Derek Chin Email & Phone Number

San Rafael, California, United States

-Conducting data analysis on homelessness as part of the Homelessness and Coordinated Care team-Addressing data barriers around access to public benefits in the homeless population-Managing Marin’s homelessness website. Developing the site’s data dashboards.

-Worked on special projects and planning for Cal Dining. -Helped develop a strategic plan -Set up EBT at retail locations-Assisted in preparing SOPs for various tasks.Worked with USDA to establish EBT at retail locations.Helped develop a strategic plan for next 5 FY’s.Established new procedures for performing inventory.

-Used GIS and Google Earth Engine to analyze satellite data-Produced maps and analysis on shoreline change in the Maldives-Presented findings to officials in the Maldives government

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

-Used Stata to forecast prison population in New Mexico over the next year and researched possible trends that could influence future population.-Wrote and managed a google form for collecting grant applications and provided information to the grant committee for review.-Monitored grantees as they completed criminal justice projects.-Made presentations to.

San Francisco

-Projected prison population impact of sentencing reforms in Arizona. -Used a combination of Stata and Excel to estimate changes in length of stay and the effects on the total prison population. -Summarized findings for internal use and presented a version for a committee in the Arizona State House of Representatives.-Read and summarized criminal justice.

Greater New York City Area

-Provided data analysis for reports on NYPD policies and practices.-Used MS Excel, ArcGIS, and occasionally Python.-Produced graphics and text for upcoming reports.

UC Berkeley

-Provided GIS analysis & data management for research on political representation in rural India-Geocoded locations of development projects-Located data from Indian databases

Oakland, CA

-Served subpoenas, court orders, and release authorization documents -Frequent interactions with the public -Provided basic explanations to citizens of legal implications of court documents-Assisted investigators at interviews, crime scenes, and other field tasks-Reviewed previous investigations to learn reporting and operations procedure

-Performed data analysis and organization tasks on human face data-“Landmarked” faces with key measurement points (eyes, bridge of nose, lips, etc.)-Used specialized software to organize large datasets into easily accessible files-Researched acquisition of a 3d Printer

UC Berkeley

• Assisted Graduate student with research on mapping police stops, searches, and arrests with voter turnout to find the effects of policing strategies on civic engagement.
• Contacted police departments for information regarding police stops
• Organized large police stop datasets in Excel
• Created a map of Oakland police stops (Available on Request)