Research Analyst Resume Example

Objective:
Research Analyst in (international)
banking, capital markets, commodities
trade and import-export 

Experience:
SUMMARY
Dynamic, highly effective and
accomplished, and results driven
Economic Data Modeling and Analysis
performer with 5 years of comprehensive
and progressive experience as an
international economics and development
Research Analyst.
Provides ongoing initiative,
tenaciousness, resourcefulness,
dedication, and above all – a proven
record of unparalleled data management
experience.
Delivers excellence in
consistently meeting project objectives
and exceeding expectations.
Innovative strategist with a
proven ability to understand and create
solutions to complex data management
problems.
Brings an unmatched commitment
to the achievement of organizational
goals and objectives.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
ECONOMIC GROWTH ANALYSIS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
MONETARY POLICY RESEARCH
 ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
CONFLICT & COMMERCE NEXUS
POST-CONFLICT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT  DATA COMPILATION
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA MODELING
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Results driven, focused,
meticulously detail oriented and
determined performer with exemplary work
ethic—offers the highest levels of
integrity, initiative, resourcefulness,
thoroughness and tenacity in working to
achieve goals and objectives.
Innovative and effective
economic data research and management
strategist via conceptual thinking and
planning.
Mastery of all phases of project
life cycle, including conceptualization,
development, resource management, status
reporting, execution and documentation.
Highly developed and effective
analytical, innovative and proactive
approaches to identifying and solving
complex problems.
First-class communication skills
—including solid presentation abilities
and exceptional documentation management
skills; uses tact and diplomacy in all
communications.
Successfully builds
organizational relationships,
collaborating across boundaries, finding
common ground with a wide range of
affiliations, rapidly developing a
positive and productive working rapport.
Strong project and multi-task
management abilities. Performs well in
deadline driven environments.
Adaptable, strong self-starter
who thrives in team dynamics, with
excellent supervisory and collaborative
abilities; rapidly learns new procedures
and processes, and adjusts to changes in
schedule, project parameters, and broad
long term objectives.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI –
LONG BEACH, MS
1/2007 – 1/2012
RESEARCH ANALYST/TEACHER’S ASSISTANT
• Tasked with providing assistance
in data procuring and compiling into
Excel (10-100MB files), cleaning and
formatting data, modeling multiple
variables for multiple countries, often
over 50 year periods, source
procurement, and analysis, and employed
information systems in order to locate
material related to research and
publication projects.
• Served as an Instructional and
Research Assistant to 2 professors (one,
the Assistant Director of the program
and the other, the in-house
Econometrician), supporting professors
in lesson planning and student
instruction. Provided assistance with
course/syllabus design and instructional
support, and served as liaison between
professor and students, tutoring and
counseling students, and providing
second opinions and validation on
research design and analysis. Tasked
with increasing autonomy in pursuit of
their objectives, routinely putting in
between 40 and 60 hours weekly.
• Collaborated extensively within
a team environment in order to ensure
that projects reached milestones on
time.
• Managed correspondence with
other professors on behalf of two
supervising professors and charged with
collaborating with their co-authors at
other universities on research and
analysis.
MILESTONES:
• Confronted issue of the websites
responsible for foreign national
economic data not always being to
provide data via their English language
websites (e.g. Brazil and Vietnam), for
which websites such as Google Translate
are of little use, since the terminology
related to economic data is so specific.
To address this, dictionaries were
located that provided translations of
the terms needed to navigate the native
language websites and obtain the needed
data, resulting in the supervisors being
enabled to publish and present numerous
studies related to monetary policy in
the developing world over the next
several years, and resulting in personal
supervisors becoming the most published
authors in the entire department across
both the Gulf Coast and Hattiesburg
campus, producing more research than
everyone else combined.
•

Education:
EDUCATION
PHD, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2007 - 2013
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI – LONG BEACH, MS
• Dissertation topic: THE EFFECT
OF EXPORT COMPOSITION ON ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
• Completed coursework and
comprehensive exams; Defense of
Dissertation expected 5/2013
COURSEWORK:
• MARITIME ECONOMICS (Independent
Study), 3 hrs, (IDV 692)
• ECONOMICS OF REGIONAL TRADE
AGREEMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO NAFTA
(study-abroad), 6hrs, (IDV 699)
• ECONOMICS FOR DEVELOPMENT, 3hrs,
(IDV 860)
• COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, 3hrs, (IDV 853)
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE, 3hrs, (IDV
850)
• INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE, 3hrs, (IDV 730)
• RESEARCH DESIGN, 3 hrs, (IDV
719)
• STATISTICS FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, 6 hrs, (IDV 721)
• INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY,
6hrs, (IDV 711)
• INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THEORY, 3hrs, (IDV 710)
• GLOBALIZATION, 3hrs, (IDV 713)
• TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT (Independent Study), 3hrs,
(IDV 692)
MS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2005 - 2007
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI – LONG BEACH, MS
BS, ANTHROPOLOGY
1999 - 2004
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
– BIRMINGHAM, AL

Skills:
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
O/S & NETWORKING:
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
Linux, iOS, OpenDns, DD-WRT
SOFTWARE:
MS Office, Open Office, STATA, SPSS, PDF
Tools, PaperPort, Citavi bibliographic
management, Mathmatica, Xmind mind-
mapping software SPECIALIZED
SKILLS:
Descriptive and inferential statistics,
applied linear models, econometrics,
data management, data procurement,
Network Analysis Theory, Boolean logic,
LexisNexus HARDWARE:
PC upgrades/repairs/ construction; firm
understanding of home networking
hardware configuration and deployment;
PC component troubleshooting and
diagnostics; hard drive data recovery,
Printers, Scanners and Optical Character
Recognition Software

Additional Information:
PROJECTS
Research on monetary policy
(Inflation Targeting in developing
countries, currency regimes, and central
bank independence), which led to
multiple scholarly publications and
conference papers.
Research on the nexus of
economic activity and conflict, which
led to articles and papers.
Assisted in the production of a
book detailing the history of US-Iranian
relations dating back to the late 1800s
to present. Charged with locating
sources and citations in support of
statements and assertions indicated by
the author of each chapter; in addition,
assisted with proof-reading, providing
feedback on content, and compiling the
index.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2011 "Ricardian Rebellions: Does
Civil War Contribute to Increased
Trade," Joseph J. St. Marie, Rian
Plaswirth, R. Alan King, Amanda F. St.
Marie, Annual meeting of the American
Political Science Association, September
1-4, Seattle, WA.
2011 “The Value of Repression in
Studying Civil Wars: A Statistical
Analysis 1976-2005,” Samuel S. Stanton,
G. Dale Thomas, and Rian Plaswirth,
Annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, March 31-April 3,
Chicago, IL.
2010 "Central Banking and
Economic Stability: Does Inflation
targeting by Central Banks Lessen the
Domestic Effects of Global Recession,"
Rian Plaswirth, Joseph J. St. Marie,
Bruno Sergi. Annual meeting of the
International Studies Association, March
13-21, New Orleans, LA.
VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
ENTERED APPRENTICE, MASONIC LODGE 663 –
GAUTIER, MS
1/2012 - PRESENT
MEMBER, UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE –
ANNAPOLIS, MD
12/2010 - PRESENT

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