to make a positive difference in the world around us.
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Joseph DiCastro LLC
2019 - Current
Data Engineer and Data Visualization Developer, Owner
Business owner of Joseph DiCastro LLC, a boutique software engineering consultancy specializing in interactive data visualizations, data analysis and engineering, database application development, and systems integration.
Belluck & Fox
2007 - 2019
Director of Data Systems and Marketing
Director‐level position responsible for all business solutions related to data system development, database management, business practice analysis, and workflow automation for Belluck & Fox, LLP, ranked by US News & World Reports as one of the “Best Law Firms of America”. I also directed the firm’s marketing and advertising initiatives and was often the primary person responsible for designing and implementing these initiatives. It was with respect to the over‐sized scope of my responsibilities that the firm created the title of “Director of Data Systems and Marketing” especially for me.
Curtis, Mallet‐Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
2005 - 2007
Marketing Knowledge Coordinator
Database and web design, content development, information management for all marketing‐related activities for major international law firm.
Multiple Contract & Freelance Projects
2002 - 2007
Marketing Knowledge Coordinator
Database development, web and visual design, and content creation for a variety of short‐ and long‐term contracts spread throughout multiple industries, including academic research, e‐commerce, healthcare, and independent filmmaking.
Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science
2019-2020
Certificate in Data Analysis and Data Visualization
Emerson College
1993-1997
Bachelor of Science: Mass Communications, with minor in Philosophy.
Designed and developed interactive Data Visualization of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a 1700+ article encyclopedia that is one of the web’s greatest resources on philosophy’s history and practice. This application is a new kind of visual search engine for exploring and navigating large-scale, interconnected datasets with ease and power.
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Design, development, integration, management, and maintenance of multiple databases for international food distributor with revenues greater than $100 million. The databases are responsible for processing and distributing food products and providing quality control across its entire supply chain, which spans North, Central, and South America.
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Custom MS Access/MS SQL Server application that tracked more than $1 Billion in settlements, trial verdicts, and client payments for major mass tort law firm. Developed the entire system, from architecture to interface to its reporting capabilities, providing a real‐time representation of the status of every case, settlement, payment, and distribution among more than ten thousand actions, cases, and filings. No other law firm at the time had a system matching its scope.
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Engineered a custom BI application for major mass tort law firm that integrated information from the firm's settlements & verdicts database, their trial and client management database, and their accounting system, to provide a complete window into the firm’s entire business operations.
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