Data Analytics Manager

• Oct 2020 - Present

Data Science Intern

• Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

• Self-directing project to glean additional critical locational information from unstructured text fields in Arabic using Google Translate and Pandas to support project to estimate true death count in Syrian conflict • Supporting initial steps in multiple systems estimation to link records of killings in Sri Lankan Civil War for entity resolution; creating blocks of similar records for making initial labels in semi-supervised machine learning process • Self-directing project to glean additional critical locational information from unstructured text fields in Arabic using Google Translate and Pandas to support project to estimate true death count in Syrian conflict • Supporting initial steps in multiple systems estimation to link records of killings in Sri Lankan Civil War for entity resolution; creating blocks of similar records for making initial labels in semi-supervised machine learning process

Policy Analyst, Cash Product Office

• Oct 2016 - Jun 2019

• Directed broad-scope policy research project, identifying metrics of interest for cash policy in next 5-10 years to guide executive-level strategic decision-making • Led research effort and created customizable Tableau dashboard to support policy recommendations as part of a large-scale assessment of cash strategy and policies. Dashboard's novel perspective provided basis for a regional pilot program. • Mentored and supervised 2018 summer intern, providing direction on large-scale SQL… Show more • Directed broad-scope policy research project, identifying metrics of interest for cash policy in next 5-10 years to guide executive-level strategic decision-making • Led research effort and created customizable Tableau dashboard to support policy recommendations as part of a large-scale assessment of cash strategy and policies. Dashboard's novel perspective provided basis for a regional pilot program. • Mentored and supervised 2018 summer intern, providing direction on large-scale SQL data validation project • Produced internal whitepaper summarizing prior analyses and assessing efficacy of an existing currency policy, contributing to policy change • Drove creation of first centralized analyst knowledge base of procedural documentation and background domain knowledge

Business Analyst, Cash Product Office

• Sep 2015 - Oct 2016

• Developed and managed production of user-friendly Excel tool, which identified ideal markets to launch a now-ongoing cash operations pilot • Forecasted coin demand and inventory levels using internal modeling software and Excel for daily and weekly reports for internal stakeholders

Research Associate, Economic Research

• Jul 2013 - Aug 2015

• Wrote and maintained MATLAB code to produce John Fernald’s public quarterly total factor productivity dataset • Developed and calibrated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE), vector autoregression (VAR), and other economic models in MATLAB, Dynare, STATA, EViews, and Excel • Summarized findings of Fed working papers for Economic Letters, short articles aimed at non-technical audiences • Employed regression analysis, break testing, and other statistical and econometric… Show more • Wrote and maintained MATLAB code to produce John Fernald’s public quarterly total factor productivity dataset • Developed and calibrated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE), vector autoregression (VAR), and other economic models in MATLAB, Dynare, STATA, EViews, and Excel • Summarized findings of Fed working papers for Economic Letters, short articles aimed at non-technical audiences • Employed regression analysis, break testing, and other statistical and econometric methods in research support • Created effective data visualizations for directors’ briefings and conference presentations

Research Assistant

• Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

• Developed web data scraping script using Python's Beautiful Soup package to automate and expedite collection of data on 500+ marathons • Developed web data scraping script using Python's Beautiful Soup package to automate and expedite collection of data on 500+ marathons

Research Consultant

• Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

• Compiled basic facts on life, auto, dental, and umbrella insurance for a general audience as part of web application to guide consumers through the insurance selection process • Compiled basic facts on life, auto, dental, and umbrella insurance for a general audience as part of web application to guide consumers through the insurance selection process

Research Assistant

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

• Contributed to econometrics proofs, wrote MATLAB code and synthesized academic literature to evaluate 6 methods of multivariate linear permutation tests • Contributed to econometrics proofs, wrote MATLAB code and synthesized academic literature to evaluate 6 methods of multivariate linear permutation tests

Research Assistant

• Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

• Built dataset on US housing prices in 34 cities from 1934-1952 using historical online newspaper databases and library microfilm collections • Built dataset on US housing prices in 34 cities from 1934-1952 using historical online newspaper databases and library microfilm collections