Experience

St. Joseph's University New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Institutional Research

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  o Implement Tableau Server across academic and administrative departments. Design and build interactive reports using Tableau with both live (SQL) and census data files. o Implement Qualtrics survey software across the institution including faculty, staff, and students. Create training materials, offer survey design assistance. Oversee creation and dissemination of student and faculty surveys. Analyze collected data and prepare reports of findings. o Server on the Executive Steering committee for Assessment, the Executive Committee of the Administrative Unit Assessment Committee, and the Academic Assessment Committee to promote continuous improvement and data-informed decisions. o Extract and evaluate data for appropriateness and cross-reference figures with well-established norms across the University. o Collaborate with academic affairs, IT, student finance, registrar, admissions, and budgets to improve business processes across the institution and maintain reporting validity. o Extract and analyze data using SPSS, MS Excel, and Crystal Reports to create reports of enrollment, admissions, and financial aid trends, student retention and graduation rates, and student performance. o Coordinate production of the Common Data Set. o Produce enrollment and tuition projections and monitor enrollment. o Retrieve and report data from IPEDS and National Student Clearinghouse for benchmarking analyses o Disseminate reports to University and campus administration, Board of Trustees, department chairs, University- and campus-wide committees, and various external constituents to inform stakeholders on the performance of the institution. o Oversee all office reporting to state, federal, and external agencies (IPEDS, New York State Education Department, Middle States, and U.S. News & World Reports). o Participate in the Middle States Self Study by providing data support and serving on the Assessment committee. o Identify peer institutions and KPIs using SPSS and Tableau. Show less



Long Island University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Director, Institutional Research

  • Feb 2007 - Jan 2014

  o Develop and manage a University-wide cross-functional relational data warehouse including student enrollment and financials, faculty workload, and direct expenses o Extract and evaluate data for appropriateness and cross-reference figures with well-established norms across the University o Develop sophisticated code in SPSS to produce seat-level student records with a high level of detail and flexibility o Collaborate with individuals from several offices including academic affairs, IT, student finance, registrar, admissions, and budgets to improve business processes across the institution and maintain reporting validity o Extract and analyze data using SPSS, MS Access, MS Excel, Brio, and Crystal Reports to create reports of enrollment, admissions, and financial aid trends, student retention and graduation rates, and student performance o Coordinate production of the University Facts in Brief, Common Data Set and Institutional Research Web Portal o Produce enrollment and tuition projections o Participate in 2013 Middle States Self-Study Evaluation by providing and validating supporting facts and figures and editing of final report o Retrieve and report data from IPEDS Data Center and National Student Clearinghouse for benchmarking and competitive analyses o Disseminate reports to University and campus administration, Board of Trustees, department chairs, University- and campus-wide committees, and various external constituents to inform stakeholders on the performance of the institution o Oversee creation and dissemination of student and faculty surveys. Analyze collected data and prepare reports of findings. o Provide outside consultants with historical trends and custom datasets as needed o Oversee all office reporting to state, federal, and external agencies for six campuses including IPEDS, New York State Education Department, Middle States, and U.S. News & World Reports o Manage work flow for staff of three professionals Show less



The Research Foundation for SUNY

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Support Specialist

  • May 2001 - Feb 2007