#title: Dominic Ricottone
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Five years experience in survey research including data collection, cleaning, and weighting.
Self-trained programmer with proficiencies in SPSS and Stata, and an eagerness to learn new toolsets.
Seeking opportunities to develop analytical and visualization skills in a goal-oriented team.
#Employment
#Fors Marsh Group
A market research company primarily working federal contracts.
I work on several high-profile surveys that drive national policy-making,
such as the Department of Defense's continuously-running
Futures Survey.
I hold a Common Access Card (CAC) in service of my military contracts.
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#Data Management Analyst
February 2019 to present
- Cleaning large (1M+) sample files with international addresses using SPSS, Stata, and Python
- Weighting survey data to mitigate design effects and non-response bias using Stata
- Writing technical chapters for analytical reports and incident report postmortems
- Validating multi-modal surveys operated through Decipher, VoxCo, and TeleForm using SPSS, Stata, Python, and R
- Reviewing and quality assurance testing of junior analysts' work
#The Harris Poll
Market research company specializing in brand evaluation and concept testing.
We operated at a breakneck pace, often launching a panel survey within days of
winning a contract and delivering weighted data a week later.
I developed automation programs, VBA macros, and shell scripts for my team
to accelerate turnaround times.
I led a migration to GitLab for version control and software maintenance.
#Chris Harris & Associates
Political consultancy firm working with Democratic officials across Western New York.
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#Campaign Finance Intern
August 2017 to September 2017
- Scraping contributions disclosures from web pages and PDF documents using Python
- Canvassing and 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
Internationally-acclaimed research university and the largest single employer
in the Rochester area.
Decades of employment records are stored on- and off-site with strict protocols
concerning access and retention.
I worked with the Record Verification and Workers' Compensation teams as the
centralized manager of employee data.
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#Human Resources Office Assistant
May 2016 to May 2017
- Managing flow of protected files between physical offices when they are pulled for inquiries and audits
- Administering multiple modernization and digitization projects
#Cancer Care of Western New York
Cancer treatment facility based in Buffalo.
I scrubbed PII and PHI from patient records for use in secondary exempt
research.
I worked with Dr. Roehmholdt to draft a case report of penile melanoma.
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#Research Assistant
May 2013 to August 2013
- Researching the medical academic literature on penile melanoma
- De-identifying data files in compliance with IRB and Common Rule exemptions
#Education
#University of Rochester
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#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)
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#Intensive Japanese Language Studies Program
January 2016 to May 2016
- Intensive study of the Japanese language in a Japanese university
#Active Certifications
#SAS
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#SAS Programming 1: Essentials
November 2019
- Training to write SAS programs to access, explore, prepare, and analyze data
#CITI Program
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#Biomedical Research Support Staff
February 2019 to present
- Training in the requirements and ethical implications of human subject research, especially in the context of the 2018 revision of the Common Rule
- Current certificate ID is 45797471
#Department of Defense Cyber Exchange
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#Cyber Awareness Challenge
April 2019
- Training to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities to department information systems
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April 2019
- Training in the identification and safeguarding of personally identifiable information