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Contact: me@dominic-ricottone.com

Over five years experience in survey research including data collection, cleaning, and weighting. I am proficient in statistical programming especially with SPSS, Stata, and Python.

#Employment

#Fors Marsh

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 Department of Defense funded contracts.

  • #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.

  • #Junior Survey Programmer

    November 2018 to February 2019

    • Programming web surveys with the Decipher platform
  • #Data Processing Programmer

    September 2017 to November 2018

    • Weighting longitudinal survey data with stratified sampling for rolling-window B2C analysis using Quantum and SPSS
    • Validating web surveys operated through Decipher and Confirmit with SPSS and Quantum
    • Automating data cleaning and quality assurance processes through Bash, Python, and Perl

#Chris Harris & Associates

Political consultancy firm working with Democratic officials across Western New York.

  • #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.

  • #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.

  • #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

  • #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

#Active Certifications

#SAS Institute

  • #SAS Programming 1: Essentials
    November 2019
    • Training to write SAS programs to access, explore, prepare, and analyze data
    • View certificate on Credly

#CITI Program

  • #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

  • #Cyber Awareness Challenge

    April 2019 to present

    • Training to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities to department information systems
    • Current certificate verification code is HKY37X6SPE
  • #Identifying and Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information

    April 2019 to present

    • Training in data governance of personally identifiable information
    • Current certificate verification code is HKY75X3TQT