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Ottawa, Canada Area

- Research lead on the digital economy, with a focus on digital trade. - Presenter at APEC’s "Digital Economy: Measurement, Regulation and Inclusion" workshop in 2019. - Main writer of the "Canada’s State of Trade 2019" report, which provides a comprehensive summary of the main developments in Canada’s commercial activities during the previous year.- Writer of the "Quarterly Economic Outlook" report, which is used to brief the Deputy Minister of Trade and other senior officers about the state of the global economy and trade.- Monitored and responded to evening and weekend data verification requests, to ensures that Global Affairs Canada’s briefing materials and social media outputs are correctly represented.- Used my extensive knowledge of international trade and economic data to create various briefing materials for the department, presentations for the chief economists, and fact-sheets for monitoring Canada’s performance with its free trade partners.- Managed co-op students, from the application screening process to the end of the co-op work term.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Conducted freight rail movements forecast for the top five commodities (coal, crude oil, grains, potash, and wood products) in Canada.- Monitored the outlook for grains and potash productions to make necessary adjustment to the rail forecast.- Monitored movement in commodity prices and created the "Commodity Prices Dashboard" which was used to brief the Director General of Transportation and Economic Analysis at Transport Canada. - Wrote the "Monthly Economic and Transportation Update" briefing note, to brief the Deputy Minister of Transport with a statistical overview of key developments in the transportation system. - Software used: STATA, Eviews, SQL, Tableau, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Conducted qualitative and quantitative research on the topic of trade and transportation by summarizing the literature and analyses on this topic and by calculating "Canada's Revealed Comparative Advantage" with the United States by regions.- Conducted quantitative analysis on the importance of the top five commodities (coal, crude oil, grains, potash, and wood products) to Canada's transportation and economic system. - Supported the creation of the "Transportation in Canada 2015" report and the "Transportation in Canada 2016" report by gathering, synthesizing and verifying inputs from various branches and directorates at Transport Canada. - Wrote the "Canada’s Trade and Transportation Corridors" section and the "Productivity in the Transportation Sector" section of the "Transportation in Canada 2016" report.- Updated Transport Canada's productivity calculation of the transportation sector on an annual basis.- Software used: SQL, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Ottawa, Canada Area

- Conducted quantitative and qualitative research using survey data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in order to produce policy relevant information for decision making in the area of skills development. - Reviewed and summarized economic reports related to skills development in Canada in order to enhance departmental knowledge.- Software used: STATA, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

- Explained difficult economic concepts and research methodologies to students in an effective, timely and clear manner- Evaluated students' economic reports and studies in accordance to class guidelines in order to guarantee that students' performance are graded in a fair manner.

Ontario, Canada

- Guided and assisted students with their research projects- Taught students the ability to perform researches in economic topics- Graded students' performance in accordance with class materials and in a fair manner.

Ontario, Canada

- Interacted with Blackberry's global manufacturing and supply chain partners to execute material and financial transactions - Updated the co-op student training manual with updated instructions- Co-operated with the shipping team at Blackberry`s warehouse to ensure that materials were shipped in a timely and efficient manner- Validated Bill of Material(BOM) pricing to ensure on-time shipments and the price accuracy of complete products

Ontario, Canada

- Provided to-the-point explanations to solve taxpayers’ difficulties with filing income tax returns.- Used interpersonal skills to identify caller’s personalities and state of mind in order to respond appropriately and effectively.- Improved my research and problem solving skills by using appropriate software, tools, and questions to identify taxpayer’s problems and solve them in a timely and accurate manner.

Master'S Degree, Economics, 83%

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Managerial Economics, 90%

Activities and Societies: Dean's Honor List 2008 -2013, Member of Mentorship Plus ProgramGraduated with a major average of 90%.