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University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public HealthAssociate Professor of Practice
Jun. 2023 - Nov. 2024Fort Worth, Texas, United States- Oversaw the d to Health Administration and Health Policy Department as the interim chair, chaired the search committee for a new chair and worked with the dean and associate dean as part of the School of Public Health leadership to implement priorities. - Led the Master of Health Administration Department's transition while participating in the search for a new program director.
- Taught health economics, health finance I and II, and biostatistics sessions to healthcare professionals, physicians, nurses, public health experts, and others from the United States, India, China, and Pakistan. Noted for my use of empirical and practical examples and cases.
- Completed training on Healthcare Economics (Harvard Business School Online), HIPPA, FERPA, Campus Safety.
Dallas County Health and Human ServicesHealth Economist
Apr. 2022Dallas, Texas, United States● Studied, quantified, and documented the direct and indirect economic cost of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) using data mining to construct a statistical model for the cost distribution in North Texas following CDC guidelines on STIs and the cost associated with each case using healthcare data analytics techniques.
● Evaluated the economic benefits of public budgets allocated to housing the homeless population in Dallas and Collin Counties in Texas and estimated the Rate of Investment (ROI) by calculating the savings in the public health sector to optimize the budget. ● Participated in presenting the cost of homelessness in Dallas County to the Dallas City Council and answered council members' questions on data, interpretation, policy implementations, and the benchmark analysis. ● Build a financial model/template on cost components associated with various epidemics and pathogens to lead cross-functional efforts in expanding DCHHS capabilities to implement data solutions.
Bank of AmericaData Scientist & Python Developer
Mar. 2022 - Dec. 2022● Worked with a great team of economists and risk professionals on formulation scenarios based on the recommendations of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).
● Coded and constructed models to quantify the impact of bond rates and interest rates on the risk caused by climate change using an ARIMA model in Python using Statsmodels and Pandas.
● Created and presented a summary of trends in Green Finance and Green Energy and investment patterns in alternative energy businesses using time series analysis.
● Demonstrated how we can use the stock prices of Green Energy businesses to assess the impact of policies.
The University of DallasAssociate Professor of Finance & Predictive Analytics
Jul. 2019 - May. 2023Irving, Texas, United States● Mentorship expertise to design instructional plans and create optimizations in the workflow improvising instructional materials in 6 courses, including Foundations of Financial Management, Managerial Finance, Intermediate Managerial Finance, International Financial Markets, Decision Making, and project-based Predictive Modeling in R & Python. ● Cross-functionally collaborated with Moody’s Analytics, received and investigated a nationwide data sample on reverse mortgage markets, leading to 2 well-received presentations at the MFA and SWFMA annual meetings. ● Strategic planning and problem-solving expertise implemented on the Business Strategic Task Force to formulate marketing strategies, review proposals, and collect data and information to facilitate decision-making for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) committee.
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) MosbachVisiting Professor
May. 2019 - Jun. 2019Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany● Taught Data Visualization, KPI Dashboard design and data acquisition techniques to undergraduate students fully employed in manufacturing. ● Oversaw data visualization projects based on data from the production lines and advised students on how to manage the implementation and design for the business leadership.
St.Edward's UniversityChair of Economics and Finance Department (07/18 – 06/19) Associate Dean (06/16 – 12/17)
Jun. 2016 - Jul. 2019Austin, Texas, United States● Research and management expertise exhibited during delivering course presentations for 9 courses and evaluating Economics and Finance faculty performance while overseeing 3 major degree programs in Economics and Finance and being on 9 committees. ● Led the efforts to evaluate and revise courses, designing 2 new business intelligence courses and quantitative analysis for business majors. ● Formulated and oversaw the overall strategy implementation at the department and program level, considering economic trends and developments, increasing the graduate enrollment in MSB in Spring ’17 by 107% compared to Spring ’16.
DHBW HeidenheimVisiting Professor
May. 2016 - May. 2016Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyTaught principles of microeconomics to undergraduate students who were fully employed in the industry, highlighting the applications of demand forecasting and cost analysis in determining market prices and trends.
Université de Caen NormandieVisiting Associate Professor
Nov. 2014 - Dec. 2014Caen, France● Taught International Economics in English to a class of 25 students in the School of Management, emphasizing the role of macroeconomic factors and infrastructure,
The Research Foundation for SUNYResearch Scientist
Jan. 2014 - Sep. 2016Albany, New York, United States● - Conducted HEOR research on various epidemics in the MENA region such as HIV and STIs submitting a report with policy recommendations. - Worked with the Institute for Health and the Environment WHO Collaborating Center in Environmental Health to develop training material for NGOs and green activists in Persian & English. - Conducted research on environmental debate in the development process and the economic analysis for policy-making to control air and water pollution.
Pannon Egyetem GTK - University of Pannonia FBEVisiting Professor
Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2011Veszprém, Hungary● Taught a graduate-level course on Industrial Organization to Hungarian master students at the University of Pannonia and presented my research on ‘Gender, Education, Family Structure and Allocation of Labor in Iran.’
