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Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

▪ Inform team decisions and strategies with data across a wide range of products and programs: policy and regulations, listing amenities and accuracy, and reviews▪ Collaborate with cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, operations managers, and researchers▪ Design and conduct experiments to test products, conduct quasi-experimental and statistical analyses, develop metric frameworks and dashboards to track progress, develop simulation and predictive models▪ Tech lead for Verified Listings

San Francisco, Ca, Us

▪ Advised clients and collaborate with academic experts on economic issues that arose during antitrust, class action, and false advertising litigation in healthcare, retail, pharmaceutical, and telecom industries▪ Developed and improved econometric models to determine the effect of companies’ actions and evaluate the degree of competition among different products ▪ Analyzed public and proprietary datasets, including companies’ financial data, personnel data, health insurance claims data, and state discharge data ▪ Led teams of four to six economists and analysts to conduct economic and statistical analyses▪ Consulted on high-profile mergers, such as the Aetna-Humana merger and a merger of two hospitals; analyses contributed to the Aetna-Humana merger being blocked and the hospitals’ merger obtaining regulatory approval

Cambridge, Ma, Us

▪ Prepared and taught sections for undergraduate public finance and intermediate microeconomics courses ▪ Wrote problem sets and exams, and addressed students’ questions about course concepts

Cambridge, Ma, Us

▪ Researched the effects of prices on prescription drug consumption using Medicare Part D claims data

Washington, Dc, Us

▪ Assisted economists with memos and model estimations to be used in determining monetary policy ▪ Researched consumer purchasing patterns during sales to examine the role of sales in price rigidity

Ph.D., Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics