SUMMARY:

• Qualitative and quantitative data analyst with more than ten years’ experience conducting multi-sector research in cross-functional research teams.

• Experienced with all phases of qualitative and quantitative research projects and evaluations from conceptualization to reporting.

• Acquired, cleaned, synthesized, and analyzed complex and large amounts of confidential public health and community violence data (typically >2 million records) and communicated emerging conclusions and concepts to a diverse audience at national and international conferences, meetings, written formats, and state policy makers.

• Wrote successful grants on behalf of community organizations and city municipal departments.

• Extensive training and teaching experience on-line and off-line leading workshops and lectures on diverse topics ranging from clinical care to analytics in Tableau and Excel.

• More than seven-years’ experience using SQL queries to extract data, clean it using Excel and OpenRefine, and using Tableau or PHP/MySQL for dynamic dashboard use and analysis.

• Managed and supervised diverse teams including stakeholders, students, professionals from tech, criminal justice, and social services.

• Worked as data manager in a research institute and software/quality engineer in startups in Silicon Valley prior to work in higher education. Details can be provided on request.

• Experienced at working in diverse industries including private start-up companies, social services, and higher education.

• Conducted research in Kenya, Lebanon, and the United States.

• Extensive experience working with vulnerable populations: Refugees, substance mis-use user, victims of exploitation/trafficking, and reproductive health.

LANGUAGES:

• English: Fluency in writing, reading, speaking • Arabic: Native speaker