Data Analyst Assistant

Blend Hyseni

adlq1d@r.postjobfree.com 850-***-**** New York, NY

SKILLS/SOFTWARE

● Programming: R, Python, PySpark, SAS (certified), SQL, Stata, EViews, XLMiner, HTML

● Analytics: Explanatory modeling, Machine Learning (SciKit-Learn, CRAN), cluster analysis, data management and wrangling (pandas, NumPy, dplyr, tidy, lubridate, stringr), dashboards (Shiny), reporting

● Visual analytics: Power BI, Excel, Tableau, TIBCO Spotfire, Plotly, Seaborn, Matplotlib, ggplot2

● Experienced with AWS web services

EXPERIENCE

GAP Institute Pristina, Kosovo

Senior Researcher/Data Scientist Jan. 2018 – Feb. 2021

● Conducted data-driven research, analysis, and reporting on economic, energy, and other development policies in Kosovo and Europe

● Developed an interactive dashboard with macroeconomic and financial data displaying ongoing trends and comparisons from different sources used to drive policy implications

● Preprocessed millions of trade data, renamed and categorized them and conducted a geospatial analysis. Estimated the effect of a trade tariff on prices. The results were cited by the New York Times. The analysis found that Kosovo’s trade tariff to protect local producers led to increases in trade deficit and an increase in prices for 5.3%.

● Used a logit model to estimate the spending behaviour of men and women as heads of households in Kosovo. According to the model, men in Kosovo as heads of households, compared to women, are likely to spend less on health (6 percentage points) and healthy eating (4.4 percentage points), and more on tobacco (7 percentage points).

● Co-authored papers with the third best international economic policy think-tank in the world, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, and the Expert Council of German Foundations for Integration and Migration in Germany

● Collected and interpreted data sets on labor markets in Kosovo and Germany, performed explanatory and predictive analysis on horizontal mismatch of skills, and internal forecasting in order to provide guidance for policy makers

● Participated and contributed regularly in working groups and parliamentary committees for economic and energy policies including international organizations, such as the Energy Community Secretariat Data Analyst April 2015 – Aug. 2016

● Researched market data and policies, analyzed and interpreted the results utilizing statistical techniques such as classification and regression trees and forecasting models like the linear regression and advanced exponential smoothing to influence policy making

● Collected primary and secondary data, managed databases, cleaned and structured data for further modeling, and reported findings using dashboards and summary reports

● Created static, animated and interactive graphs using plotly and ggplot2

● Organized workshops and conferences, conducted presentations in universities and parliamentary committees, and engaged in policy advocacy through articles and interviews for local media Independent Consultant Pristina, Kosovo

Analyst for German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) 2014 – 2019

● Drafted summary reports regarding the implementation of energy efficiency laws of Kosovo

● Identified the specific responsibilities of government stakeholders for implementation of newly amended laws

● Organized Kosovo Sustainable Development Week conference for the Kosovo Energy Efficiency Project for GIZ

● Selected topics and facilitated panel discussions, offered conclusions from the conference and further analysis on next steps for policy making

● Provided sectoral analysis of each budget category to the Budget and Finance Committee of the Assembly of Kosovo during the process of budget deliberations

● Analyzed income and expense trends and provided recommendations to enhance the budget process and make the BFC more effective, accountable, and transparent to the public Data Scientist for Municipality of Pristina May 2019 – July 2019

● Created a database for economic sectors of the Municipality of Pristina by collecting data on the municipality’s factual situation during the drafting of its development plan

● Analyzed the cost of implementation and assisted in forming a utility program for municipal taxation businesses Center for Energy and Natural Resources (CENR) Pristina, Kosovo Assistant Researcher Sept. 2013 – May 2014

● Designed studies, defined methodologies, prepared questionnaires, conducted pretesting, analyzed survey results

● Conducted field research with energy experts on rural households to provide recommendations on establishing energy efficiency funds

Bank for Business Pristina, Kosovo

Credit Analyst Intern July 2013 – Sept. 2013

● Provided credit analysis for commercial and business loan applicants, assisted on credit and debit card openings, conducted payments as needed

● Advised on financial planning and methods of payment and analyzed credit risks EDUCATION

The University of Alabama

Master of Arts – Applied Economics Dec. 2017

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science – Double Major in Economics and Public Policy May 2015 PUBLICATIONS

Coauthor: Economic Recovery Program – Lack of a sectorial approach - December 2020 (GAP Institute) Author: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Kosovo’s economy - October 2020 (GAP Institute) Author: The 10% dilemma: The benefits and drawback of early withdrawal of pension savings - July 2020 (GAP Institute)

Coauthor: The horizontal mismatch of skills in Kosovo - March 2020 (GAP Institute) Author: The emigration of Kosovo’s labor force to Germany: A brief assessment of positive and negative returns February 2020 (GAP Institute and The Expert Council of German Foundations for Integration and Migration) Coauthor: 100% tax: Is it helping or hurting Kosovo’s economy? – May 2019 (GAP Institute) Coauthor: The effect of State aid on the electricity market in the Balkans – February 2019 (GAP Institute and wiiw) Coauthor: The impact of TPP “Kosova e Re” in Electricity Tariffs - January 2019 (GAP Institute) Coauthor: 2017 Municipal Budget Transparency Index – December 2018 (GAP Institute) Author: The effect of CEFTA on its’ member exports – December 2017 (University of Alabama) Contributor: Energy consumption and Potentials for Energy Efficiency Implementation: Analyzing Low Income, Low Service Areas of Kosovo – Final Report - January 2016 (CENR) Coauthor: A report on the paper industry in Kosovo - May 2016 (GAP Institute) Author: Summary of the energy sector in Kosovo - 2016 (KOSID) Contributor: Energy efficiency calculator - January 2016 (KOSID and GAP Institute) Author: A report on producers and processors of dairy products in Kosovo - March 2016 (GAP Institute) Author: The economic impact of DokuFest festival - February 2016 (GAP Institute) Author: The usage of electricity for heating – the impact of cogeneration in energy consumption - October 2015

(GAP Institute)

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