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San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, CA, United States

• Lead team of 4 Analysts in guiding strategic marketing decisions and operational improvements
• Co-lead the Quarterly Business Review with novel insights across marketing, operations, and consumer insights, presented to stakeholders across the company, including the entire ELT
• Worked cross functionally to improve product promotion forecasting process, resulting in more accurate ordering and mitigated write-offs; actuals within 15% of forecast grew from 70% to 90%

San Diego, California

• Pioneered the use of various econometric models in R to grant business leaders visibility into attribution, program efficacy, point of purchase attribution, and effects of macro factors on sales
• Increased accuracy of discrete choice model based on Voice of Guest program, resulting in better consumer loyalty predictions and operational improvement investments
• Published multiple Tableau dashboards and workbooks leveraged across the organization

Greater San Diego Area

• Completed dozens of retrospective data analyses, culminating in the closing of deals with two top 10 online marketplace lenders, a top 5 auto lender, a top 10 card issuer, and a state government
• Established an ETL process for customer contributor data into a business discovery platform: QlikView
• Created, maintained, automated, and distributed an array of internal and external facing dashboard applications, including performance reporting, production monitoring, and industry benchmarking
• Leveraged Regression Discontinuity modeling to help business understand effect of fraud remediation
• Used several GIS tools to analyze fraud and credit trends over a geographic dimension
• Participated in company Hackathon to develop a functional Apple Watch App in Swift

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed a dashboard and optimization tool for weekly print circulars powered by BTEQ automation, R GIS mapping, and BI software
• Applied time series modeling (ARIMA) in R to measure effect of company wide program strategy shifts with seasonality and trend adjustments
• Utilized predictive modeling in SAS to provide insights and strategies to competitive response, decreasing costs and increasing incremental sales dramatically
• Wrote in TeraData SQL, then automated in UNIX, a script to capture the right customers to target in competitive response and other landscapes
• Generated weekly and ad hoc reports on a wide range of marketing campaigns, including digital targeted advertising, weekly circulars, in-store promotions, and household engagement drives
• Ramped up Safeway's big data capabilities and bringing immediate value with improved customer segmentation and household-level analytics capabilities

Berkeley, CA

• Compiled an expansive database of production practices and output statistics in California agriculture
• Ran reports in QGIS outputting agricultural pesticide use statistics in California from 1981-2011
• Using this database, authored the first known ex post report on specific input use regulation, requiring thoughtful implementation of advanced quantitative techniques and the synthesis of a clear discussion for.
• Updated and ran simulations with a forecasting model in GAMS to inform decisions regarding optimal carbon policy, with a sensitivity analysis to allay concerns of future uncertainty

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Co-authored the USDA ERR (economic research report) The Economics of Glyphosate Management, a comprehensive positive and normative analysis to resolve a well-known tragedy of the commons
• Used advanced econometric methods on panel data in STATA to determine weed-yield response curves in the presence of confounding variables
• Built a MATLAB tool for input of field level parameters to determine optimal management regimes in the presence of herbicide resistance, as well as the transfers necessary to incentivize compliance

Davis, CA

* Examined elements of the agricultural supply chain, focusing on food safety and industrial organization* Co-authored and revised sections of a publication assessing the economic effects of new restrictions on certain pesticides, including a case study of a central California county* Performed numerous literature searches, database compilations, and data.

Davis, CA

* Worked with state regulators nationwide to ensure product compliance* Researched and presented financing prospect reports to management* Sought out novel revenue sources, including federal and private grants* Compiled a database of industry products, allowing the marketing department to easily access this information to improve their campaigns

* Assisted in managing Qualcomm Cafes located on their San Diego Campuses * Compiled department’s financial information and presented findings to management* Worked towards a more sustainable food service program by introducing compostable utensils, single feed napkin dispensers, and the Qualcomm Herb Garden

Greater San Diego Area

* Worked with Qualcomm's Campus Team to develop an effective strategy for targeting and recruitment of highly skilled university students * Planned and oversaw several retention events in an effort to have sought after interns return for full time employment* Was in constant contact with interns and recruiters to address any concerns with the recruitment.

Agricultural & Resource Economics

M.S., Agricultural And Resource Economics

Activities and Societies: Department Representative, Graduate Student Association

Bs, Viticulture & Enology, Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: Founder and President, Small Business Association at UC Davis