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• Develop, enhance, and maintain Power BI dashboards to support the growth and day-to-day operations of the United States’ largest cranberry cooperative and its 700+ farmer-owners
• Collaborate with colleagues in Manufacturing, Operations, and Grower Relations teams to understand business needs and data capabilities
• Design impactful visualizations to convey pertinent information and increase operational efficiency

• Conduct research on factors influencing the economic health and financial position of Missouri farms
• Assist in the growth and development of the Rural and Farm Finance (RaFF) Policy Analysis Center
• Collaborate with researchers from other land-grant universities

• Conduct agricultural market research for 18 Agricultural Credit Associations (ACAs) in the AgFirst district
• Manage vendor relationships and liaise between Association marketing personnel, the AgFirst marketing team, and data vendors
• Serve as lead data partner for the merger of two Associations to minimize service disruption during transition

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Analyze the Association’s portfolio of agricultural loans from multiple perspectives (industry, geographic, loan size, etc.) to determine financial and credit risk concentrations and provide insight to management
• Build, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and other data visualization products
• Perform statistical and economic analysis on internal and external data, including root cause research
• Recommend and implement improvements to existing management reports and processes to increase efficiency and value of output
• Prepare analytical reports and presentations, conveying complex statistical concepts in an understandable format to all levels of the organization

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Serve as point of contact for all HR data analysis needs
• Perform routine compensation reporting, maintenance, and auditing in Workday for all 9,000 employees and 170 units
• Ensure all field and corporate employees are assigned and receiving correct compensation components
• Create and maintain databases and spreadsheets and perform statistical analysis on compensation and other people systems information
• Assist in pricing of jobs, quarterly and annual bonus calculations and payouts, minimum wage adjustments, salary survey participation, and other seasonal tasks
• Identify and remediate issues of data quality to maintain data integrity

Clemson, SC

• Manage and promote the Information Economy Project with Dr. Thomas W. Hazlett
• Plan and execute speaking engagements, conferences, and other special events

Greater New York City Area

• Cover multiple sporting events and write 1-4 articles per week for 8 of Hersam Acorn’s 18 newspapers – over 200 articles published
• Shoot and edit photographs to accompany articles
• Interview coaches, athletes, and athletic directors

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted planning team in analyzing inventory to assess needed production, created and scheduled work orders in response to demand
• Tracked and expedited parts and products across departments to help ensure on-time delivery of orders
• Communicated directly with clients' buyers and account executives to keep customers up-to-date on delivery dates, potential problems, and order specifications

Greater New York City Area

• Worked directly with CFO to utilize and improve company’s operating model, estimated costs of capital expenditure and streaming services for client bidding, assisted in contract pricing
• Created end-user viewership reports using SQL and Microsoft Excel for use by marketing director and company’s clients, established process for preparing marketing deliverables
• Assisted in the creation and assembly of investor reports, performed ad hoc legal work (contract revision, revising company’s Terms and Conditions)

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Assisted Prof. Howard N. Bodenhorn in research on 20th century crime and punishment in Greenville County, SC
• Digitized records of 850 criminal trials and monthly new prisoner commitments over 25+ year timeframe
• Edited 30-page research paper for content, clarity and accuracy

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted 10-20 students per week with planning, writing, and revising essays and improving grammar skills in all levels of undergraduate and developmental English
• Facilitated student understanding of basic and intermediate concepts of arithmetic, algebra, and functions
• Reinforced concepts taught in class

Master Of Science (M.S.), Applied Economics And Statistics, 3.7

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Calhoun Honors College