Eric Charles Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Va, Us

I have spent many years doing data analysis and designing data reports and dashboards for federal agencies. Now I get to try to do it for ALL the agencies. Over the next few years OPM will be dramatically increasing the data support it provides to Chief Human Captial Officers, Chief Diversity Officers, and other with a role in personnel management. My team is focusing on creating government-wide enterprise-level data dashboards. This includes creating the web interface and support services… Show more I have spent many years doing data analysis and designing data reports and dashboards for federal agencies. Now I get to try to do it for ALL the agencies. Over the next few years OPM will be dramatically increasing the data support it provides to Chief Human Captial Officers, Chief Diversity Officers, and other with a role in personnel management. My team is focusing on creating government-wide enterprise-level data dashboards. This includes creating the web interface and support services needed to make the dashboards available and accessible to the right people. We will be doing an initial roll out in early 2022 to select external testers, and if all goes well, the number of products we will put out over the next two years be revolutionary in supporting a broad range of data-driven personnel decisions throughout the federal government. Show less

Quantico, Virginia, United States

I will be starting up and running workforce planning for an agency that has undergone tremendous growth and change over the past few years. This is an exciting opportunity, and I look forward to using cutting-edge analyses to support human capital management throughout the agency.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Workforce analysis, applicant testing, general number crunching of human resources data. I ran some projects from start to finish, helped on several others, and presented briefs all the way up to the Administrator.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As the Testing Control Section Head, I have control over Marine Corps wide testing policy and have independent authority in overseeing the staff that implements that policy: · Routinely brief members of the Senior Executives Service and 2 & 3-star Generals regarding the testing program itself and to provide guidance on policy decisions that interact with the psychological testing. · Represent the Marine Corps Testing Program at the Department of Defense level, including… Show more As the Testing Control Section Head, I have control over Marine Corps wide testing policy and have independent authority in overseeing the staff that implements that policy: · Routinely brief members of the Senior Executives Service and 2 & 3-star Generals regarding the testing program itself and to provide guidance on policy decisions that interact with the psychological testing. · Represent the Marine Corps Testing Program at the Department of Defense level, including serving as a voting member of the Manpower Accession Policy Working Group, which determines DoD-level accession testing policy. · Maintain the integrity of testing programs to ensure they meet professional standards, and that they reliably serve their roll in verifying employee skills and identifying employees with the potential to excel in future training.· Oversee research plans, proposals, and execution to ensure they follow sound scientific method and are in compliance with federal laws governing protection for human subjects.· Work with military and civilian customers to help translate their questions and problems into analytically tractable research studies and/or surveys.· Utilize statistical methods to identify job specific test entry requirements.· Top Secret Clearance (2017 - Present) Show less

As Manager of the Research Support Lab, I direct a broad range of campus-wide research support and training efforts serving faculty, staff, and students. Primary duties include: • Recruits, hires, and manages a team of 12 employees, who provide research support 60 hours per week. • Plans, manages, and reports on budget.• Designs policies and procedures to ensure smooth operations, in a positive and productive work environment. • Ensures quality of support for a variety… Show more As Manager of the Research Support Lab, I direct a broad range of campus-wide research support and training efforts serving faculty, staff, and students. Primary duties include: • Recruits, hires, and manages a team of 12 employees, who provide research support 60 hours per week. • Plans, manages, and reports on budget.• Designs policies and procedures to ensure smooth operations, in a positive and productive work environment. • Ensures quality of support for a variety of research questions and for software use, including major quantitative and qualitative research software, and online survey software. • Plans and oversees delivery of over 1600 research-software workshops per year. • Designs and administers systems for monitoring use of our services and evaluating constituent satisfaction. • Uses collected data to evaluate current offerings and create short term and long term planning. • Implements performance improvement plans as needed to modify behavior and create success. • Coordinates inter-agency initiatives involving campus units that require research support, including data management. • Prepares regular reports for administrators three times per year with overview of lab activity, and intermediate reports on specialized topics as needed. • Serves as back-up support for all tasks, performing 5-10 hours of front line support per week. Accomplishments• Doubled quantity of primary offerings – workshops and training sessions• Created new systems to track success, including a new feedback systems for workshops, which improved response rate from 15% to almost 85%. • Routinely Runs Software Trainings for Programs Including: Stata, SPSS, NVivo, Qualtrics, NetLogo, Excel• Routinely Provides Ad Hoc Support for Additional Programs Including: SAS, Matlab, R, ArcGIS, Python Show less

