Remote Data Entry and Customer Service Specialist

Deepa Mehta

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PROFILE Community development and urban planning equity researcher with 20 years of experience. Skilled in program development and management, budgeting and data analysis, and program and public policy analysis. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sep 2014 — Present PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Columbia University New York Designed and carried out original case study-based research on emerging financing techniques urban infrastructure planning. Authored dissertation on this topic as part of my doctorate in Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Doctoral degree fully funded through scholarship and other research support. Taught courses on economics for urban planners, writing for community development and urban planning, and international development planning. 2013 — 2014 Senior Associate, Indian Instituter for Human Settlements Bangalore, India Supported Research and Academics team of doctoral-level and other senior level scholars and practitioners with programming support, planned regular team building and knowledge development activities for ~20 researchers, and data management; helped establish intern program, researched grants and other support opportunities; project manager for a multi-year research study on developing original urban case studies in the global South; authored an exploratory study of the use of case studies across various disciplines. 2011 — 2013 Research Manager, Institute for the Future Palo Alto Research and project manager for client-based near and long-term foresight projects on social, spatial, workforce, consumer behavior, and other impacts of applying new technologies. Completed successful proposals and point person for multiple client relationships. Designed projects, communicated findings, and managed interdisciplinary teams for short client interactions and multi-day client meetings, supported annual foresight summits.

2009 — 2011 Associate, LOKI Interpretive Group San Francisco Served as associate planner for planning cultural heritage venues, museums, and national parks. Demonstrative project included a concession feasibility study for Yosemite National Park. 2008 — 2009 Planner, MKThink San Francisco

Junior urban planner for a boutique architecture and planning firm. Used AutoCAD and early approaches to BIM to support space use and campus design for school and university planning projects. Jun 2006 — Aug 2006 Transportation Planner, Howard Stein Hudson New York Authored, analyzed, and reported on English/Spanish urban community engagement and outreach materials for planned bus routes and other large-scale urban infrastructure. 2003 — 2005 Community Organizer, New Jersey Citizen Action Hackensack Energy equity and climate resilience research and collective action advocacy at state-level; projects included sole-author Adelphi study on planning advocacy for banning ethanol use and team-based energy study on the effects of state utility unbundling and expanded privatization. EDUCATION

2014 — Present Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Columbia University New York 2005 — 2007 Master of Science (MSc) in Urban Planning, Columbia University New York 1999 — 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Rutgers University New Brunswick Outstanding Student Scholarship Award (1999-2003)