-Create innovative tools to support intelligence sharing within the organization. -Conduct comparative market analysis, e.g., marginal locational pricing in ERCOT versus uniform clearing pricing in AESO -Provide research and intelligence advisory services to business development, c-suite, and market and communication teams. -Notable accomplishments include using PowerBI to automatically fetch CANSIM data from Statistics Canada to populate dashboards and being the second tallest person in the office.

Invest Alberta | Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

Senior Analyst

-Use Python (pandas) to manipulate/analyze secondary data. -Create workflow to populate reports using dynamic fields. -Lead the creation of IAC intelligence portal and periodic intelligence newsletter.

Government of Alberta | Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

Economist

• Perform impact analysis of policies and make recommendations to better align policy outcomes with ministerial objectives. • Analyze economic impacts of programs and policies using I/O (input/output) modelling techniques. • Use dynamic modelling systems to estimate economic impacts of different programs over time, forecasting important indicators such as GDP, employment, and industry output. • Provide memorandum and briefing notes review pertaining to economic and fiscal impact of policy or program. • Assist and advise managers and directors as necessary on analyses, program recommendations, and economic evaluation. • Provide cross-ministerial support as necessary to help define economic impacts of programs.

Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) | Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

Senior Policy and Research Analyst

• Advise on data analysis for housing analysis reports and develop methodologies to forecast housing gaps in communities. • Suggest policies to municipalities to help boost affordable housing supplies, taking economic factors and existing policy frameworks into account. • Lead proposal development process and respond to RFPs across Canada. • Developed necessary processes to extract and use large datasets from Statistics Canada, CMHC, etc. to enhance overall reporting capabilities of the organization. • Work alongside stakeholders internally and externally to collaboratively design custom solutions for housing crunches in rural communities across Canada and access funding. • Lead on strategy development and business plan creation for largest division within the Alberta Rural Development Network. • Use Python and QGIS software programs to create spatial analysis toolkit for Housing Needs Assessment reports. • Create scripts in MATLAB to autonomously create concise visualizations from complex datasets.

Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) | Dec 2017 - Jul 2019

Research Analyst

• Create compelling data-narratives using secondary data, modelling techniques, and data synthesize and visualization methods. • Standardized research methodologies and templates for pre-developmental services, including documents such as a housing needs assessment, business cases, and financial analyses reports. • Bolstered research methodologies to more accurately estimate the housing gap in rural communities, where secondary data is often lacking. • Performed both primary and secondary data analysis on communities in Canada, including Rocky Mountain House, Whitecourt, Fort Saskatchewan, and many others. • Technical writer and analyst in team which secured 3.8 million dollars in funding for an affordable housing project in Alberta. • Updated and created Excel Macros to automate and enhance financial modeling. • Subject matter expert on housing policies to external stakeholders. • Plan and engage with communities to determine housing and other social issues affecting residents.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Masters of Arts (MA) in EconomicsUniversity of Alberta | 2000

Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Mathematics/EconomicsUniversity of Alberta | 2000

About Me

Current Manager of Research and Market Intelligence at Invest Alberta.

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