Add a calculated column programmatically using views data export
I am going to go ahead and answer my own post to help anyone else out.
A simple way to do this for me was to write a views plugin as suggested in the comments.
Here is a great link to walk you through this: https://www.webomelette.com/creating-custom-views-field-drupal-8
I do not feel I can write any explanation better than what is done in this article so I would jump over there for more information.