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Senior Research Analyst / Marketing Science Analyst - ThinkVine (Cincinnati, OH)
ThinkVine, a privately-held, venture-backed, marketing science solutions company is accepting resumes for a Senior Research Analyst in our Cincinnati office. This position will support a wide variety of analytic initiatives in ThinkVine’s consulting group. This analyst will work with a staff of marketing science and marketing research professionals to provide a range of analytic support to include design, data manipulation, analysis, reporting, presentations, and ad hoc research. This includes the ability to extract, clean and format data; conduct statistical data analysis; and summarize the results in charts and a written report.
Requirements
The following skill sets are not required, but desirable:
A successful candidate would have the ability to conduct detailed analysis and uncover gaps or inconsistencies in the data, which could negatively impact model results. Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate detailed statistical findings in clear business terms to senior business managers are needed. Needs to work well both independently and within a team environment, and must be able to evaluate data mining and statistical modeling software.
Responsibilities
- Work with multiple disparate data sources for strategic reporting and analysis.
- Statistical analysis of customer data.
- Data transformations for analysis.
- Conducts and interprets multivariate analysis.
- Assists with data cleaning and recoding.
- Performs quality control checks to ensure accuracy of work.
- Writes and presents clear, effective, actionable findings based on analyses.
- Creatively solves problems.
- Explains complex methods in simple layman’s terms.
Requirements
- Excellent quantitative skills and knowledge of multivariate statistical analysis as used in market research.
- Expert knowledge of Excel and SPSS.
- Ability to develop clear and insightful reports in PowerPoint.
- Experience working with various types of data, including data sourced from consumer surveys, as well as from large (and often messy) customer databases. Ability to extract, clean and format data for analysis.
- Ability to solve problems independently.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Graduate degree in analytic field preferred.
- At least three years of experience in market research, database analysis or other areas that emphasizes the analysis and reporting of marketing data.
The following skill sets are not required, but desirable:
- Experience with the following statistical and research techniques a plus: factor and cluster analysis, regression analysis, conjoint / discrete choice or neural networks.
- Ability to write SPSS macros.
- Intermediate-level programming ability in a major programming language a plus.
- Other programming (e.g. VBA, PERL, JAVA) /web/internet/database (e.g. SQL) skills also preferable.
A successful candidate would have the ability to conduct detailed analysis and uncover gaps or inconsistencies in the data, which could negatively impact model results. Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate detailed statistical findings in clear business terms to senior business managers are needed. Needs to work well both independently and within a team environment, and must be able to evaluate data mining and statistical modeling software.
About ThinkVine
Since 1999 ThinkVine has been providing insight and solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Our pioneering work provides a much needed bridge between traditional marketing research, economic modeling and statistical analysis. From marketing models and pricing research, to the creation of agent-based modeling tools that simulate the complexity of consumer behavior, ThinkVine solutions help companies make more informed and effective business decisions.
We are experiencing significant growth as more companies recognize the need for robust, business-oriented quantitative solutions to today’s marketplace challenges. Our work environment is challenging, yet casual and flexible. Benefits include medical and 401(k) as well as a generous holiday and vacation schedule. We are looking for qualified individuals who can help us meet this demand while delivering an outstanding customer experience.
Contact: careers@thinkvine.com
URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs17319x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you.
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Victor Zinenberg, Ph.D.
1029 N Hayworth Ave #3, Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323)650-4684 E-mail: ax515@lafn.org
Objective
A senior position as a mathematician, statistician, data analyst or computer
programmer.
Professional Skills
Numerical, statistical and database problem-solving;
Programming including C, C++, FORTRAN, PL/1, Paradox, PL/SQL, Clarion, FoxPro,
Gauss, Mathematica, Statistica,Matlab, Mineset, Statgraph, ALGOL;
Digital processing analysis with Kalman and Wiener filters;
Forecasting stochastic time-series; Medical statistics;
Statistical pattern recognition;
Probability, simulation of complex systems;
Predictive modeling and optimization;
Database development;
Advanced numerical algorithms and data mining;
Lectures in numerical analysis, programming languages, advanced probability,
statistics, calculus, theory of electromagnetic fields, mathematical
programming for many organizations including the United Nations;
Two certifications to teach online from Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University
and from Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Forty publications in scientific journals;
Experience in Science and Programming
NewEgg Inc Statistician (contract)
City of Industry, CA August 2007- November 2007
I did statistics and predictions of retail activity and online sale of
the company. Predictions were calculated for hourly and monthly revenue
using approximation by combination of trigonometric and linear
functions.
Frontier Technology, Inc. Senior Operations Research Analyst
Washington, DC November 2006 - June 2007
I did statistics and optimization of operations for the Head Quarter US
Air Force. Factor analysis was applied to process input data as well as
linear and polynomial regression and other statistical methods. The
following tools were used: Statistica, Mathematica. I had a Secret
clearance.
Technical Mechanic & Electronic Co Mathematician
Los Angeles, CA May 2001 -Present
Part-time. Numerical methods and programming for solving differential equation
in partial derivative using Mathematica and C++.
