Zhenzhen (Jen-Jen)Ye Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I'm responsible for the Caribbean region, covering political and economic risk issues across Caribbean countries. I also cover the energy sector, monitoring market trends and events impacting Canada and Canadian exporters.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Led an economic study commissioned by Invest In Canada on the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s foreign direct investment (FDI), which involved conducting quantitative analysis on the trends of inward FDI and analyzing the implications of COVID-19 on FDI attraction factors, including labour (productivity and wage rates), market size and growth potential, economic and political stability, and regulatory restrictiveness.

• Assessed the impact of oil price fluctuations on Canada’s air, marine, rail, and truck transportation industries’ profitability• Forecasted Canada’s transportation sector revenue based on different oil price scenarios• Led forecast and impact analyses for Alberta’s bottle recycling depot industry• Provided quarterly macroeconomic monitoring of Ontario’s manufacturing, administrative and support, waste management, and remediation services sectors• Developed Python programs to automatically extract and update data

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Lead or co-lead a variety of complex economic research associated with labour market intelligence and macroeconomic issues, such as foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade, labour productivity and commodity price forecasting • Develop Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models for dynamic multivariate time series forecasting• Manage data analytics contractors in developing in-house augmented intelligence tools, including machine learning and geo-spatial information system development• Provide data analyses, policy recommendations and economic assessments in support of ICTC’s policy & research activities, including forecasting analyses, economic rate of return analyses, beneficiary analyses, and market impact evaluations

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Developed autoregressive (AR) model and forecasted labour demand in technology sector for BC government• Produced statistical data for ICTC’s monthly, quarterly and annual ICT market trending and forecasting reports• Analyzed political and economic information from governments, industries and educators and compiled them into ICT market insights• Evaluated the potential impact of technological innovations and market changes, and reported on economic or political forecasts that affect businesses across industries

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Led data analysis for Fit for Purpose Survey which involved all CRC staff in Canada and delegates in the field• Developed and implemented data collection through surveys, focus groups, and other strategies that optimize data quality• Interpreted and analyzed qualitative and quantitative survey data using statistical techniques • Delivered key messages and data visualizations in a simple and engaging way

Leadership Mosaic, Inc. Ottawa

Research topic: Canadian Indigenous Youth Educational Persistence• Conducted literature review of the theoretical evolution of Appreciative Inquiry• Interviewed aboriginal youth for study of factors that foster educational persistence• Designed sentimental analysis of social media contents on indigenous youth’s opinion on pursuing post-secondary education• Inputted interviews into Dedoose (qualitative data analysis software) with 100% accuracy and completeness• Developed program evaluation framework for local NGOs

75 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa On K1N 6N5 Canada

Teaching topics: Macroeconomic theory and Engineering economics • Mentored and coached students to improve their academic performance

Master Of Arts In Economics, Health Econometrics; Labour Economics; Applied Econometrics

Activities and Societies: Canadian Economics Association Toastmasters International • Professional Presentation: Ye, Z. The Relationship.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance, Graduated With A Gpa Of 9 Out Of 10

• Gained a broad knowledge of the functional areas of business and their interconnections, with a specialization in finance