Karyn Marciniak, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

- Generated over $1M in sales annually by selling large DEI analytics projects- Pay Equity expert, leading large regression-based pay equity projects for fortune 100 companies, maintaining 100% client retention over 5+ years- People manager for a large team of statisticians, project managers, economists, and analysts- Expert at translating analyses to a diverse audience including C-suite, board of directors, and other leaders- Project lead for DEI analytics projects for over a dozen large organizations, overseeing the sales, delivery, and on time & on budget completion of all projects- Team leader, overseeing the general team processes and structure of the wider group- Built and managed client relationships including daily client communication, project timeline, budget management, and leading executive presentations- Managed multiple teams of analysts simultaneously on various projects, directing statistical modeling decisions, guiding story-telling materials, and mentoring consulting abilities- Directed team recruiting process, staffing optimization and organization, liaison between leadership and junior team members

New York, Ny, Us

- Project manager for up to 11 simultaneous clients and projects- Managing analysts, client relationships, peer review, building and delivering of materials, and methodology design- Team manager, guiding junior talent in their performance and engagement

New York, Ny, Us

- Lead analyst for multiple Pay Equity projects supporting clients across industries and countries - Furthering research for the Workforce Sciences Institute exploring the effect of aging workers- Daily SAS user, experienced in writing code and macros- Lead Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) projects to support the development and success of diverse employees

College Station, Texas, Us

Designed three childcare director courses across multiple subjects, aggregating information and research and building out a personable, easy to follow course that is informative and accurate. Each course was 2, 4, and 8 hours long each, so the transcripts I wrote were up to 64 pages long, excluding the additional citations, pre-and post-tests, learning activities, and handouts. All materials were very well-received by all parties.

New York, Ny, Us

As the first hire for the People Analytics team at Two Sigma, I led the data strategy, reporting, surveying, and analytical efforts across all teams in HR and Recruiting.Team Leader: - Built an analytics and reporting strategy and sourced, interviewed, hired, onboarded, mentored and assessed new team members.Researcher: - Invented a new way to track performance based on levels criteria and 4 elements of performance. Solving for the lack of distribution across our current scale and creating a known and visible set of expectations that can motivate improvement year round.- Discovered the interrelationship between measurable behaviors and performance, such as the impact of one’s manager’s performance on one’s own performance.- Used experimental design to answer questions regarding our recruiting funnel flow-through rates, lag times, and estimated engineering hours required to make a hire. - Ran predictive analyses on performance questions to determine predictors of important outcomes. This drove change in our performance review process to make it more accurate, predictive, and efficient.Data Visualization Expert: - 5 years of daily experience with Tableau. Brought Tableau to Two Sigma, taught formal and informal courses to 8 users who are now advanced users.- Built a full suite of all HR and Recruiting reports. Including headcount, turnover, performance, offer, and funnel reporting. Resulting in daily self-service for 70 HR professionals, with many users clicking on reports 100,000+ times a year.- Generated 30+ individualized reports for leaders detailing their group composition, making it easy to spot outliers, errors, and areas for action.Survey Expert: - Fully owned the design, build, execution, and reporting of all HR surveys, and increased the Employee Feedback Survey participation rate by 4% in the second year and reduced the anonymous participation rate from 32% to 3% in one year due to high trust and communication about the process

Researched and then wrote articles about various parenting and family activities around New York City.

- Designed an innovative improvement to headcount tracking which will save 4,800 man hours a year- Gathered input for the solution based on input from six diverse teams and leaders- Managed a group of ten technology partners and engineers at and above my level- Tracked, delegated, and carried out 400+ tasks between four technical systems - Presented and persuaded company leaders and their teams to adopt new processes by leading steering committee meetings, creating clear presentations, writing consistent communication, leading user acceptance testing, running one-on-one trainings with key users, heading group trainings and demonstrations - Adjusted to change in scope, personnel turnover, and technical challenges successfully for 17 months

- Managing 3 employees to guide them in their work, prioritization, and career growth- Supporting the head of HR and the head of recruiting by generating board of director summaries of recruiting progress, and creating data presentations to reduce biases and tell the true story of the data- Analyzing recruiting histories and employee performance to identify best sources of candidates and best interviewers- Pulled millions of rows of data from Hive using SQL, analyzed using R with advanced regression analyses, and produced recruiting insights around visitors to the careers site - Conducting extensive research and analyses including how a recruiter’s resume selection vary from a hiring manger’s and the number of days an interviewer can wait before entering feedback without decrease in prediction quality- Produced an extensive model of productivity to drive decisions around the resources needed in recruiting - Designed and optimized candidate surveys which increased participation rate by 30%- Created a statistically valid and universal scale of employee performance across roles, tenure, and level-Built over 30 interactive dashboards, which provided 300+ people in recruiting and HR the opportunity to scale and be self supportive

- Used statistics to identify key characteristics of small businesses to grow advertising - Supported Acquisition Marketing, Merchant Services, and Sales teams by running data analyses and providing business recommendations.- Ran regression models on multi-million-row data sets of Ads, Pages, Mobile and Deals tables

Austin, Tx, Us

- Envisioned and designed a study specifically tailored to investigate a previously unstudied concept: sibling group cohesion. - Identified similar concepts in other fields and created 3 entirely novel scales by integrating coursework, and online research in business, sports, psychology, and the military.- Wrote and implemented five extensive logic-based online surveys.- Invented a creative participation nomination technique to produce highest participation. - Created an unique and tethering identification system to organize complicated data.- Collected data from 520 individuals, making it the largest study of positivity in full sibling groups.- Created, cleaned, and managed problems in a database of over 400,000 pieces of information.- Employed unique methodology-advanced statistical modeling to produce minute-level clarity never before investigated

Lead two research projects. 1) Adopt Us Kids: Read and coded transcripts from adoptive parent interviews, and read relevant literature to better understand the research and families. Trained on Openness code, coded transcripts for Openness qualities, and became expert in Adoption Openness literature2) Healthy Marriages Initiative. Trained and supervised other research assistants, organized annual reports, edited surveys and interviews, and attended adoption and foster parent retreats and support networks. Administered pre and post-event surveys, observed and reported on events, and wrote final reports regarding the evaluation

Helped design daily activities for the 16 five-year-olds in the class. Worked as head teacher for one week, listened and responded to parent concerns and gave feedback on child’s daily experiences. Also assisted in problem solving and conflict resolution, practiced positive guidance, and lead and assisted undergraduates in proper classroom behavior and expectations

Observed and evaluated child care centers using the ECERS scale. Conducted phone interviews, placed follow-up calls and inquiries about incomplete information, went on home visits to evaluate literacy programs involving interviewing, observing, and evaluating mothers and their interactions with children, and utilized the HOME scale, CIS scale, and practiced inter-rater reliability. Also aided in the Cuyahoga Country Child Care Quality Study and in the Family Child Care Provider Evaluation.

Ph.D., Human Development And Family Science

M.A., Human Development And Family Science

B.A, Double Major In Psychology And Sociology, Double Minor In Economics And Art History

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