Various businesses across diverse industriesProject Based Consultant and Data Scientist
Aug. 2009 - Jun. 2023Texas, United StatesDrafting proposals and working on several projects in collaboration with businesses, local governments, and regional agencies, including but not limited to: ● Investigating reverse mortgage data to highlight consumers’ behavior and their response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 using R as the modeling platform in collaboration with my colleagues. ● Monitored, recorded, and documented the economic impact of the Austin Marathon on the regional economy by building up a hierarchical data set for the hospitality sector and aggregating total spending. ● Reviewed and analyzed fraud data for Certegy, including estimating a salvage value for returned checks using risk attributes. ● Measuring the economic impact of international businesses and events such as SXSW and different music festivals on Austin’s economy and business activities for 2018 and 2019 in collaboration with Austin Sister Cities International as the lead investigator with another investigator and a research assistant. ● Measuring the economic impact of public education on Fayette County using the multiplier approach as the co-investigator. ● Forecasting the market trends in the Atlanta housing market using time series forecasting techniques for presentation to local chambers of commerce and businesses in 2009 and 2010. ● Developed a mixed media model for Comcast marketing campaigns in the Atlanta area. ● Building a score for General Motors (GM) auto loans in Mexico using logistic regression, working with GM consultants as their statistician.
Clayton State UniversityMBA Director (02/12 – 07/15) Associate Prof. (08/13 – 05/16) Assistant Prof. (08/09 – 05/13)
Aug. 2009 - May. 2016Morrow, Georgia, United States● Leadership and international collaboration experience, supervised several independent studies and internship programs as the Director of the Center for Research in Economic Sustainability and Trends (CREST) in partnership with local governments and business communities to conduct studies and surveys and as the Director of Global Initiatives to form partnerships with universities across the world. ● Responsible for strategic planning, execution, development, recruitment, and retention in the MBA program and for designing marketing strategies in collaboration with other colleges and university administration, leading to recruitment across 11 countries. ● Led program development and sustenance despite the budget cuts leading to an increase in enrollment by 50% in 3 years, and 6 million USD in revenue.
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)Research Analyst & Data Scientist in the Office of Aviation Information
Dec. 2008 - Aug. 2009District of Columbia, United States● Documentation of various data products provided by Office Aviation Information (OAI) to stakeholders. ● Analyzing data processes, developing efficient ways to prepare the final products, and interpreting data trends to quantify the economic impact of events on the aviation industry. ● Researching forecasting methods and techniques and coding models in SAS and SQL to prepare responses to ad hoc requests by stakeholders.
Marketing AnalyticsAnalytics Consultant
May. 2007 - Nov. 2008Evanston, IL● Using the SAS software packages, I estimated simultaneous demand functions for cosmetic products in domestic markets in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and East Asia to formulate market strategies and model consumer behavior. ● Construct demand models for food products sold through Walmart chain stores across the United States to measure the efficiency of implemented market strategies by their manufacturers. ● Studied the role of macroeconomic events in countries such as Venezuela to explain the shifts in the demand for imported products.
Rapp CollinsSenior Consultant
Apr. 2006 - May. 2007Irving, TX● Part of modeling team for churn rate in utility industry across Texas. This model helped client to formulate its marketing strategy. Survival analysis and proportional hazard modeling were utilized in a panel data set up for this project.
CitiGroupRisk analytics, Modeling and Technology, Modeler
Jul. 2005 - Apr. 2006Irving, Texas, United States● Modeled customers’ behavioral patterns in consumer finance markets in Asia, particularly Japan, to identify and study the risk involved with consumer financing and its determinant factors. ● Implemented logistic regression and predictive modeling techniques to quantify the effects of risk determinants and factors on bankruptcy, payment trend, revenue projection, and other related activities. ● The findings helped the business devise a strategy to retain customers and prepare for expected losses.
The World BankShort Term Consultant (Intern)
Jun. 2004 - Jan. 2005Washington, District of Columbia, United States● Worked with Middle East North Africa Social Economic Development (MNSED) to develop a detailed picture of the Iranian labor market, discussing participation factors, employment patterns, and unemployment rate and presented the results in the Speakers' Seminars and prepared a report on the history of labor law and regulations in Iran.
University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeInstructor/Doctoral Candidate
Sep. 2001 - May. 2004Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States● Instructor for: Principles of Microeconomics, Labor Economics. (Undergraduate/ Graduate Level), Mathematical Economics (Graduate) and Industrial Organization (Undergraduate). ● Teaching Assistant for: Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics, Econometrics Computer lab instructor(Graduate) and Labor Economics. ● Adjunct instructor for Managerial Economic; Mass lecture - 90 students. (Undergraduate) and Managerial Economics for Managers (MBA) & supervised Teaching Assistants of the course.
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