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Five years experience in survey research operations.
Training in econometric analysis and quantitative methods.
Self-trained programmer and systems administrator.
Proficient in diverse set of programming languages and statistical software.

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## Employment
### Fors Marsh Group
*A market research company primarily working federal contracts.
A majority of the time, I'm working with
the Department of Defense (ex. JAMRS' Youth Poll survey)
and
Department of Commerce (ex. NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership survey).
I hold a Common Access Card (CAC) in service of my military contracts.*

 + #### Data Management Analyst
   *February 2019 to present*
   + Cleaning and processing large (1M+) sample files, including international addresses
   + Validating multi-modal survey instruments and data with SPSS, Stata, and Python
   + Integrating web portals and backend databases through Python, R, SPSS, and Microsoft Access SQL
   + Managing protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI)

### The Harris Poll
*Market research company specializing in brand evaluation and concept testing.
A decades-old firm entering into public polling and political reporting in collaboration with Harvard CAPS and Yahoo News.*

 + #### Junior Survey Programmer
   *November 2018 to February 2019*
   + Programming web surveys with the Decipher platform

 + #### Data Processing Programmer
   *September 2017 to November 2018*
   + Validating web survey instruments and data with SPSS and Quantum
   + Raking data to generate survey weights
   + Development of automation, especially syntax generation, through Python and Perl
   + Maintaining production software and Linux servers

### Chris Harris & Associates
*Political consultancy firm working with Democratic officials across Western New York.
Specialties in campaign finance law and fundraising strategy.*

 + #### Campaign Finance Intern
   *August 2017 to September 2017*
   + Aggregating data from internal operations and external databases into actionable samples
   + Scraping contribution disclosures from government websites and PDF filings
   + Organizing fundraisers for elected officials including Monroe and Erie County Democratic Committee Chairs, Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter, and the late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

### University of Rochester
*Research university established in 1850.
The largest single employer in the Rochester area.
I worked under the Record Verification and Workers' Compensation teams.*

 + #### Human Resources Office Assistant
   *May 2016 to May 2017*
   + Maintaining primary copies of all employment records
   + Managing flow of protected files throughout HR department
   + Administering multiple modernization and digitization projects

### Cancer Care of Western New York
*Cancer treatment facility based in Buffalo.
I worked with Dr. Roehmholdt as he explored publishing a case report on penile melanoma.*

 + #### Research Assistant
   *May 2013 to August 2013*
   + Researching the academic literature on penile melanoma
   + Data entry of patient records
   + Scrubbing Protected Health Information (PHI) from patient records in preparation for sharing with external principal researchers

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## Education
### University of Rochester

 + #### B.A. Political Science, Economics
   *August 2013 to May 2017*
   + Overall GPA of 3.43
   + Represented the student body for three years in varying levels of student government, including multiple executive appointments
   + Focuses in:
     + Mathematical modeling (Econometrics, Game Theory)
     + Interaction of government and the private sector (Public Finance, Political Economy, Health Economics, Economics of Globalization)

### 南山大学 (Nanzan University)

 + #### Intensive Japanese Language Studies Program
   *January 2016 to May 2016*
   + Intensive study of the Japanese language in a Japanese university