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Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Oversee planning, execution, and analysis of global, multi-method, cross-functional research on full-time employees that answer key business questions and support product development, thought leadership, and customer value.• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and HR to understand needs, gain support, align initiatives, and execute on shared bets.• Synthesize data from multiple sources via dashboards and executive reports to inform decision making and increase data and insight accessibility across groups.• Built and scaled end-to-end research processes that enabled more people on the People Science team to conduct research, resulting in doubling the amount of research produced compared to the previous year. • Co-lead the development and annual re-validation of Glint’s People Success framework by analyzing over 350 million employee survey responses since 2020, establishing an out of the box experience for measuring employee engagement.

Claremont, Ca, Us

• Identified profiles of those who perceive versus live their calling and predictors of these profiles through conducting latent profile analysis and multinomial logistic regression on data from global panel participants.• Studied the impact of mentoring support of protégé calling experiences via lagged quantitative surveys in Qualtrics, integrating the two distinct research fields of calling and mentoring. • Furthered our knowledge of the impact of COVID-19 by conducting a qualitative interview study on remote workers and analyzing their boundary management, counterproductive work behaviors, and performance.• Tested how employees’ nano transitions throughout the day impacted emotions, productivity, and overall wellbeing via conducting lagged quantitative surveys in Qualtrics.Conference Presentations: Remote Work in the Time of COVID (presented at SIOP 2021), How Living Your Calling Impacts Citizenship Behaviors (accepted at the canceled EAWOP 2022), From Perceiving to Living a Calling: The Role of Calling Motivation and Work Volition in Predicting Calling State Latent Profiles (presented at Work, Stress, & Health 2023)https://research.cgu.edu/worker-wellbeing/

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

• Managed the People Science contribution to LinkedIn’s monthly consumer survey of workplace trends, setting and delivering on an agile research agenda that supported thought leadership and product development.• Lead qualitative UX research that explored manager perspectives on receiving, digesting, and valuing lightweight, team-based insights to inform product prioritization and investment.• Synthesized and authored People Science thought leadership assets to respond to quickly emerging workplace trends (virtual mentoring, hybrid work, quiet quitting) in support of agile decision making and customer success.

Claremont, Ca, Us

• Analyzed meta-analytic structural equation models to assess the impact of surface-level and deep-level diversity on team trust, knowledge elaboration, and team performance.• Executed confirmatory factor analysis to progress the creation and validation of a DEI measurement tool. • Examined the factor structure of a measurement model testing the longitudinal impact of parental efficacy, persistence, and work stressors on work satisfaction.https://feitosametricslab.wixsite.com/claremont

Claremont, California, Us

• Researched and composed a white paper on methodological approaches to assessment validation.• Aligned three pre-existing leadership frameworks for a unified leadership competency assessment.• Provided quality assurance and research-backed improvements to global career level descriptors within Accenture to clarify employee expectations and improve usability of internal tool.• Presented validation framework to examine the predictive validity of an internal performance tool.

Fremont, Ca, Us

• Managed the roll-out and effectiveness of a virtual coaching program for global people leaders to support the Return-to-Work initiative.• Performed appreciative inquiry interviews with global role models of our Core Values to distill themes and share best practices throughout the organization to positively impact culture.• Evaluated a pilot mentoring program to understand the end-to-end experience of mentoring at Lam as we looked to launch an enterprise-wide program.

Duarte, Ca, Us

• Executed a developmental evaluation of one of City of Hope's patient programs.• Analyzed the effectiveness of the current program design through mixed methods (quantitative, qualitative, and archival data).• Created a robust report of the outcomes of the evaluation and recommendations for increased success, backed by program and healthcare theory.• Performed a supplementary analysis of the program's Cultural Responsiveness to COVID-19, including qualitative data, telehealth theory, and recommendations.

Fremont, Ca, Us

• Analyzed leadership development program data metrics and gleaned insights to demonstrate successes and points of opportunity for HR Leadership.• Curated leadership journey content decks on Collaboration, Engagement, and Communication to be dispersed to executive leadership and mid-level management.• Optimized internal leadership development program management through process improvements and automation. • Supported the cascading of Lam-specific executive leadership competencies to mid-level managers and individual contributors.

Claremont, Ca, Us

• Assessed the current developmental status of executives attending a global leadership development program. • Provided specific and relevant feedback for strength cultivation and growth opportunity areas.• Mastered a Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale to provide objective analysis of an unstructured group discussion.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Managed account of Fortune 100 company, acting as a key decision-maker for their business strategy, supply chain, and marketing, resulting in +17% YoY revenue growth.• Oversaw a portfolio of vendors, supporting their Amazon journey, leveraging internal tools, and performing in-depth analyses to drive business performance and improve customer experience.

New York, Ny, Us

• Worked on project quantifying and analyzing over 100 unstructured executive interviews to discover company- and industry-wide trends and insights. • Compiled data into multi-level reports to present to CMO and other C-Suite executives of a Big 5 Consulting Firm to help inform and direct the company’s future strategy.• Leveraged analysis tools such as Tableau to enable insightful data visualization and live statistics tracking.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Provide research and reporting services to a variety of requestors and departments• Support consultants with maintaining ongoing survey projects• Assist in development, review, and distribution of web-based surveys• Gather and analyze survey data with SPSS and Excel• Create, review, and distribute results and reports with Qualtrics and Word• Perform secondary research including external market and industry research

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Coordinate meetings between internal and external units to create master hearing schedule• Record minutes during meetings• Assist with the allocation of a $16 million budget • Copy edit important documents for committee chair

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Created own research proposal and project, including writing undergraduate thesis, presenting at symposiums, and analyzing data using multi-level modeling• Leadership role through delegating tasks and meeting project goals• Manage and analyze participant data in statistical modeling software (SPSS)• Train on extensive interview coding for Parent Meta Emotion Interview data with parents of children with cancer

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Weekly meetings discussing methodological and theoretical literature regarding parent training interventions, callous unemotional traits and conduct problems in children, and community based research.• Training to screen participants for inclusion in the study, as well as conduct in-person visits that include questionnaire and observational data with high-risk service seeking families in the Washington area.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Copy edit articles using AP style• Run thorough fact checks on article information

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Positive Organizational Psychology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Positive Organizational Psychology And Evaluation

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology