Seth Markow Email & Phone Number

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

- Drafts and revises project manual to outline data collection, quality control, and reporting approach.- Designs sampling approach and data collection instruments in collaboration with local partners.- Creates quality control and reporting process and related templates.- Trains data collection and reporting teams.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

- Researched, drafted, and incorporated feedback for quantitative and qualitative social science research instruments on an approximately monthly basis.- Created sampling methodologies using census data for countries including Libya, Cambodia, and Kenya.- Supervised data collection teams, managed quality control processes, and provided quality control feedback on collected data to data collection teams.- Cleaned, weighted, and performed exploratory data analysis on collected quantitative data for at least twenty projects and coded qualitative data for two research projects.- Drafted and edited short 2-5 page reports based on quantitative data.- Coordinated timelines and deliverable expectations with clients and contractors to meet multiple complex, overlapping deadlines.- Coordinated and oversaw monitoring activities in conjunction with local team members and facilitated flow of information from field to USAID.- Created and updated data collection instruments in coordination with USAID personnel, implementing partners, and local monitoring staff.- Analyzed monthly and quarterly data and condensed findings into a 10-page report on a monthly basis.- Created and updated templates for project management and reporting including monthly trackers, information request forms, monitoring outcome reports, and monthly and quarterly reports.- Conducted basic quantitative and qualitative data analysis in SPSS and Excel for monthly and quarterly reports.- Met weekly with client team and local partners to provide updates, coordinate efforts, and communicate requests and needs.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Coordinated with managers and servers to provide ideal hospitality experience.- Responded quickly to customers’ needs and exhibited flexibility to demands of guests and managers.- Built and maintained relationships with guests to promote positive image of restaurant brand.

Chicago

- Coded interviews with health workers in Honduras in Spanish in order to enable effective qualitative analysis.- Performed exploratory data analysis on coded interview data using crosstabs in NVivo and presented results to principal investigator.- Assisted in writing script for budget analysis linear regression models.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Solicited and secured monthly donations for two Australian charities.- Secured 170+ donors resulting in and estimated $306,000 (AUD) in proceeds.- Learned, modified, and applied specific sales techniques, including pitching and closing.- Trained incoming team member in sales methods, including pitching and closing techniques.