Experience
Consultant
- New York State Education Department
- New York
- Aug 2020-Dec 2020
- Developed forecasting model for teacher openings with machine learning techniques and analysed 1m+ observations with STATA and Scikit-learn
- Created a user-friendly dashboard to disseminate results and provided documentation with clear instructions for maintenance and update
- Collaborated with stakeholders, identifying and gathering analytical requirements, expectations, and limitations to guide product design
Research Fellow
- Syracuse University
- New York
- May 2020-Sep 2020
- Researched Vietnam's electricity supply; collected 500+ power plants' coordinates, fuel types, and capacities from multiple databases; standardised data and published on Github with source code and final results
- Modelled air pollution for fossil plants with QGIS; identified locations affecting the most population; drafted policy recommendation for converting to renewable energy sources
The project received attention from Maxwell, and I was interviewed to discuss it with my colleague. The repository is available here.
Research Assistant
- Open Data Watch
- Washington DC
- May 2020-Aug 2020
- Assessed data availability of 101 gender-relevant SDG indicators; reviewed metadata and methodology; identified proxies and data collection plan for unavailable indicators; published paper on findings
- Monitored national statistics offices' website performance, search engine optimisation (SEO), traffic sources, and users and drafted plans for improving website traffic
I published a short paper, Understanding Usability of SDG National Reporting Platforms, to share my findings.
Co-Founder / Manager
- Biovert Taiwan
- Taiwan
- Jan 2018-Jul 2019
- Led a marketing team of five; created content and social media advertisement campaign; tracked Facebook and Instagram results with Pixel; analysed results and adjusted parameters to maximise marketing objectives
- Achieved cost per 1,000 impressions (CPM) of €3.07, cost per click (CPC) of €0.31, and click through rate (CTR) of 2.45%, compared to the average of $11.20, $1.86, and 0.90%
Market Consultant
- Maison Pourchet
- Taiwan
- Aug 2016-Jul 2017
Team Consultant
- You Sei Fantastic Association
- Taiwan
- Sep 2016-Mar 2017
Education
Master of Public Administration
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
- New York
- 2019-2020
- Area of Focus in Data Analytics for Public Policy
- Coursework in Predictive Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Program Evaluation, Environmental Policy
B.A. Business Administration
- Fu Jen Catholic University
- Taiwan
- 2011-2017