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Three 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.

#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

#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