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Austin, Texas Area

• Lead a research team, executing quick-turn and customized primary research survey projects from end-to-end, to generate insights that support commercial due diligence and portfolio company management for private equity clients.• Manage client relationships and ensure the highest quality service, including growing key accounts through top-tier servicing, regular communication, and identifying creative solutions for client needs (e.g., custom reporting templates, tracker surveys, advanced analytics support, etc.). Ex: Grew survey product revenue for a key account from a combined $32k in 2018/2019 to $325k in 2020. • Guide and oversee the lifecycle of all survey projects, including project scoping and research design, panel development, questionnaire design, programming, data cleaning and review, and reporting & analysis. In a recent feedback survey, 100% of clients surveyed indicated the cost, timeline, and level of servicing met expectations and 100% would recommend GLG surveys to a colleague.• Onboard clients who are new to our research products with a hands-on approach, to ensure understanding and comfortability with our product suite, research process, full-service model, and team. • Collaborate with internal partners to increase workflow efficiency and drive business, including formal trainings with customer service teams and business development leaders, creation and upkeep of cross-team protocols to improve project efficiency and product quality, and ad-hoc meetings with operations teams to address pain points and implement improvements. • Lead initiatives to continuously improve the experience of both our clients and network members, to preserve our top-tier panel and, in-turn, deliver the highest quality data.

• Collaborated on longitudinal quantitative research projects, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)• Developed, tested, and revised web-based surveys used in self-administered interviewing and computer-assisted telephone interviewing, incorporating complex logic and custom forms, and designing instruments to securely collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for large sample sizes (N = 20,000+). • Led bi-annual conferences with key stakeholders to facilitate discussions of research goals and to disseminate interim results. • Monitored data collection, prepared data file documentation, analyzed large-scale data sets using SAS and Stata, cleaned and sanitized data, and prepared statistical tables and graphics for project reports and presentations• Constructed specifications for variable derivation and assisted in statistical imputation procedures for data published on behalf of NCES.• Led preparation of a longitudinal study methodology report, including significant writing responsibilities, as well as the oversight and coordination of contributions by other research and data collection staff.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

• Collaborated on several longitudinal, postsecondary education studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)• Developed, tested, and revised web-based data collection instruments used in self-administered interviewing and computer-assisted telephone interviewing, incorporating complex logic and custom forms and designing instruments to securely collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for large sample sizes • Led computer-assisted telephone interviewer trainings, quality control activities, and debriefing meetings• Monitored data collection, prepared data file documentation, analyzed large-scale data sets using SAS and Stata, cleaned and sanitized data, and prepared statistical tables and graphics for project reports and presentations• Constructed specifications for variable derivation and assisted in statistical imputation procedures• Led preparation of a full-scale study methodology report, including significant writing responsibilities, as well as the oversight and coordination of contributions by other research and data collection staff.

Boone, Nc

• Trained and managed a team of 20 undergraduate research assistants to aid in the execution of multiple research projects, primarily focused on brief interventions for anxiety in college students to increase risk-taking behaviors• Conducted in-depth literature reviews, designed study methodology, created protocols and consent documents, obtained IRB approval, led data collection activities, analyzed data using SPSS, and prepared statistical tables and graphics for project reports and presentations• Developed and conducted a research project investigating how ambiguity moderates the relationship between anxiety and risk-taking and presented research findings at Society for Judgment and Decision Making annual conference in Chicago, IL• Conducted workshops on advanced statistical analysis topics for professors, faculty, and graduate students at the university• Developed workshop presentations and materials to facilitate the learning of statistical analyses including: multiple regression, relative importance analyses, path analysis, and mediation and moderation analyses

• Authored 4 online mental health courses: Domestic Violence Awareness, Communication Skills, Stress Management, and Drugs and Alcohol Awareness• Developed course structure and content based on empirical research and created course quizzes to evaluate learning and comprehension

Master'S Degree, Experimental Psychology

My master's thesis focused on using reappraisal strategies to reappraise anxiety as excitement in order to increase risk-taking behaviors.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Graduated Summa Cum Laude With Departmental Honors