CyberKnowHow.Com Statistician
Los Angeles, CA May 2000 - May 2001
I did Web statistics and optimization of book prices with purpose to increase
sales and revenue using C, C++, and Mathematica. The company was closed down.
California Institute of Technology Senior Computing Analyst
Pasadena, CA November 1999 -May 2000
I have developed a part of a Science operation System for the Space Infrared
Telescope Facility (SIRTF) mission. Duties included: designing, developing and
testing software systems; providing support in design and development of
software systems to reduce raw data in the final product. Used of the Unix-Sun
Solaris workstation, Mathematica, C++, FORTRAN. I have developed a new
statistical procedure for cleansing the data and separating nonlinear
intervals in the data set in the sensor calibration problem. I have also used
robust regression for the same problem.
@Once.com Senior Scientist
San Francisco, CA February 1999 - July 1999
I have collaborated with a team that developed customer relationship
management solutions for Internet permission marketing, which included
database design and development, data mining, transaction summarization,
reporting and statistical analysis using Oracle, PL/SQL and MineSet. The
company was closed down.
Epicenter Software Programmer
Pasadena, CA November 1997 - January 1999
I have developed a statistical project using languages C, Visual C++, FORTRAN
in the Microsoft Developer Studio V.4.0, zApp and Roguewave libraries. I have
designed a Graphical User Interface for statistical applications which
compares different groups of medical patients. In that project I created Help
files for Ms Windows-95 and the zApp library. I used the Mathematical and
Statistical System "GAUSS".
Rieger and Milliken Corporation Programmer
Newbury Park, CA March 1996 - June 1997
I have developed a implemented of GUI for a touch-screen application for a
credit union financial loan system using Paradox-7 and Object Oriented Design.
It was a part of the Member Activated Touch Terminal (MATT) system. This
system helps to choose a type of loan and write all data about applicants,
co-applicants and guarantors into the database.
Insta Information Systems System Analyst
Torrance, CA December 1994 -March 1996
I was responsible for the study of the work process for a furniture
manufacturing company. The main problem was to optimize the best possible
utilization for cutting furniture parts from wood sheets. This was
accomplished by reducing to the known mathematical problem of integer number
optimization, the "Knapsack" problem. The application program for solving the
Knapsack problem was written using C++ language.
Middle-Asia Institute of Irrigation Programmer and Mathematician
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1983 -1994
I was responsible for processing the geophysical data, statistics, mathematics,
computation and programming on a configuration of DEC and IBM mainframes,
along with IBM PC's operating under PC-DOS, Windows 3.xx, Unix (DEC) and MVS
operating systems. I developed a system for the processing and planning of
water distribution, forecasting time-series. I designed complex
statistically based programming systems using programming languages: C++,
FoxPro, dBase, Modula-2, Pascal, FORTRAN, PL-1, Statgraph, Lotus 1-2-3 and
Quattro-Pro spreadsheets. I was also responsible for leading the development
of the project for a database describing the irrigation of every cotton field
and its condition in the Uzbek Republic. I used C++ and FORTRAN programming
for solving complex mathematical problems in hydrodynamics and geophysics
problems. FoxPro was used for creating the database for the irrigation system
in Uzbek republic.
Institute of Gas and Oil Geology Programmer and Mathematician
Geophysical Department
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1963-1977
I was in charge of the computational geophysics, mathematical processing of
gravimetric, magnetic and electrical sounding data, interpretation of
seismical sounding data, forecasting time-series. I used programming language
FORTRAN. I did statistical processing of medical, sociometric and
anthropometric data. The statistical data was obtained as a result of the
greatest investigation of the health status of the population in the history
of Soviet Union and which contained 120 000 records with 58 parameters in
each. The system ran under an IBM mainframe and was programmed using
languages: PL/1.
Teaching experience
I taught in a few Los Angeles colleges as well as American Universities. I
also taught in the former Soviet Union. I taught courses in Beginning Algebra,
Intermediate Algebra, linear algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Decision
Mathematics, Managerial Decision models, Data Structures using C++. Pascal
Programming, Introduction to Computer Systems for MIS, Mathematics for
Programmers, statistics, economical statistics and theory of economical
indexes, numerical analysis, probability, theory of electromagnetic fields and
mathematical programming,. I have two certifications to teach online from
Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University and from Los Angeles Trade Technical
College.
Education:
Passed actuarial exam course #100-statistics -1998.
Los Angeles City College 1996. C++, Windows, Excel, WordPerfect, and Internet.
Department of Continued Education of Tashkent University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Docent, Highest Attestation Commission (Of former USSR) Moscow, Russia.
Ph. D. in Mathematics Highest Attestation Commission (Of former USSR)
Moscow, Russia. Title of Doctoral Dissertation:"Solution of the inverse
problem for the electrical vertical sounding", Novosibirsk, Russia
MS, Mathematics of Computation Tashkent University Mathematics Department,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Publications
Forty papers in mathematics of computation, mathematical processing of
geophysical data, statistics applied to processing of sociometrical,
demographic and geological data, manuals for students.
Citizenship - US citizen
References
Available upon request.
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