Experience:

• Spearheaded research initiatives within a corporate marketing department enabling a proprietary dataset of millions of job records across North America in collaboration with data scientists. Projects supported salary modeling for the ten professional salary guides across US and Canada, regression analyses to identify variables impacting hiring outcomes, and predicting hiring demand for specific roles and skill sets.
• Led a research team at a national non-profit using large datasets to drive decision making to increase reach and impact among participants:
  • Used data management and visualization software to derive insights into performance and test hypotheses to inform program design.
  • Architected for a data collection iOs app and website to track federal benefit transactions for individual customers across 400+ sites in 25 states and DC.
  • Conducted qualitative research analyzing interviews with stakeholders, leading focus groups, and comparing longitudinal survey data. Standardized the use of validated survey instruments, ensuring translations were appropriate for all literacy levels, and utilized sophisticated survey applications (e.g. Qualtrics) to streamline user experience.

Featured Projects:

2024 Salary Guide

“The starting salaries for each position listed in the guide are based on actual compensation for professionals we’ve matched with employers across the country, as well as third-party job posting data from TextKernel used to independently validate the salary ranges. Using state-of-the-art large language models, each salary record is analyzed and categorized by its job title and years of experience required. Our salary projections take into account the current and expected demand for each position, the supply of talent, and other market conditions. We also consult our recruiters for their knowledge of their local markets, which provides us with additional insights.” – The Salary Guide From Robert Half: Behind the Numbers

Work Experience:

• Manager, Research and Data, Robert Half, January 2019 – Present
• Research Manager, Wholesome Wave, April 2015 – April 2018
• Graduate Teaching Assistant – SAS Data Analysis, Milken Institute School of Public Health, January 2015 – May 2015

Relevant Publications:

• 2024 Salary Guide
• Demand for Skilled Talent
• Dissemination of Technology to Evaluate Healthy Food Incentive Programs
• Sample Data Collection Tool
• FM Tracks (CWRU Site)

Software Skills

SAS, R, ArcGIS, Domo, SQL