Arnaldo Cruz Email & Phone Number

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

https://oversightboard.pr.gov/research-and-policy-dept/

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Business Administration Faculty

Puerto Rico

ABRE Puerto Rico was founded to provide reliable, trustworthy and accessible information to the citizens of Puerto Rico over an array of public policy issues.* Developed Puerto Rico’s only Civic Open Data Portal* Developed Puerto Rico's first campaign contributions portal* Developed Puerto Rico's first Municipal Fiscal Health Index*Developed Puerto Rico's.

San Juan, Pr, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Member of the Board of Directors- Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

-Developed new research unit to support the organization’s advocacy and policy programs. -Spearheaded strategic planning process to align mission and vision to program development. -Authored various research papers for the organization: “The Visitor Economy: from Knowledge to Action”, “Sharing Economy: Regulation and Transportation”, “The Visitor Economy.

Puerto Rico

• Created and executed new budget process for the Puerto Rico Senate, aimed at establishing best practices for budget review processes.
• Piloted new format for budget hearings during the budget process, aimed at focusing discussion on data and performance metrics.

Puerto Rico

-Drafted over 250 committee reports recommending legislation to the Legislative Assembly, in areas such as Permit Reform, Investment Companies/Mutual Funds, Electoral Reform, Campaign Financing, Interconnectivity and information systems in government, and several proposals aimed at creating, modifying and consolidating agencies or operational units of the.

Greater Chicago Area

-Increased program enrollment by 600% in less than 2 years -Took organational budget from a 63% deficit to a projected surplus in less than 3 years -Secured over $209,000 of new grant revenue for agency programs by second year. -Secured $300,000 of capital funds by second year-Executed 5 new agency agreements with key community agencies. -Created improved.

• Balanced $116 million city school transportation budget by coordinating reductions initiatives
• Managed project staff of 20 including supervisors, analysts, and service representatives
• Increased transportation revenue for the City of Chicago by $18.8 million over three years through improved grants management
• Implemented initiative to strategically realign internal processes to performance metrics for various city departments
• Spearheaded implementation of MS SharePoint improving team and client collaboration for the city of Chicago*Managed the implementation of internal databases to better track costs, costumer complaints and accidents for.
• Created and delivered staff development in change, project, and issue management in various departments.

• Assessed and analyzed district’s operational budget totaling $584 million
• Administered change management training on Oracle modules and integration with ERP system
• Guided strategic planning and performance management initiatives implementations
• Facilitated implementation of budget related Oracle ERP modules

• Developed framework to measure return on investment (ROI) for the City’s Workforce Development/Job Training programs
• Helped design a collaborative project with the city’s Department of Human Services to place Head Start parents in quality jobs within the health care industry
• Evaluated proposals from various nonprofit agencies requesting funds from the Community Development Block Grant per the Workforce Investment Act

Mpp, Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Relevant Coursework: Program Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Taxation, Information Systems, Budgeting and.

Ba, Political Science