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Evanston, IL, US

New York, NY, US

• Built the team-wide House Views process into a bi-annual market research report, presentation deck, and webinar.
• Led the global macroeconomic view for active and advisory private equity real estate investment strategy and underwriting.
• Led country/property type private equity real estate investment return projections for a rolling five-year time horizon.
• Coordinated with StepStone Group leadership and risk management for firm-wide macroeconomic view underlying private market investment strategies.
• Created ad-hoc research notes and white papers on special topics, including global monetary policy and real estate secondary investing.

Evanston, IL, US

• SRR Consulting is the research shop for real estate investors, owners, and agents who need actionable investment strategy, market and property-level analysis, and/or ongoing research content.
• For data providers and SAAS clients, SRR Consulting works with management and development teams to create research-oriented applications and products to monetize data science and predictive analytics.
• Past clients include Quannah Partners, DataTree by First American, and Waypoint Real Estate Investments.
• Available for direct engagement and via Upwork freelancer profile.

Alexandria, Virginia, US

Research and editorial writing on real estate topics.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• Ensured existing and new products within the StratoDem Research Suite met the research needs of the real estate industry.
• Responsible for product development, content creation, and UI/UX design.
• Worked with prospects and clients to incorporate the SAAS platform into existing research processes.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• Inaugural fellowship recipient.
• Assist product development, marketing, and communications to improve and expand service to the real estate industry.
• Enhance real estate research skill set to include data science methods.

Chicago, IL, US

• Manage all research activities for a non-profit trade association serving the private real estate investment management industry including media relations and research-related volunteer efforts of committees.
• Provide industry education of quarterly data product releases via live webinar presentation and in-house Performance Report.
• Manage global collaboration with the European Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate (INREV) and Asia Pacific Investors in Non-Lister Real Estate (ANREV) for the quarterly Global Real Estate Fund Index (GREFI) and annual.
• Facilitate use of proprietary data for academics via evaluation of data requests and research proposals for submission to the NCREIF Board.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Elected by NABE membership to a three-year, volunteer term on the NABE Board of Directors, working with staff to manage association activities.

Dallas, TX, US

• Led research functions and staff in Texas and collaborate with Americas Research leadership to set research goals, departmental strategies and operating budgets.
• Ensured accuracy and comprehensiveness of the department’s proprietary data, analyzing internal data in concert with economic trends, and incorporating the results into compelling white papers and presentations.
• Led research support for CBRE's global Energy Industry Vertical.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Developed strategy to support direct real estate investment decisions for office, industrial, multi-family, and retail properties with insight into major metropolitan areas in the West NCREIF Region.
• Managed US research team process for 5-year property market forecasts on each metro/property type combination and conducted forecast modeling for combinations in the West NCREIF Region.
• Developed a new in-house statistical method for analyzing relative real estate investment performance across markets by property sector and became the research team’s industrial property specialist.
• Developed a statistical model for U.S. GDP growth to assist with the global research team's macroeconomic outlook. Model output supported the development of macro themes through discussion with U.S. and global research.

Denton, TX, US

• Professor for an online, undergraduate research methods course entitled, Introduction to Research in the Social Sciences. Part of the Institute for Applied Economics at that time, the course is now entitled Research.
• Course content covers tools and techniques of qualitative and quantitative data gathering with a focus on understanding the basics of research design and developing the ability to critically evaluate research reports.

• Led research activities in support of Transwestern Commercial Services for the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles/Orange County metropolitan markets.
• Compiled and analyzed commercial real estate and economic statistics for quarterly reports on office and industrial property trends in each market.
• Responsible for preparing presentation and supplemental materials for annual Trendlines events in Houston, Dallas, and Chicago.

Washington, DC, US

• Responsible for updates on available space, tenant movement, for sale listings, and new building delivery for a portfolio of commercial real estate service firms.
• Editor for CoStar Property articles written by Dallas-based researchers.

Responsibilities included gathering data, conducting statistical analysis, reporting results, and contributing to report writing on projects for public and private sector clients.

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Economics

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Economics

Diploma