Kyle Onda

• Director, Data Science & Engineering2026 – present
• Director, Internet of Water2023 – present
• Associate Director, Internet of Water2022 – 2023

Lead the data science and engineering function across CGS, spanning the Internet of Water, Insight Engine, and client-facing Solutions programs. As Internet of Water director, grew the team from 3 to 10+ staff and serve as PI on federal cooperative agreements with USGS, NOAA, and USBR. Direct development of open-source infrastructure harmonizing water data across federal agencies, states, utilities, and NGOs.

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

Founded the technical work that became Geoconnex: designed the persistent identifier and linked data system for U.S. hydrologic features, and coordinated federal, state, and NGO data producers on standards harmonization.

Xylem, Inc.

Built the Water Equity Lens, an analytics suite for water utilities to evaluate the spatial and social equity of their service delivery, integrating utility operational data with U.S. Census data.

Valor Water Analytics

Designed water demand and revenue forecasting tools using hierarchical time series models on customer-level meter data; evaluated randomized and quasi-experimental utility conservation interventions.

Earlier: research roles at UNC-Chapel Hill (urbanization, coastal land use policy, drinking water safety), J-PAL South Asia, Stanford University, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Royster Doctoral Fellow

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Stanford University · with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA)

Open Geospatial Consortium

American Water Resources Association