Thomas Bower
Economist at TANGO International Inc.- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Portuguese Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Evaluating Social Programs
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)Jul, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA InstituteDec, 2003- Sep, 2024
Experience
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TANGO International Inc.
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Economist
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Jul 2012 - Present
Select research and evaluations: -Save the Children/USAID-Center for Resilience. Examination of the role household and community resilience capacity has in mitigating the negatives effects of shocks and stresses. The research employed an empirical growth using data model utilizing various multivariate techniques including factor analysis (FA), cluster analysis, and estimators for dichotomous, ordinal, and continuous dependent variables (DV), e.g. Weighted Least Squares (WLS), Ordered Logit (OL), and Probit. -Mercy Corps/EU, Zimbabwe Resilience Research Initiative. Supported research design, primary data collection, the analysis of longitudinal data, and draft report with policy recommendation investigating the structural relationships between shock exposure, response to shock/stresses, and recovery from shocks using multivariate analysis techniques, including FA, WLS, OL, Probit methods and estimators. -USAID/International Livestock Research Institute, Technical Report Series No 2. Contributed data analysis for a series of technical papers exploring the relationships between shocks, resilience capacity, livelihood diversity, and recovery from shocks. -USAID/Feed the Future, Mozambique and Northern Kenya Interim PBS. Three-month, in-country assignment involving survey, tablet, and CAPI software training to local firm, enumerators, supervisors, QC personnel, and data managers; worked with in-country data managers to monitor data quality and provide logistical support. Show less
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Sterling Investment Management, Inc
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Financial Services
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Principal, Investment Research, Portfolio Management
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Aug 1999 - Oct 2008
Equity Research, Portfolio Manager: Responsible and participated in all areas of the equity research process - strategy, idea generation, modeling, ongoing research, client communication Employed fundamental analysis relying on financial statement analysis, management and analyst interviews/conference calls, top-down competitive analysis, scenario analysis and modeling Generalist experience across multiple industries, foreign and domestic markets, all capitalizations, and style neutral Fixed Income Research, Portfolio Manager: Structured client fixed income portfolios using a mix of municipals, corporates, agencies, treasuries, MLPs, and structured notes Created and implemented fixed income strategy and model portfolio targeting allocation and duration ranges for different bond classes Business Management and Development: Created and implemented firm's investment policy statement for use in determination and implementation of client investment objectives and portfolio construction Developed customizable tool that uses Monte Carlo techniques to simulate scenarios using 50+ investment policy assumptions Successfully grew assets under management (aum) from roughly $95mm to $180mm in a flat equity market environment Implementation of investment policy statement product helped accelerate growth in aum: $26mm Show less
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Education
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2010 - 2013
University of Arizona
MS, Agricultural and Resource Economics -
1994 - 1998
University of Arizona
BS, Economics and Finance
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