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Seattle, WA, US

Bethesda, MD

• Providing statistical and analytical support on several projects, including cost–benefit analyses, economic research, and data analysis and interpretation.For the Census Bureau, I provide process development and.
• Conducted data analysis for two proposed transportation security regulations. Collected, cleaned, and analyzed data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) databases using SAS and SQL.
• Supported the drafting of regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) for several rulemakings. Responsible for economic and policy content, and responses to policy and legal directives from TSA, DHS, and the Office of Management.
• Conducted a quality assurance review of a spreadsheet model of costs and risk-adjusted benefits of a proposed rule.
• Conducted research on appropriate methodologies and data for estimation of transportation asset loss-of-use cost impacts.
• Reviewed public comments to a rulemaking for air traveler screening, and identified, collected, and cataloged comments relevant to a pending lawsuit.For the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Washington, DC

• Conducted legislative and regulatory research on multiple financial regulatory policy issues important to the financial security of Americans. Specific accomplishments:
• Interpreted and analyzed bank capital requirements and investment adviser fiduciary duty rules to determine the effect of current policies and predict the likely impact of proposed rules.
• Evaluated information sources for accuracy, relevance, authoritativeness, completeness, and usefulness.
• Summarized and interpreted research findings, conclusions and policy recommendations from subject area experts, in briefing reports and research papers for our lobbyist and other staff.
• Supported related lobbying efforts by engaging with Congressional staff and collaborating advocacy organizations through written reports, formal letters, email, and telephone calls.
• Collected, organized and summarized quantitative and qualitative data on capital constraints facing small businesses, and the likely impact of pending legislation on small business development and investor risk.

Washington, DC

• Full-time graduate student.
• Extensive experience with data collection and management, statistical analysis to measure program impact, literature searches and reviews, and writing clear, accurate, methodologically-sound research reports.

American University, School Of Public Affairs

• Reviewed several dozen articles submitted to a graduate student journal, analyzing a wide variety of public policy matters with the use of quantitative and qualitative data from numerous sources.
• Evaluated submitted articles for compliance with appropriate journal policies and standards for academic research, as well as for appropriate selection and usage of research concepts, principles, methods and data, for.
• For each article, made recommendation to publish or reject based on independent evaluation against journal standards, and then collaborated with other editors to make a final article selection leading to a coherent.
• Edited articles approved for publication, enforcing compliance with appropriate standards for objective and authoritative academic and professional written communication conveying complex ideas, materials and.
• Assisted with miscellaneous planning, administration and development duties.

Washington, DC

• Conducted quantitative analysis of District tax policy.
• Located, evaluated and acquired data from internal and external sources.
• Collected, cleaned, managed, analyzed and summarized data using SAS, R and Stata.
• Performed panel-data multiple regression analysis, identifying economic and demographic drivers of local sales tax liability to enhance tax revenue forecasting.
• Wrote, documented and implemented SAS programs to successfully re-shape (reformat) 10 years of non-standardized District sales tax micro-data, to create a unified 28 million record panel dataset.
• Conducted statistical analysis to determine taxpayer expenditure composition and trends.

Washington, DC

• Conducted financial regulatory policy research, collecting and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data from Congressional hearing transcripts, Securities and Exchange Commission databases, the Federal Register.
• Collected, organized, analyzed and summarized data on investment bank market-making and proprietary trading activities for report used to educate legislators and the public about related systemic threats to financial.
• Conducted research on expert testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services regarding Dodd-Frank legislation and proposed rules, and documented experts’ undisclosed personal financial compensation from.
• Participated in meetings with Congressional committee staff on implementation of Volcker Rule, and leadership status and priorities of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
• Analyzed legislation and regulations to determine impact of testimony from selected experts.

San Francisco, CA

• Provided outreach, advice and technical assistance to clients about housing rights and landlord-tenant laws and regulations. Independently identified, interpreted, and applied relevant state and local housing laws and.
• Recommended and initiated improvements in the organization’s operation and administration, including an overhaul of rules for conducting operation and strategy meetings, which led to improved morale and governance.
• Trained colleagues by independently conducting formal training seminars, including planning and giving oral presentations.
• Participated in monthly steering-committee meetings to develop organization policies, plans and strategic priorities.

San Francisco, CA

• Shared with 4 co-owners responsibility for all aspects of owning and managing a small business, including weekly budgeting, operations planning and implementation, long-term financial planning, business development.
• Independently managed $700K renovation of new business location, achieved on time and on budget.- Developed cost and revenue projection spreadsheets justifying significant long-term debt.- Negotiated contracts with.
• Independently evaluated organizational policies and operations to ensure compliance with tax reporting, fire safety, food handling safety, worker safety, and handicapped access laws and regulations. Wrote policy.
• Conducted formal and informal training of new employees in organization policies and procedures.
• Created custom databases and reports to clearly summarize attendance figures and contract terms, leading to improved film schedule planning, performance evaluation and prediction, and timely and accurate payment of.
• Proposed, planned and managed numerous facility improvement projects to reduce costs and enhance customer experience, worker satisfaction and productivity, and regulatory compliance.

San Francisco, CA

• (Limited term contract position)
• Optimized user interface and data flow of an investment portfolio allocation application, leading to increased portfolio manager productivity and reduced compliance costs.
• Assisted with financial modeling, improving forecast accuracy and portfolio performance.

San Francisco, CA

• (Limited term contract position)
• Improved usability and operating stability of the user interface of a start-up company’s flagship digital rights management software product, facilitating a major capital investment.

San Francisco, CA

• (Limited term contract position)
• Overhauled trading software for new environment, increasing trader performance by 30%.
• Collected and analyzed client requirements, and later conducted user acceptance testing.
• Analyzed new message-set and host-system rules and conventions to determine implied functionality and limitations, and developed new algorithms to accommodate.
• Wrote custom SQL queries to pull data from a stock-options database.
• Presented technical information regarding new algorithms I developed to supervisors and co-workers, to inform of new capabilities and persuade approval of additional software modules.

Berkeley, CA

• Doubled the technical capability and significantly improved the usability and operational stability of a package of window optics research and development software tools, speeding the innovation of energy-efficient.
• Collected and analyzed client requirements, and later conducted user acceptance testing.

Oakland, CA

• Developed and modernized a building simulator enabling small engineering and architectural firms to quickly quantify the energy and economic impacts of design changes.
• Collected and analyzed client requirements, and later conducted user acceptance testing to ensure client satisfaction.
• Provided advice, training and technical assistance to current and potential clients.
• Co-authored a paper accepted for the 1998 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings conference.
• Co-authored a major grant proposal for a Request for Proposal from the California Energy Commission.

Master Of Public Policy (Mpp), Advanced Policy Analysis

Activities and Societies: Pi Alpha Alpha• Pi Alpha Alpha (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration) • Publication.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Co-op Program• Honors: Dean’s List; Engineering Coop Program (competitive admission); Mabel Merrit.