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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 testing/reporting• Advised business partners across seniority level and functions on technical product implementation and strategy• Onboarded and mentored new employees on technologies, team best practices, and project management• Participated in recruiting: attended all Harvard career fairs and reviewed all resulting resumes, conducted 30+ interviews

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