Software Developer Computer Science

Vahid Khatami New York, NY ********@***.*** 315-***-****

Sample Portfolio: https://sekhatam.expressions.syr.edu/portfolio/ SUMMARY

More than 5 years experiences of data analysis/ code development with different tools such as Java and R.

Academic and professional expertise in international relations, public policy, economics, finance, & computer science.

Passionate to improve socioeconomic conditions by using innovative technology and human-center design. EDUCATION

Master of International Relations, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY, May 2017 Master of Science, Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, June 2013 Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, September 2011 PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University Research Assistant, Jan 2017-May 2017

Developed a simulation program for sequential modeling of distributed and networked electricity markets, by defining each agent as an autonomous supplier/customer, using Java and MASON multi-agent simulation toolkit.

Designed different scenarios to find the balance price in simulated test market considering transaction costs, capacity limitations, and withdrawal of market bids because of malicious activities or latency errors.

Economic analysis of cybersecurity aspects by measuring excess demand and penalty cost. Micro Finance Opportunities, Washington, DC Research Intern, Sep 2016-May 2017

Statistical Analysis including multi-regression and hypothesis test on financial diaries of the clients in four African countries to measure the impact of microfinance packages by controlling demographic characteristics, as well as data visualization of indicators across different locations, using Stata and R Shiny.

Applied Machine learning and time series techniques on financial transactions to identify various group of clients.

Designed an Android mobile application to enable beneficiaries to upload their financial diaries, which eliminates the intervention of third parties as interviewer, on a cloud-base database for further auto-analysis, using Java. International Relief and Development, Arlington, VA Evaluation Intern, Jun-Sep 2016

Created a database of historical information based on the lessons learned from performance reports of development projects implemented by IRD around the world as a contractor of USAID.

Built an on-line dashboard to provide a user-friendly access to the above mentioned databases for the internal staff at IRD with categorical search and edit options, using R Shiny. Amir investment company, Tehran, Iran Software Developer, Jul 2014- Jun 2015

Designed a web-based marketing analysis dashboard used for online stock price monitoring and analyzing to optimize portfolio management, using Java and R Shiny.

TECHNICAL SKILL

Data analysis and econometric tools: Advanced R, STATA, SPSS, MATLAB, SAS, SQL & Tableau.

Programming Languages: Advanced Java, Python, C#, PHP, HTML5, D3.js & JavaScript. LANGUAGE

English: Fluent; Farsi & Dari: Native; Arabic: Intermediate

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