Dc Water Market Researcher

T Y L E R M A L I N O S K I

**** *** ** **, **********, DC 20024 818-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Active Public Trust Clearance

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Master’s graduate with professional experience in domestic and international settings. Proven ability to engage in extensive research and analysis of government and public policy issues. Experienced in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) analysis.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FOIA Lead Analyst, TeleSolv Inc., Washington, DC November 2020 – Present

• Process FOIA requests for the United States Coast Guard- this requires searching

for all relevant materials in Coast Guard’s database, communicating with clients

regarding any necessary modifications to their requests, applying redactions to sensitive

material, and drafting letters summarizing the contents of the released materials

• Assist in the legal appeal process for select requests

• Train new FOIA Specialists

FOIA Specialist, Wits Solutions Inc., Washington, DC September 2020 – November 2020

• Categorize FOIA requests for Customs and Border Patrol agency

• Redact sensitive information from releasable documents

• Send correspondence to FOIA requesters explaining the status of their requests

Office Assistant, DC Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, DC April 2019- September 2020

• Process FOIA requests, conduct research and redact FOIA-exempted information

before releasing documents to requester

• Manage Legal Files database and maintain and organize department’s legal

contracts, memos, agreements, FOIA documents and other records

• Respond to inquiries from lawyers, FOIA requesters and members of the public

• Draft Legal Sufficiency memos summarizing the contents and key points of DC

Water contracts

• Worked with a team of attorneys, paralegals and other legal staffers on legal issues

related to the water system

Market Researcher, Express Employment Professionals, Los Angeles Area, CA July 2018- December 2018

• Data collection and research analysis regarding political issues

• Conduct phone interviews with voters throughout the country on issues related to

midterm elections

Teacher, Nonthaburi and Lampang, Thailand October 2013 to March 2016

• Taught English, Social Studies and Economics to students ages 13-18

•Utilized Microsoft Office Suite extensively in order to create Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, visual aids such as charts, and score grades on Excel

•Created the curriculum for an advanced English learner’s program

•Planned bi-annual English camps in which 200 of the schools advanced

English students participated.

EDUCATION

M.A., King’s College London December 2017

• Graduated with Merit Honors

• Major: International Relations

• Course work consisted of qualitative research and analysis of global economics and politics through oral presentations, written essays and position papers.

• Dissertation on analyzing Thailand’s military junta and its political prospects in the future. Engaged in research and qualitative analysis over a 10-month period. The resulting paper earned a distinction-level score, the highest level in the UK grading system.

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz June 2013

•Honors: Dean’s List

•Major: Political Science

•Senior dissertation on California water law- specifically the Central Valley Project Improvement Act’s history and areas for its improvement

CERTIFICATIONS

• Active Public Trust Clearance – Department of Homeland Security

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and Teaching English to Speakers of

Other Languages (TESOL)

SKILLS

• Microsoft Office Suite (Advanced)

• Database Management

• FOIA Research, Analysis and Redaction

• Varied Writing Skills- Legal Sufficiency Memos,

FOIA Correspondence, Essays

• Knowledge of legal terms

• The ability to differentiate between different types of legal documents

• Project Management

• Teaching/training

LANGUAGE

•Mandarin- Limited Working Proficiency (working towards fluency)

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