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New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

- Led development of a neural net model of market truck costs, which uses approximately 2 billion freight lane indices to measure the expected distribution of competitor costs for truck sourcing by shipping lane, date, and other freight characteristics.- Presented this model to the president of the company and CTO, and worked with senior management throughout the organization to standardize the model as Convoy’s official view of competitor costs and internal cost competitiveness.- Developed new market benchmarking pricing methodology as part of contract negotiation with Convoy’s largest customer. Responsible for all science work, including methodology, validation, and risk projection.- Met with external data vendors to discuss current and future data products. Conducted cost-benefit analyses of several third-party datasets, made purchasing recommendations to senior management, and led science recommendations for contract renewal with a crucial vendor. - Created data models to drive strategic pricing decisions during peak freight RFP season in partnership with product leadership and pricing analysts. Implemented a new strategy for pricing long-haul freight contracts.- Built a weekly business review (WBR) tool for our Guaranteed Primary program, tracking over 100 distinct business metrics for a company segment with tens of millions in annual revenue.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

- Lead development of the Demographic Microsimulation, which entails building code infrastructure, maintaining dependencies, and reviewing and integrating all new models and additions submitted by other researchers- Administrate all repositories handling data retrieval and processing, enforcing best practices and updating infrastructure as necessary- Manage data pipelines to smoothly retrieve, clean, and store government microdata surveys and administrative data, including the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, and Survey of Income and Program Participation, each composed of millions of interviews over decades- Co-lead hiring team for all incoming Research Associates in the organization, and lead training for new hires, including with a self-written Python course- Supervise Research Associate projects, including creating timelines, assigning responsibilities, and providing guidance on model implementation- Co-author working paper on immigration modelling and contribute to economic briefs presented to members of Congress- Write and maintain 16,000-word internal technical documentation of the Demographic Microsimulation, and created a public use file and associated documentation- Train developers and senior economists on use of our Github Flow system

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Built statistical and machine learning models to project demographic factors including immigration, marriage markets, and fertility using techniques such as weighted multinomial logistic regression and Markov chain Monte Carlo- Processed government survey datasets, using imputation and estimation techniques such as iterative proportional fitting and residual estimation- Reviewed economic literature and social policy to inform modelling approaches- Wrote blog posts to disseminate policy analysis and demographic trends to the public

Chicago, Il

- Generated a report detailing the capital malleability and committed emissions assumptions of over 20 complete general equilibrium climate models their sensitivity to capital transition concerns

Chicago, Il

Coordinated outreach and collected data for an energy usage Hackathon

Chicago, Illinois

- Identified savings of up to $2,000,000 over a 5 year period by building a calculator tool to perform cost-benefit analysis and compare savings across buildings for energy efficiency upgrades to campus properties

Chicago, Illinois

Coordinated transportation, scheduled dates, and obtained permits for an energy technology course

Morris, Illinois

- Directed planning and implementation of all scheduling, operations, and curriculum (including classes, conservation, and experiments) for the summer camp program at the Ecology Center, serving approximately 550 scouts over a 6 week period- Prepared closing reports and written curriculum for the use for national inspections, council oversight, and future staff

Morris, Illinois

Taught classes on environmental and conservation topics.

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Phoenix Sustainability Initiative, College Programming Office Orientation LeaderBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Dean's.

Master'S Degree, Computer Science (Mcit), 4.00