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<h1>Dominic Ricottone</h1>
<p>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.</p>
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<h1 id="employment">Employment</h1>
<h2 id="fors-marsh-group">Fors Marsh Group</h2>
<p><em>A market research company primarily working federal contracts. A majority of the time, I&rsquo;m working with the Department of Defense (ex. JAMRS&rsquo; Youth Poll survey) and Department of Commerce (ex. NIST&rsquo;s Manufacturing Extension Partnership survey). I hold a Common Access Card (CAC) in service of my military contracts.</em></p>
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<h3 id="data-management-analyst">Data Management Analyst</h3>
<p><em>February 2019 to present</em></p>
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<li>Cleaning and processing large (1M+) sample files, including international addresses</li>
<li>Validating multi-modal survey instruments and data with SPSS, Stata, and Python</li>
<li>Integrating web portals and backend databases through Python, R, SPSS, and Microsoft Access SQL</li>
<li>Managing protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI)</li>
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<h2 id="the-harris-poll">The Harris Poll</h2>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
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<h3 id="junior-survey-programmer">Junior Survey Programmer</h3>
<p><em>November 2018 to February 2019</em></p>
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<li>Programming web surveys with the Decipher platform</li>
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<h3 id="data-processing-programmer">Data Processing Programmer</h3>
<p><em>September 2017 to November 2018</em></p>
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<li>Validating web survey instruments and data with SPSS and Quantum</li>
<li>Raking data to generate survey weights</li>
<li>Development of automation, especially syntax generation, through Python and Perl</li>
<li>Maintaining production software and Linux servers</li>
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<h2 id="chris-harris--associates">Chris Harris &amp; Associates</h2>
<p><em>Political consultancy firm working with Democratic officials across Western New York. Specialties in campaign finance law and fundraising strategy.</em></p>
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<h3 id="campaign-finance-intern">Campaign Finance Intern</h3>
<p><em>August 2017 to September 2017</em></p>
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<li>Aggregating data from internal operations and external databases into actionable samples</li>
<li>Scraping contribution disclosures from government websites and PDF filings</li>
<li>Organizing fundraisers for elected officials including Monroe and Erie County Democratic Committee Chairs, Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter, and the late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter</li>
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<h2 id="university-of-rochester">University of Rochester</h2>
<p><em>Research university established in 1850. The largest single employer in the Rochester area. I worked under the Record Verification and Workers&rsquo; Compensation teams.</em></p>
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<h3 id="human-resources-office-assistant">Human Resources Office Assistant</h3>
<p><em>May 2016 to May 2017</em></p>
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<li>Maintaining primary copies of all employment records</li>
<li>Managing flow of protected files throughout HR department</li>
<li>Administering multiple modernization and digitization projects</li>
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<h2 id="cancer-care-of-western-new-york">Cancer Care of Western New York</h2>
<p><em>Cancer treatment facility based in Buffalo. I worked with Dr. Roehmholdt as he explored publishing a case report on penile melanoma.</em></p>
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<h3 id="research-assistant">Research Assistant</h3>
<p><em>May 2013 to August 2013</em></p>
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<li>Researching the academic literature on penile melanoma</li>
<li>Data entry of patient records</li>
<li>Scrubbing Protected Health Information (PHI) from patient records in preparation for sharing with external principal researchers</li>
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<h1 id="education">Education</h1>
<h2 id="university-of-rochester-1">University of Rochester</h2>
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<h3 id="ba-political-science-economics">B.A. Political Science, Economics</h3>
<p><em>August 2013 to May 2017</em></p>
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<li>Overall GPA of 3.43</li>
<li>Represented the student body for three years in varying levels of student government, including multiple executive appointments</li>
<li>Focuses in:
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<li>Mathematical modeling (Econometrics, Game Theory)</li>
<li>Interaction of government and the private sector (Public Finance, Political Economy, Health Economics, Economics of Globalization)</li>
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<h2 id="南山大学-nanzan-university">南山大学 (Nanzan University)</h2>
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<h3 id="intensive-japanese-language-studies-program">Intensive Japanese Language Studies Program</h3>
<p><em>January 2016 to May 2016</em></p>
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<li>Intensive study of the Japanese language in a Japanese university</li>
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