Manager, Performance and Data Analytics
Geoffrey Arnold
Geoffrey has been in a leadership position with Allegheny County since 2019, where he has led the Data Analysts unit and was appointed the county’s Chief Data and Analytics Officer in 2024. During his tenure he has implemented the team’s Data Warehouse, Airflow ETL instance and ShinyProxy servers and the county’s Data Catalog. Geoffrey currently leads the Performance and Data Analytics Division in the Department of Management and Budget (formerly CountyStat). This team is charged with implementing and enforcing county policies on data privacy and management, to drive continuous process improvement, support data analytics initiatives, and monitor key performance indicators to ensure accountability and operational excellence across all county departments.
He previously worked as a Senior Digital Services Analyst for the City of Pittsburgh where he supported the city’s open data and analytics work. He has extensive experience with data science, developing business intelligence tools and data products and data management.
Geoffrey hails from Lancaster, PA and received his Bachelor’s in Political Science and History from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Motivated by his sense of public service, Geoffrey has worked for a variety of government, non-profit and political organizations. While working as a City Year Senior Corps member in Philadelphia Geoffrey decided to return to school and received his Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University in 2015. In 2024 he returned to the Heinz College for their CDataO Executive Education Certificate Program, where his team received the “Best in Cohort” distinction.
Geoffrey has served on the Steel City Codefest Planning Committee and contributed to the City’s Roadmap for Inclusive Innovation. He has served as a Board Member for Allegheny Clean Ways and taught the R Shiny for Management Operations course as an adjunct professor for the Heinz College at CMU.
Geoffrey also sings tenor for the Shadyside Presbyterian Chancel Choir. In his spare time Geoffrey enjoys biking for exercise and transportation, and is the father of two wonderful children that he has the pleasure to raise with his wife in the Carrick neighborhood in the City of Pittsburgh.
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