Houle Cao Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Generate evidence-based research, data analysis, and insights to inform decision-making.Generate compelling data visualization - Create timely, compelling presentations in multiple formats to inform senior decision-makers.Contribute to data systems and product development and learning.Support an effective Corporate Performance Unit.

Thailand

• Actively engaged with public and private sector partners at both regional and country levels.• Led data and research harmonization, from data ingestion and analysis to research and publications. Managed extensive datasets sourced from UNDESA, IOM, the World Bank, and private sector partners, with a focus on sex-disaggregated research for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).• Established data protocols and acquired data from primary or secondary databases. Harmonized demand and supply-side data analytic work from ingestion to publication across UNCDF program partners. • Provided world-class technical support and capacity building to UNCDF private sector partners on research analysis and human-centric product design (HCD). • Conducted in-depth thematic research on digital financial inclusion and economies, specifically focusing on migrant remittances and gender, while also supporting the IDE project in Asia. Conducted robust data analytics and action research to inform evidence-based policymaking and human-centric gender-smart product innovation. • Supported the portfolio's learning agenda, gender mainstreaming, and effective Monitoring and Evaluation (Result Measurement) against the Theory of Change with strong data evidence and visualization. Built and maintained the program result measurement dashboard, enabling IDE and migration remittance teams to communicate and report program results and KPIs to donors.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

At the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Migration and Remittance Programme, conducted crucial research on international remittance flows during the pandemic, which informed member states' actions to keep remittances flowing in times of crisis. Played a key role in gender-smart product development action research in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Nepal, even amid challenging conditions such as the Pandemic and Crisis. Specialized in granular-level real-time big data analytics, working with large datasets to enable detailed disaggregated analysis based on gender, age, education, and more. This included managing ten large datasets covering 8 million customers and over 100 million transactions, and building interactive data dashboards that became the standard for other RSP partners. Also focused on public data mining on migration and remittances, analyzing remittance corridors, transaction costs, and flows to developing economies with a strong emphasis on disaggregation by sex, corridor, and country. Supported remittance companies in Asia, leading to significant improvements in customer onboarding and digital remittance integration, particularly for women customers.

Beijing, China

Led bilateral tax negotiations (MAP and APA) with European Competent Authorities to eliminate cross-border double taxation for multinational enterprise. Directly involved in international tax policy design of Transfer Pricing and Advance Pricing Agreement. Served as country representative of State Tax Administration at multilateral organizations such as Working Party 6 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the transfer pricing sub-committee under United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) .

Beijing, China

Main responsibility includes conducting research analysis on publication industry in China, survey design, data collection , protection and data analysis. Draft and publish annual reports to inform public and private about the industry landscape for better decision making.

Beijing, China

Beijing, China

Master'S Degree, Economics And Taxation

Master'S Degree, Statistics

Bachelor'S Degree, Statistics And Actuary