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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Project supervisor for large teams supporting economic expert witnesses opining on monopolization claims for matters in the healthcare and video streaming industries.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

On a matter in the mobile technology industry, with a team of four junior consultants and economists, managed the production and quality control of end-client data to assist attorneys with discovery and to provide proper support for expert report, regularly interfacing with the attorneys and end-client through weekly calls and other periodic communication.On the same matter, served as central contact at Bates White for attorneys, managing all communications and ensuring all of Bates White’s and attorneys’ requests are filled. These requests include assisting with third-party subpoenas, providing comments and edits to deposition outlines, drafting letters responding to interrogatories, and tailoring data and document requests to support expert report.Working with two junior consultants, lead and conducted a comprehensive review of hundreds of OEM contracts to build out a conduct timeline.Working with a junior consultant and partner, oversaw the research and drafting of expert report sections describing the conduct and quantifying the impact of sideloading. This work included identifying and purchasing test units for hands-on testing and corroboration of research.On a matter in the pharmaceutical industry, working with a team of two junior consultants and a Senior Economist, built a model to estimate a reasonable range for a multi-billion dollar opioid bankruptcy settlement and managed the production of work papers backup for expert report.Working with associates from each client, on matters in the music streaming, pharmaceutical, and mobile technology industries, lead my teams in the quality control and production of documents for an expert written testimony, two expert reports, and a preliminary injunction declaration, ensuring accuracy and on-time submission.Trainer for new hires in creating deliverables in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and quality control procedures. First and second round interviewer for undergraduate and masters candidates.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

As a member of a Litigation practice team, gathered and analyzed data, public documents, and contracts from discovery to define changes in the music publishing market in support of our economic models for an expert report concerning music royalty payments.As a member of a Mergers practice team, conducted a merger analysis of overlapping resorts in the casino industry. Created corresponding figures and drafted multiple sections of the expert report concerning undue economic concentration. As a member of a Litigation practice team, coordinated code and technical documentation preparation for a price fixing and antitrust case. Streamlined materials considered and organized documents. Prepared documents to assist two experts in deposition preparation.Oversaw a junior consultant in review of thousands of complaint filings from repeat clients to identify new business opportunities for the Finance practice.Headed the Carnegie Mellon University recruitment and application review team yielding four Summer Consultants for 2020 and 2021.Trainer for new hires in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Second round case interviewer for undergraduate candidates.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Oversaw a team of 2 (consultant and economist) in production and quality control of $77.5 million lost profits and boycott damages model for litigation concerning the industrial automation industry.Researched thousands of Bates-stamped documents using Eclipse to form and support antitrust liability arguments and to identify product code keys to translate sales and procurement data. Processed and validated complex datasets to aid in econometric analysis of loan performance. Streamlined organization of academic, public, and Bates-stamped materials relied upon for six different expert reports in litigation and assisted three experts with deposition preparation.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Grader for 73-102 Principles of Microeconomics. Graded homework assignments, midterm exams, and final exams according to an established grading rubric and entered grades in a timely manner.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Dietrich College Academic Advisory CenterGreeted and directed individuals who visit the office to the correct staff member. Answered general student questions, scheduled appointments, took and delivered accurate messages, and transfered calls. Performed clerical tasks including data entry, scanning and copying documents, mailings, and filing student records

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Conducted company and industry research from tax filings, client-facing websites, and industry reports comparing a past merger to a present one to build an advocacy case for the DOJ. Processed and analyzed millions of foreign exchange transactions and developed best practices for standardizing reported rates for high volume currency pairs. Led specialized teams of other Summer Consultants and regularly communicated with advisors for the summer philanthropy event, Balloon Wars, raising over $7,000 for Camp Kesem.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Conducted a review of contracts with GSG’s third party vendors, populating specific details in Salesforce for assessment by the procurement manager. Created attendee and employee conference materials for GSG’s bi-annual user group conference.Generated a new procedure for the accounting team to link fixed assets, such as computers and servers, to their original purchase orders in Salesforce.Utilized data visualization techniques to best display monthly certificate transfer volume for TaxSys (GSG’s municipal tax collection management software) clients.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Assisted with the logistics of recruiting by managing MBA candidate data in Excel. Updated thousands of institution entries in the application database. Facilitated office organization by taking inventory and managing files - physical and computer - as the admissions office upgraded to paperless system. Often worked independently and managed multiple tasks - organizational and data entry - when supervisors were out of the office recruiting MBA candidates.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics, Additional Major In Business Administration

High School