Peter Vermeer

Principal Data Analyst, Team Lead

HelioCampus

Feb 2026 - Current (6 months)

Principal Data Analyst

HelioCampus

Mar 2025 - Feb 2026 (1 year)

Led the analytical strategy and product evolution for a portfolio of ~70 higher education institutions, serving as a primary subject matter expert for labor cost analytics product. Partnered with C-suite university leadership to provide the evidentiary basis for navigating multi-million dollar budget shortfalls and complex negotiations. Improved decision velocity for client institutions by delivering data-driven insights to support high-stakes choices around hiring, centralization, and organizational restructuring. Transformed manual reporting workflows from weeks to hours by developing and deploying Python-based automation (python-pptx) for scalable reporting. Collaborated closely with software development and engineering teams to prototy

Senior Data Analyst

HelioCampus

Jun 2024 - Mar 2025 (10 months)

Analyzed enrollment, student success, and student/workforce financial data to deliver insights and self-service dashboards for higher education institutions. Developed and maintained Tableau dashboards. Automated reporting workflows. Built for efficiency and scalability. Conducted analyses using SQL and data modeling/visualization to support strategic decision-making. Lead analyst for two client implementations; worked closely with clients, internal teams, and SME offices to conduct data/dashboard validation bolstering confidence in institutional reporting. Served as the primary liaison for university leaders, translating complex data and user requirements into clear analytics to inform institutional strategy and investigate hypotheses rel

Visiting Instructor

Connecticut College

Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 (11 months)

Taught 3 sections / 80 students in an Intro to Statistics course. Responsible for curriculum development, learning outcomes assessment, and instruction. Introduced students to statistics fundamentals, random variables/distributions, linear regression, and hypothesis testing using the R programming language.

Associate Director for Programs and Assessment

US Coast Guard Academy

Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 (11 months)

Authored self-study for submission to Carnegie classification project. Coordinated with multiple campus stakeholders to identify & report on matters pertaining to leadership development and assessment. Achieved institutional "Leadership for Public Purpose" Carnegie classification. Coordinator for leadership assessment team. Conducted data collection & analysis of formative/summative assessments within co-curricular leadership development programs. Drafted recommendations for continuous improvement – resulted in changes to program execution, training, & assessment. Targeted interventions led to changes in student perception of programs. Led student groups in qualitative follow-up analysis using interviews & focus groups. Met with Coast Gu

Instructor

US Coast Guard Academy

Jul 2021 - Jun 2023 (2 years)

Taught pre-calculus, probability & statistics, and other courses to cadets/officers in training. Responsible for capstone course. Assisted with departmental administration and assessment. Writing center tutor.

Assistant Director of Institutional Research

US Coast Guard Academy

Jul 2017 - Jul 2021 (4 years 1 month)

Responsible for data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting for decision-support. Maintained institutional data warehouse; developed policy and procedures for data management and governance. Developed software for collection of curricular and co-curricular leadership development program assessment data. Managed institutional survey platform. Conducted statistical analyses; authored numerous reports on training and education effectiveness. Transitioned office to Tableau business intelligence platform and trained/supported initial user base. Performed critical functions as data team lead during decennial accreditation self-study; resulted in institutional accreditation from New England Commission on Higher Education. Assisted directo

Commanding Officer - USCGC ANACAPA

US Coast Guard

Jun 2015 - Jun 2017 (2 years 1 month)

Senior officer and ship's captain for 110-foot coastal rescue ship. Led crew of 17 through numerous life-saving and law-enforcement missions in most remote areas of Southeast Alaska.

Operations Research Analyst

US Coast Guard

Jan 2012 - Jun 2015 (3 years 6 months)

Developed and championed defendable, repeatable analytical products to account for millions of asset employment hours for 1,500 surface and aviation assets. Developed managerial accounting model to conduct ERP analysis and project outyear capital expenditures and model operating costs for recapitization strategies of a $10B enterprise. Program Analyst for Office of Cutter Forces. Generated $74M of budget resource proposals for vessel recapitalization projects.

Operations Officer - USCGC ASPEN

US Coast Guard

Aug 2008 - Jul 2010 (2 years)

Planned and executed 52 operations for a seagoing buoytender in support of Aids to Navigation maintenance, anti-smuggling operations, and oil spill response. As ship's navigator, conducted voyage planning/monitoring for over 35,000 nautical miles including high-traffic ports of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Panama Canal.

Deck Watch Officer - USCGC RELIANCE

US Coast Guard

Jun 2006 - Jul 2008 (2 years 2 months)

Led a department of 22 personnel through at-sea rescues, vessel towing evolutions, and interdiction operations. Led highly successful training and maintenance program in support of helicopter landing certification and safety compliance. Championed a robust public affairs program as collateral duty public affairs officer. Produced over 50 press releases, edited digital imagery, and video shorts, receiving local and national media attention.

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