I work in education research and data analysis. A few of my interests in education: data extract, data visualization, and time trends. Please reach out if you are interested in discussing education policy and research -- I can talk endlessly about this!

Data Analyst @ My projects involve a lot of the following: - data wrangling - hypothesizing - running regression models - interpreting complex results - iterating work via client feedback - visualizing data and reporting results I work a lot in the R statistical programming environment and am working on my own package focused towards business users. From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Fiscal Engagement Analyst @ At StudentsFirst, I combine my passion for improving a broken education system and my love for data to generate products that forward the way people talk and think about education. A couple areas I have worked in: -Optimizing Resource Allocation -Compensation Modeling -Geospatial analysis From March 2013 to October 2014 (1 year 8 months) Sacramento, CaFiscal Strategy Associate @ Projects include: - Survey design / administration / analysis of 2 million members - Funding Formula Analysis From October 2012 to December 2012 (3 months) Policy Analyst Intern @ Overall this position entails policy work that supports the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board. Required duties include research, literature reviews of current local, state, and federal level legislation, and policy recommendations to key board members. From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Berkeley, CaliforniaMarketing Director @ My work as a Marketing Director involved identifying strategies to appeal to a diverse student body and the production of materials to perform student outreach. From January 2011 to December 2011 (1 year) Berkeley, CaliforniaOperations Coordinator @ My primary duty involved working with the technology team to create and manage tech support systems for 1,200 individuals. My secondary duty was the execution of special projects such as the production of user troubleshoot videos. From May 2011 to July 2011 (3 months) Financial Management Trainee @ My work involved the formulation, management, and support of the 61st Airbase Wing budget, which comprised of a dozen sub-organizations. I achieved this through use of various Defense database systems. From October 2009 to August 2010 (11 months) El Segundo, CaliforniaPresident @ As President, I led the organization in the creation of fundraisers for disaster relief, events for the enrichment of economics learning, and career and networking forums for the personal development of members. From 2009 to 2010 (1 year) Student Tutor @ My position required me to identify and remove road blocks to student learning and achievement and to support students as they engage in their economics coursework. From 2008 to 2010 (2 years)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics @ University of California, Berkeley From 2010 to 2012 International School of Kuala Lumpur From 2005 to 2007 Christopher Gian is skilled in: R, Research, Data Analysis, Policy, Microsoft Excel, Stata, Strategy, Teamwork, Regression Analysis, Project Management, Fiscal Policy, Microsoft Word, Team Leadership, Data Visualization, Education Policy, English, Econometrics, Probability Theory, Economics, Time Series Analysis, Policy Analysis, Retail, Management, Analysis, Nonprofits, Budgets, Public Policy, Marketing, Text Analytics, Causal Inference, Git, Tableau, GIS, APIs, PowerPoint, SPSS