Skills

Data Analysis

R

Excel

Qualtrics

FormAssembly

Data Visualization

Ggplot2

Base R

sf

Strategy

Survey Planning

Market Research

Stakeholder

Engagement

Fundraising Planning

Research

Market Research

Literature Reviews

Academic and

Professional Writing

Software

Microsoft Office Suite

Google Suite

IMPLAN

QGIS

Personal

Leadership

Critical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Creativity

Adaptability

Initiative

Matthew Lorenzo Uribe

773-***-**** adymze@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/muribe88 Chicago, IL Graduate with 3 years of research analysis experience seeking opportunities to leverage a diverse and ample skill set to support decision-making with data-driven insights

Experience

Consultant, Economic Contribution Analysis Chicago, IL Chicago Independent Venue League, June 2023 – Present

• Leading research team in project proposal for economic analysis of regional live entertainment industry

Consultant, Policy Analysis Chicago, IL

New America (N.A.) Chicago, December 2022 – August 2023

• N.A. Chicago is a regional branch of a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C.

• Analyzed and reported federal and state policy initiatives centered on consumer protection, residential lending support, and non-profit commercial real estate

• Created housing stock diversity index using regional mortgage data

• Designed data agreement with peer research institution reducing costs by 12.5%

• Developed content strategy and deliverables for future funding (institutional grants) Assistant to Executive Director – BIG Center Chicago, IL Northeastern Illinois University, December 2022 – July 2023

• Supported logistical, administrative, and strategy needs of new business incubator

• Provided business planning assistance to students

• Improved and expanded alumni tracking system to foster mentorship opportunities

• Performed analysis of in-house surveys to track success of new curricula and identify growth opportunities

Research Assistant – Economics Department Chicago, IL Northeastern Illinois University, August 2021 – December 2022

• Cleaned historical data for future paper on econometric and geo-spatial analysis of infrastructure, political boundary changes and market outcomes in panel format

• Created novel data sets using NBER, PLSS, municipal, and historical data across Stata, Shapefile, and Excel files using R

• Provided guidance for student policy design projects for national competition Assistant Data Engineer Chicago, IL

threadAlaska, June 2021 – July 2022

• Managed and reconciled $16 million in American Rescue Plan grants

• Streamlined tax data confirmation processes resulting in one month reduction of processing time of grants, increased accuracy by 20%

• Documented comprehensive reconciliation process for review and approval of State of Alaska auditors

Experience

Survey Consultant Chicago, IL

Homan Square Citizens, January 2021 – May 2022

• Lead survey design in partnership with School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Homan Square residents to determine community sentiment regarding cannabis industry small business development Survey Assistant – NEIU Center for Health Chicago, IL Northeastern Illinois University, September 2020 – January 2021

• Produced COVID section and incorporated it into longstanding panel survey of student determinants of health

• Optimized survey flow to mitigate respondent attrition by reducing time burden for survey completion by 12 minutes

Education

B.A. in Economics cum laude, May 2023, 3.69 GPA, Northeastern Illinois University Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative Research Fellow – Northwestern University, University of Illinois, and Northeastern Illinois University partnership to support health equity research in Chicago NEIU University Honors Program

Academic Research

Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL

Senior Honors Thesis: Suburban Land Value Response to Highway Openings

• Two-way fixed effects event study using cutting-edge advances in econometrics literature measuring changes in land value due to highway infrastructure investment in Cook County, Illinois; presented findings at student research symposium

Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL

Data Analysis Competition: Origins of Migrators to Cook County, Illinois

• Analysis of American Community Survey migration data using novel index, ggplot2, and sf packages in R Achievements

• Co-founder of arts collective operating a 4,500 sq. ft. venue featured in The Chicago Reader and other local publications that contracted with local and national touring artists for the purposes of supporting and enriching the Chicago arts community, 2014-2016

• Directed research for tenants union resulting in successful litigation on behalf of the tenants

• Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honor Society Member

• CITI Program Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Certification, 2020-2025 Matthew Lorenzo Uribe

773-***-**** adymze@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/muribe88 Chicago, IL Research Interests: Community Development Financial Institutions, Special Purpose Credit Programs, Government Sponsored Enterprises, Federal Reserve, Non-Profit Commercial Real Estate, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Community Land Trusts, Regional Economic Development, Real Estate Valuation, Consumer Credit, Migration, input-output modeling, cluster analysis, regression analysis, DBSCAN

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