Nora Paymer

Nora Paymer has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Nora started their career at Dartmouth College, where they worked as a Graduate Student in the NIRS Brain Imaging Lab from 2006 to 2007, and later in the Tse Vision Lab from 2007 to 2008. Nora then served as a Special Assistant to the Dean of the College at Dartmouth College for a brief period in 2008.

Moving forward, Nora joined UC Berkeley as a Curriculum Analyst in 2009, where they analyzed and forecasted enrollment trends and contributed to the planning and implementation of a new strategic plan for Undergraduate Education until 2012.

Following their time at UC Berkeley, Nora worked at CBS Interactive as an Analyst, Yield Management from 2012 to 2013. In this role, they managed advertising inventory for the CBS Sports portfolio of websites, analyzed past delivery, forecasted future capacity, and assisted product marketing teams in designing media plans.

Next, Nora joined SquareTrade as a Senior Consumer Insights Analyst from 2013 to 2014. Here, they analyzed customer data through database analytics, web analytics, and surveys, wrote and fielded user surveys, and created and maintained dashboards to support decision-making.

After SquareTrade, Nora worked at StumbleUpon from 2014 to 2016 as a Senior Business & Consumer Insights Analyst. During their time here, Nora was responsible for creating the Business Intelligence/Product Analytics department and utilized Hive, Hadoop, Redshift, PostgreSQL, and Looker to analyze and report on data trends. Nora also implemented Looker dashboards company-wide and automated previously manual reporting.

In 2016, Nora joined BabyCenter as the Advanced Analytics Manager. Nora managed a team of analysts supporting various departments, including marketing, app, and web analytics. Nora'sresponsibilities included conducting Ad Hoc and regular analytics projects to optimize resources, tying user engagement to revenue across all user experiences, and driving improved ROI and user experience.

Nora's most recent role is at Nextdoor, starting in 2019 as the Lead, Analytics Engineering. In this position, Nora focuses on data availability and accessibility, building pipelines, and supporting reporting and data needs throughout the company.

Overall, Nora Paymer's work experience showcases their expertise in analytics, data management, and strategic planning, with experience across various industries and a track record of successfully supporting decision-making and driving business growth.

Nora Paymer pursued their education from 2002 to 2006 at Brown University, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. Nora then attended Dartmouth College from 2006 to 2008, earning a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Experimental Psychology. In 2005, Nora briefly studied at Gallaudet University, but no specific degree or field of study is provided. Additionally, Nora obtained a certification as a Certified LookML Developer from Looker in December 2020.