Project Manager Engineering

Farhad Khanmirzaei

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Tempe, Arizona 85281 ************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Economic analyst with expertise in both micro and macro analysis, statistical modeling, data mining and big data analytics, with broad experience working across the spectrum of academics, commercial, non-governmental, and public sector institutions.

“It’s not just what you know but how you deal with not knowing”

Professional E X P E R I E N C E

The World Bank Group

Consultant/ Economic Analyst, - March 2016-Present

Measuring rate of return on capital for different countries

Evaluating the effective factors on capital return

Sharif Economic and Industrial Research Institute

Project Manager/ Statistical Modeler and Economic Analyst

Writing proposal for the midterm economic future of Iran, September 2011-October 2011

Estimation and prediction of Iranian energy demands functions by economic sectors (Government, Firms, Household), October 2011- May 2012

Measuring the effects of energy policy reform on the profitability of firms and finding vulnerable sectors, May 2012- December 2012

Modeling energy sector using different scenarios about the future, October 2011- May 2012

Evaluating fiscal policy in Iran over last five decades, December 2012- May 2013

Energy Sepehr Company

Business Analyst

Predictive analysis of Iran’s economic outlook for 2014, May 2013- June 2013

Tehran Chamber of Commerce

Economic and Business Analyst

Policy recommendations for Iranian economy future, September 2012-June 2013

Central Bank of Iran, Monetary and Banking Research Institute

Macroeconomic Analyst

Analysis of the potential for banking crisis in Iran, November 2015- March 2016

Analysis of Iran’s manufacturing data to find pattern of profit and productivity, June 2013- July 2013

SKILLS

SPSS/ STATA: Panel Data & Time Series Analysis Regression Models Statistical Analysis Visualization

MATLAB: Numerical Optimization Statistical Analysis Simulation Calibration GMM SEM Interpolation

Languages \ Software: R SQL C++ LaTeX SPSS Verilog EViews Microsoft Office SAS

Databases: COMPUSTAT NIPA CPS NLSY NCES

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Economics, 2013- 2105

Arizona State University, Department of Economics, Tempe, U.S

Concentration: Pattern Recognition, Structural Estimation, Policy Evaluation, Labor Market Analysis

Master of Science in Economics, 2009- 2012

Sharif University of Technology, Department of Economics, Tehran, Iran

Concentration: Macroeconomics, Economic Forecasting, Market & Business Analysis, Risk Analysis

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 2004- 2009

University of Tehran, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Field: Control Engineering

Concentration: Signal Processing, Prediction, Data Mining

H O N O R S & C E R T I F I C A T E S

Granted National Foundation for Brilliant Talents Scholarship, 2005- 2009, Iran

Ranked 113st in the Iran National Matriculation exam (B.Sc.) among more than 400,000 candidates, 2005

Ranked 1th among all participants in KHARAZMI young Festival in Mathematics Section,

Research Experience:

Quality of Teachers and Wage Policies”, Working Paper, Fall 2015

Collaborating in writing a book, Economy of Iran, under supervision of Prof. Masoud

Nili

Estimating the Production Function of Industry Sector in Iran”, term paper for

Econometrics I, Fall 2009

Determinants of the Relative Risk Aversion Coefficient in Iranian Urban

Households, The Case of Life Insurance, MSc Thesis, 2013

Fall detection in Elderly Using Signal Processing Methods, With Cooperation of EPFL

Laboratory of Movement analysis and Measurement, BSc Thesis, 2009

Workshop Instructor

Analyzing Micro Data: Iran's Manufacturing Firms Level Data, Monetary and Banking

Research Institute, Central Bank of Iran, Summer 2013

Iran’s Household Budget Survey, Sharif University of Technology, Winter 2012

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