Santiago Grullon
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ***** *****
City: Bronx
State: NY
Zip: 10463
Country: USA
Phone: 917-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $90,000
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Santiago GrullAn
3311 Giles Place, Apt. 2L Bronx, NY 10463 718-***-**** *********@********.***
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
NYC & Company, New York, NY 2008 present
Senior Director, Research & Analysis
Responsible for creating and managing an in-house economics and statistical capability that can rapidly and confidently be deployed by senior management and the communications team to respond to tactical and strategic issues, internal and external queries, press requests, and real world events.
Monitor and analyze regional, national and global economic trends and prospects to enhance understanding of economic dynamics and assess their potential impacts on New York Citys tourism economy.
Built and maintain an in-house econometric model, collect data on various local and national indicators of travel and tourism, test statistical relations among variables, and use these to provide real-time estimates and forecasts of various metrics of tourism activity.
Work with industry data (volume, impact, and forecasts studies) to increase utility of syndicated research and enhance understanding of industry dynamics and trends as they affect New York City.
Prepare written analysis and reports on the state of New York Citys tourism economy, including Weekly Summaries of Tourism Activity for the Mayors Office, the Monthly Tourism Barometer, and the Quarterly Economic Barometer.
New York City Council Finance Division, New York, NY 2003 2006
Senior Legislative Financial Analyst
Responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing, forecasting various local and national economic impact data, and preparing a variety of written analysis and reports for members of the New York City Council.
Maintained and updated New York City CouncilFinance Divisions in-house quarterly econometric forecasting model, collected data on various local and national economic indicators, prepared models work-files, tested statistical relations among economic variables, and used these to forecast employment, profits, wages, tax revenues, and price indices.
Monitored current regional and national economic indicators to identify and enhance understanding of economic dynamics and their potential impact on the city economy.
Contributed with written analysis and reports on the state of the local and national economies, including the New York City CouncilFinance Divisions Response to the Mayors Executive Budget and the Revenue and Forecasting Units newsletter - Revenue Notes.
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY 1987 1996
Budget and Financial Reporting Analyst
Responsible for planning, developing and supervising a variety of management functions including budget preparation, financial and economic analyses, and performance of associated research.
Analyzed the impact of various economic data on revenue streams, costs, productivity and profitability, wrote reports and briefed senior management.
Developed events revenue and expense operating plans, compared performance to plan, and recommended corrective action to ensure that goals were met.
Conducted analysis of operations and associated research and provided general support to senior management.
Supervised payroll functions, including evaluation of personnel and implementation of payroll control procedures.
PUBLICATIONS
A Co-integration Analysis of the Dominican Republics Aggregate Import Demand Function under a Floating Exchange Rate Regime, Asian Economic and Financial Review, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2012.
National Income and Government Spending: Co-integration and Causality Results for the Dominican Republic, Developing Countries Studies, Volume 2, No. 3, March 2012.
Price and Income Elasticities of Disaggregated Import Demand: Bounds Test Results for the Dominican Republic, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Volume 3, No. 4, March 2012.
Determinants of the Dominican Republics Export Demand Function: Results from the Bounds Test for Co-integration, International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 3, January 2012.
The Balance of Payments Constraint as an Explanation of Growth Rate Differences in the Dominican Republic, European Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 25, Issue 3, November 2011.
A Co-integration Analysis of Exchange Rate Policy and Trade Performance in the Dominican Republic, 1960-2005, European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, Issue 40, November 2011.
Manufacturing and Economic Growth: Co-integration and Causality Results for the Dominican Republic, 1960-2005, Research Journal of International Studies, Issue 22, December 2011.
A Study of Economic Performance in the Dominican Republic, 1966-2005, VDM Verla Dr. MAeller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2009.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mercy College Spring 2000 Present
Bronx Community College Fall 1998 Fall 2002
Bronx Educational Opportunity Center Fall 1997 Spring 2000
Bramson ORT College Spring/Summer 2000
Adjunct Professor
Courses Taught:
Introductory Micro/Macro Economics, The International Dimension, International Management, The Economy, Jobs and You, College Preparation, Basic Reading and Writing Skills.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, 2008
New School for Social Research (New York, NY)
M.B.A. - Finance, with distinction, 1986
Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY)
B.B.A./B.A. - Accounting/Economics, 1984
Pace University (New York, NY)
COMPUTER SKILLS
EViews, Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
New York Association for Business Economics, Member