As an Assistant Professor I taught three courses per semester, while maintaining heavy research and service obligations, and supervising a highly successful undergraduate research laboratory. Primary duties include:• Co-founded and ran the Social Science Research Lab with Dr. Nicholas Rowland, supervising up to 22 undergraduate research assistants per semester on a variety of research projects. Personally supervised 8 undergraduate theses, which resulted in multiple peer-reviewed… Show more As an Assistant Professor I taught three courses per semester, while maintaining heavy research and service obligations, and supervising a highly successful undergraduate research laboratory. Primary duties include:• Co-founded and ran the Social Science Research Lab with Dr. Nicholas Rowland, supervising up to 22 undergraduate research assistants per semester on a variety of research projects. Personally supervised 8 undergraduate theses, which resulted in multiple peer-reviewed journal articles. This was accomplished in a minimal lab space, which was shared by the entire Division of Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences. • Designed and delivered courses ranging from large sections of Intro Psychology to small seminars on Advanced Conditioning and Learning. • Served on Faculty Senate for 4 years, including terms as the Chair of the Committee on Committees and the Social Committee. • Served on Division Restructuring Committee, Psychology Curricular Committee, and Division Mentoring Committee. • Authored more than 20 academic articles, including empirical papers which required complex data analysis, and theoretical papers that required making complex, historically embedded ideas accessible to a general audience.Accomplishments• Recognized in the inaugural “Faces of Penn State” campaign for founding and running the Undergraduate Social Science Research Lab. • Received several internal grants for research support. • Organized and ran Suite programing for Division 1 at the annual American Psychological Association conference, 2013.• Served on Editorial Board for The Review of General Psychology.• Advisory Board, PennMont Montessori Academy, Altoona, PA• Multiple Interviews regarding scientific questions in psychology, WTAJ-TV News, Altoona, PA.Courses Designed and Taught Included• Advanced Conditioning and Learning• Psychological Statistics• Research Methods• Psychology of Learning• History of Psychology• Introductory Psychology Show less

As a post-doctoral fellow I set up my own research lab and supervised experiments on parent-infant interaction and infant cognitive development, and developed computer models of evolution. Funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).Primary duties include:• Initiated, built up, and ran the Infant Development Lab at Clark University. • Trained and oversaw undergraduate assistants in recruiting study… Show more As a post-doctoral fellow I set up my own research lab and supervised experiments on parent-infant interaction and infant cognitive development, and developed computer models of evolution. Funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).Primary duties include:• Initiated, built up, and ran the Infant Development Lab at Clark University. • Trained and oversaw undergraduate assistants in recruiting study participants and running experiments, including training in the handling of sensitive information. • Developed new national and international connections in the field of Ecological Psychology and History of the Social Sciences, culminating in edited book with contributions by several senior international researchers. • Developed Agent Based Models in NetLogo that test hypotheses regarding the biological evolution of altruism using Monte Carlo methods. • Served as part time lecturer.Courses Designed and Taught Included• Advanced Conditioning and Learning• Human Instincts, Animal Minds• Lab section for Introductory Psychology Show less

Master'S Degree, Masters In Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Key Executive Leadership Program The Key program is aligned with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Center for Mind Brain and Behavior, NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Ph.D. Focus: Experimental Studies of Development.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Animal Behavior

Activities and Societies: Theatre, Calvin and Hobbes, Psi Chi Major in Animal Behavior Minors in Math and Philosophy University Scholars.