Experience

Town of Weymouth

• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Board of Assessors

  • Oct 2023 - Present



Meketa Investment Group

• United States
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Quantitative Research Analyst Team Lead

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Senior Quantitative Research Analyst

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021



VML

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Data Scientist

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2020

  - Contract: Develop analysis and insights for the U.S. Census Bureau to help increase all U.S. residents' response to the 2020 Census. - Serve as the Lead Data Scientist on the Integrated Communications Campaign - present analytical findings and recommendations to senior leaders and clients, and serve as the technical expert on developed models and data sources. - Lead advanced analytics tasks - organize and manage the PostgreSQL database, create simulated data for dry run crisis scenarios, and parse semi-structured text from pdfs. - Measure the impact of operational and digital media shifts, clean, analyze and query media and response data, and streamline monitoring reports and visualizations. - Develop and manage the Order 18 data team - manage a team of 8 analysts and data scientists, structure the team's files and code organization, organize project timelines and deliverables, and train team members to use R, SQL, and Git. Show less



Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Scientist

  • Oct 2017 - Aug 2019

  - Led and managed two large modeling projects from start to production: 1) develop indicators to measure audit firm performance in the market, 2) develop a machine learning model for publicly-traded companies. - Developed code and automated processes to pull, clean, and analyze large financial, market and audit data. Resolved data issues (outliers, unreliable data, systemic missing data), and imputed at-random missings using Bayesian methods. - Developed, tested, and evaluated the performance of machine learning and econometric models (Random Forest, Probit, Lasso, Heckman model, etc.) using kfold cross-validation, evaluation metrics, variable importance, variance inflation, etc. - Conducted data cleaning, regression modeling, textual analysis, and simulations for audit regulation analysis and research publications in top accounting journals. - Managed project scopes, timelines, technical documentation, and deliverables. - Supported and coached new staff Economists, and work with others to manage the internship program. - Received a Spot Award and two Individual/Small Team Awards for exemplary performance in econometric risk modeling. Show less



Summit Consulting, LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Analyst

  • Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

  - Contract: Develop segmentation strategies for the U.S. Department of Treasury, Debt Management Services to help increase federal delinquent debt collection - Edited, debugged, and simplified production code to clean 50+ GB of messy debt, debtor, and payments data. - Developed debt segments for referrals across various federal agencies using stratified sampling and regression trees. Tested segment stability using gini impurity and hypothesis testing. - Developed and tested models to predict payment probability and estimated collection amount using logistic regression, linear regression, evaluation metrics, and forward stepwise selection. - Assisted in the development of ARIMA forecasting models of monthly debt referrals and collections. - Developed and led trainings on SAS, Stata, segmentation, and Classification and Regression Trees for Treasury economists. - Served as a Subject Matter Expert in segmentation: developed recommendations, managed ad-hoc analyses, and presented analytical findings and methodological explanations to various stakeholders. - Led daily project management tasks: tracked the contract budget, created deliverable timelines, allocated tasks and hours among junior staff, resolved all project-related issues, and drafted reports and presentations. - Received the Best Team Award and Ask Not Awards for excellent client management and project implementation. Show less



Institute for International Economic Policy

• Bonn, Germany

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

  - Assisted economic researchers and professors in the collection, preparation and analysis of macroeconomic data. - Verified model derivations, descriptive statistics and figures, and performed literature research in macroeconomics and macrofinancial topics. - Reviewed and edited doctoral theses on business cycles and natural resource economics. - Assisted economic researchers and professors in the collection, preparation and analysis of macroeconomic data. - Verified model derivations, descriptive statistics and figures, and performed literature research in macroeconomics and macrofinancial topics. - Reviewed and edited doctoral theses on business cycles and natural resource economics.



Novastar Prep

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Tutor

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

  - Taught A1 level German to middle school students part-time - Developed lesson plans, vocabulary sheets and grammar charts for each tutoring session to improve students’ grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension - Assigned and checked weekly homework according to the difficulty and mastering of topics - Taught A1 level German to middle school students part-time - Developed lesson plans, vocabulary sheets and grammar charts for each tutoring session to improve students’ grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension - Assigned and checked weekly homework according to the difficulty and mastering of topics



International Trade Administration

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Education, Heathcare, and Professional Services Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  - Compiled economic data and studies to encourage further liberalization in professional services trade and increase foreign direct investment into the U.S. - Solely conducted a research project on the analysis of free trade agreements between all 24 Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) members to prepare ITA for negotiations on services sectors with the European Union - Conducted online research and market research to boost exports from the U.S. professional services, healthcare and education industries Show less



Global2030

• Germany
• Non-profit Organizations

• Statistics Intern

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

  Project: Created a climate change and global-challenges report for the 2012 Rio+20 Conference to advocate early action and investment for sustainable energy sources - Collected, updated and analyzed data on global topics (HIV/AIDS, malaria, pneumonia, etc.) to help create a composite indicator ranking global challenges - Estimated missing economic losses and disability-affected life years data using economic and statistical methods to fill gaps in data figures - Synthesized data on the costs and benefits of early mitigation, adaptation and investment for the topic climate change to advocate support for early action Show less



Ethics Metrics LLC

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Project: Researched compliancy of major financial institutions to U.S. federal banking standards and regulations to create risk-analysis reports for investors - Read financial loss reports from the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis to collect bank compliance ratings - Recorded past compliance ratings on capital adequacy, assets, management capability, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to view variations in compliance over time - Led a team of six interns on a project to record the past capital levels and total asset losses of all failed U.S. banks since 2007 Show less