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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Led Birge & Held's business intelligence team to modernize the approach for provisioning analytics to all company departments. These efforts enabled the enterprise to pursue cost-reducing centralization efforts, all while improving the flow of actionable insights curated for various teams of decision makers.- Worked alongside IT leadership to develop more scalable data solutions in Azure (Azure SQL, Azure Blob Storage, Power Automate, etc.).- Transformed data architecture by leading the migration from SQL Server to Azure SQL, improving company wide access to centrally stored data, which enabled company leadership to make better informed business decisions.- Spearheaded a cross-departmental reporting initiative, creating and overseeing a comprehensive suite of role-based Power BI dashboards, improving organizational performance and decision-making.- Designed ETL pipelines for diverse data sources including Smartsheet, SharePoint, and APIs, to streamline information flow into the data warehouse, enhancing data included in reporting suites.

Moscow, Idaho, United States

Consulted higher education institutions throughout the United States while contributing to Lightcast's economic consulting team. This included working alongside the Texas Association of Community Colleges to create a quantitative model that identified how they could best direct education in each region of the state to prepare for the state's always evolving workforce. Projects such as this allowed me to hone interpersonal skills that are crucial for understanding your clients' data needs.- Developed an occupation ranking algorithm that enabled the Texas Association of Community Colleges to strategically prioritize key occupations across Texas.- Led a collaborative effort with data engineering and research teams to refine data wrangling efforts for career pathways data – ensuring a comprehensive approach to workforce insights.- Initiated the development of a new consulting product by employing lean startup methodologies and conducting quantitative analysis of client feedback to ensure a market-driven and data-informed approach.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Provided unique data insights to Birge & Held's Asset Management team by utilizing financial and market information. Presented trend analyses and statistically significant relationships that impact all three stages of asset management (acquisition, management, and disposition).- Improved real time and custom reporting by transitioning the company from solely Excel architecture to Microsoft SQL Server, from which daily KPI reporting is produced in Power BI.- Utilized a multivariate regression model in Stata to analyze over $20 million of apartment renovations, uncovering key insights pertaining to geographic and demographic variables that were significantly correlated with revenue growth post-renovation.- By analyzing approximately $300 million of asset sales, I determined statistically significant factors related to Birge & Held's return on investments. Also included in the analysis was a breakdown of $90 million of value creation, detailing the attribution of value creation between internal efforts and capital rate fluctuations in the markets.- Created an Excel dashboard for Birge & Held's investment team. It streamlined the acquisition process by providing a quick comparison between potential purchases and current assets, regarding nearby demographic variables and forecasted growth. This dashboard has since been incorporated into the standard process by which Birge & Held evaluates new property acquisitions.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

- Prepared analytical reports regarding market trends for the real estate team, clients, and organizations such as SAHBA (Southern Arizona Home Builder Association).- Surpassed monthly sale volume goals by adhering to best practices regarding prospecting and follow ups with potential clients.- Created innovative prospect pipelines by developing relationships with local businesses.

Master Of Science - Ms, Economics

- Specialized in Financial Economics as well as Business and Data Analytics - Gained experience creating and optimizing models.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business (Global Politics)

- Graduated at 20 years old with Magna Cum Laude honors - Compiled successful financial case studies by analyzing financial reports.