Andres Chaparro Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn, Us

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Supervise the Insights Team to ensure impact study processes are conducted with fidelity while managing the workstreams across multiple team membersConduct quality control to ensure the quantitative analyses and the secondary research conducted meet the required standardsManage Slingshot’s research repository, strengthening its functionality and streamlining the research process and aggregation of poverty-fighting insightsCollaborate with the Impact Manager to ensure impact study alignment and the effective sharing of information between the Insights team and the Impact teamMaintain and enhance the impact study playbook to promote strong knowledge management practices and improve the efficiency and consistency of workSynthesize themes and practices across all of Slingshot’s impact studies, research, and analyses that are relevant for all organizations seeking to address similar social challengesEnhance the resources and tools that provide previously unavailable insights that can help empower poverty-fighting stakeholders to be more effectiveAssist with the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of new Insights Team membersContribute to the performance reviews of Insights Team members and provide ongoing, personalized coaching and feedback.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Maintaining and enhancing a repository of high-quality, poverty-fighting research Performing the quantitative analysis to monetize a diverse set of poverty-fighting benefits that enable the development of poverty-fighting benefit-cost ratios Visualizing quantitative trends observed over multiple years and numerous organizations Managing the secondary research to identify evidence-based best practices and validated benefits associated with various poverty-fighting programs and services Overseeing Analysts to support the research and documentation for the assessmentsSupporting the creation of deliverables and presenting our findings to partner organizations

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Managed relations with several nonprofit partners during our Impact Assessment ProcessLead the Impact assessment process as well as being responsible for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the information collectedOversaw Analysts' research and documentationSupported the creation of deliverables and presented our findings to partner organizations

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked as part of the Development Impact Evaluation teamDeveloped a research proposal for a Randomized Control Trial to measure the impact of governmental legal aid services on vulnerable populations in PeruMapped the different data collection methodologies of the Peruvian Judicial System, provide strategies to improve the flow of data, and improve data-sharing practicesResearched and generating a literature review on impact evaluations in the judicial sectorLiaised with government partners for data gathering and project management

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Harris Community Action serves to connect graduate Students from the Harris School of Public Policy to the larger South Side community through a unique fellowship program that channels student expertise in data analysis for the benefit of local non-profit organizations.I worked with OneSolution, an NGO that works to help individuals, communities, and systems to change from within through education programs. Our project focused on revamping their data collection practices, better connecting their data to their decision-making, providing a theoretical framework to their programs so they could measure their impact in a way that donors and partners can easily understand its value, and worked on their grant proposals

Under faculty supervision, served on a five-person team of graduate students to test underlying assumptions of violent extremism and social cohesion to ensure that the wisdom guiding work on the area is, in fact, wise.Collected and cleaned panel data on violent events in Sub-Saharan Africa from various sourcesConducted statistical analysis using R to determine test correlations in our dataDesigned the data collection and analysis process, and supervised team members on proper data collectionDeveloped policy recommendations for presentation to client leadership

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Maintained an active relationship with the client's Data Coordinator to assess the quality of the information provided by the client and to routinely provide feedback, and updates about the study Analyzed the data to create Key Performance Indicators against which to benchmark the clientProvided ideas for the Conclusions, Best Practices, and Paths forward of the study. Presided over Project Management functions for a three-person benchmark projectMentored and trained analysts in the implementation of our "Big Data projects"

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Worked as the lead analyst in benchmarking projects for financial institutionsMaintained an active relationship with the Data Coordinator to assess the quality of the information provided by the client and to routinely provide feedback, and updates about the studyAnalyzed the data to create Key Performance Indicators against which to benchmark the clientProvided ideas for the Conclusions, Best Practices, and Paths Forward of the study

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Facilitated and advised businesses in the use of Internet platforms for foreign exchange transactionsInteracted daily with Small and Medium firms providing technical and analytical solutionsDeveloped pricing strategies for foreign exchange instrumentsImplemented a CRM system leveraging several databases to find new customers. First-round generated ~150 leadsDesigned a new training program to reduce the learning curve for new joiners

Master Of Public Policy, International Development And Conflict Studies

Activities and Societies: Staff Writer of International Affairs at Chicago Policy Review. Harris Community Action fellow in 2019/2020

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, International Business

Activities and Societies: Tennis Club, Soccer intramural team runner-up in 2012 & 2013, Founding Member of the Association of Business.

Yale Visiting International Student Program, Economics

Activities and Societies: Writer at The Politic - Yale's Political Publication since 1947, Founding Member of the Yale Undergraduate.