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New York City Metropolitan Area

• Providing media commentary for top-tier media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, Washington Post, Bloomberg and more. Completed over 500 media interviews.
• Appeared on live TV for several dozen interviews, including on Bloomberg, CNN, FOX Business and more.
• Managing team of 2 other economists and our team's annual intern program
• Producing original research to expose interesting insights and recommendations for employers and jobseekers, writing almost 200 research pieces since 2018

San Francisco, California, United States

• Providing media commentary for top-tier media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, Washington Post, Bloomberg and more. Completed over 400 media interviews.
• Appeared on live TV for several dozen interviews, including on Bloomberg, CNN, FOX Business and more.
• Acting as team lead, setting the research agenda and managing team of 2 other economists
• Producing original research to expose interesting insights and recommendations for employers and jobseekers
• Acting as subject matter expert on Glassdoor data and insights for external and internal audiences

San Francisco Bay Area

• Producing original research to expose interesting insights and recommendations for employers and jobseekers
• Acting as subject matter expert on Glassdoor data and insights for external and internal audiences
• Providing media commentary for top-tier media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, Washington Post, Bloomberg and more.
• Publishing, maintaining and improving Glassdoor's Job Market Report as data product owner

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed and analyzed A/B tests for Glassdoor's jobs product and mobile app in Python/SQL/Excel
• Created and updated forecasts for several different B2C functions. Designed and built new datasets and dashboards to enable real-time tracking of key forecast metrics
• Led quarterly planning process for B2C DS team
• Revamped and led summer intern recruiting efforts
• Onboarded and mentored new employees on technologies, team best practices, and project management

Boston, MA

• Quantitative/Analytical Experience
• Developed random forests model in Python/scikit-learn to predict unsubscription from marketing emails
• Constructed reinforcement learning framework for personalized email send time optimization
• Independently led feature development and managing operations for email frequency personalization system in Python/SQL, sending tens of millions fewer emails weekly with no long-term revenue decline
• Designed and analyzed marketing A/B tests for email, display advertising, storefront, etc. in R/SQL/ExcelLeadership Experience
• Acted as interim team manager during reorg, directly managing a coop and working as project team lead across multiple personalization-related projects ranging from infrastructure to modelling/research to.

Boston, MA

Cambridge, MA

• Taught biweekly Python lab for Introduction to Applied Math and provided biweekly office hours
• Wrote solutions and graded for 3 courses including introductory finance/economics
• Awarded Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching

Fulton, MD

• Taught myself VBA to automate trade data collection, compilation and compliance review
• Created financial calculators in Excel for client-advisor use
• Collected financial data on client and firm holdings

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Applied Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Harvard Debate Council, Veritas Financial Group

Education record

Activities and Societies: President of the Glenelg Debate Team, National Honor Society