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San Diego, California, United States

As part of the US Energy team in the Energy & Climate practice, I conduct research, analysis, and modeling that aims to inform policymaking and bring US climate goals within reach.

San Diego, California, United States

Assisted in teaching Fundamentals of Energy Systems and Innovation by holding teaching sections, assisting students in office hours, and creating and evaluating assignments.

Assisted in teaching Quantitative Methods I by leading lab exercises, providing support to students through office hours, and evaluating assignments

Took on additional responsibility for project and client management

Greater Boston Area

• Supported 13 nonprofits across various sectors by assisting in the development of 5 strategic plans, 3 program evaluations, numerous grantee financial health assessments, and a foundation pilot program• Developed 19 customer behavior models and 3 customizable financial models used to identify trends, predict future outcomes, and model the impacts of client decisions•Conducted over 50 phone interviews, 5 electronic surveys, and 3 focus groups•Researched socioeconomic, geographic, and arts and culture data using census data and other public sources•Produced reports and memos and presented and explained research findings to clients

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked with the Enterprise Product Management team on several projects:• Researched competitors’ products and services, pricing schemes, and marketing in order to create a product requirements document for an emerging product• Analyzed data on Akamai product performance, identifying points of interest, and reporting on my findings• Conducted ad-hoc market research for various teams• Created product documentation videos used to train customers on the company’s products

Greater San Diego Area

Worked with the Executive Director on several projects related to ECO, Inc.'s recent organizational refocusing efforts.• Created a new website for ECO's line of recycled One Earth Products• Updated and maintained ECO's primary website to reflect the organization's recent restructuring• Researched grants for specific projects in each of ECO's three branches (The Recycling Association of Maricopa, ECO restoration Society, and ECO One Earth Products)

Greater San Diego Area

Worked with an economic strategy group, helping to provide technical and strategic analysis.• Collected data on various metrics (EBITDA, ARPU, market share, and others) for over 60 countries and 200 mobile telecommunications operators (MTOs) from Q1 2000-Q2 2014• Performed multiple regression analysis on MTO data using Stata and worked with my colleagues to analyze the implications of this analysis in the telecommunications industry.• Researched cell tower leasing companies' and MTOs' annual reports and other financial data in order to create a better understanding of the CAPEX and OPEX costs involved in buying, leasing, or sharing cellular infrastructure.• Used VBA in excel to construct a specialized web search to collect data (max downlink, max uplink, operating system, etc) on over 10,000 phone models for use in an economic analysis for an MTO.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked with the Director of Content Marketing and the Content Marketing Manager on various projects.• Performed social media analysis of five Limelight products, with respect to their competitors• Interviewed Account Representatives to create internal best practice resources• Edited white papers for release at trade shows and on the company's website• Represented the company at two trade shows (Inbound Marketing Summit and REELSEO Video Marketing Summit)• Updated Salesforce customer database using Oracle data

Master Of Public Policy, Environmental And Energy Policy

Political Economy, Concentration: Energy And The Environment