Laine Rutledge

 LaineM. Rutledge

Laine M. Rutledge

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Biography

University of Washington - Economics


Resume

  • Quantitative Analytics

    Stata

    Applied Economics

    Development Economics

    Python

    SQL

    Data Analysis

    Econometrics

    Labor Economics

    Eviews

    Microsoft Excel

    Statistics

    Research

    R

    Microsoft Office

    Applied Econometrics

    Economics

    Does Child Sponsorship Pay Off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth

    Paul Glewwe

    Bruce Wydick

    Does Child Sponsorship Pay Off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth

    Bruce Wydick

    Paul Glewwe

    Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes

    Laine

    University of Washington

    University of San Francisco

    West Coast Poverty Center

    University of Washington

    Center for Social Science Computation and Research

    University of Washington

    Zillow

    A Place for Mom

    University of Washington

    Seattle

    Washington

    Manage data science team

    supporting and evaluating marketing plans to drive revenue and brand objectives.\nTrained a random forest model to predict expected value of leads for budgeting purposes. \nBuilt a mixed media model showing the company could reallocate 50% of the TV budget toward other marketing initiatives while maintaining 96% of current lead volume.\nWorked with Google to build a predictive model in the Google ecosystem to segment and re-target customers.\nBuilt Shiny apps in RStudio to support A/B testing initiatives.\nLed employee performance reviews and discussed improvement strategies with each team member.

    Senior Manager

    Data Science and Analytics

    A Place for Mom

    Greater Seattle Area

    Instructor for Introductory Macroeconomics and Intermediate Microeconomics.

    Instructor

    University of Washington

    Teaching Assistant for Introductory Microeconomics.

    Teaching Assistant

    Greater Seattle Area

    University of Washington

    Greater Seattle Area

    Highlighted research relevant to poverty issues in the U.S. by selecting an academic paper each month to summarize for readers across disciplines. Assisted in putting together presentations for academic and non-academic audiences.

    Research Assistant

    West Coast Poverty Center

    University of Washington

    Greater Seattle Area

    Assisted undergraduate students

    graduate students

    faculty

    and staff with proper implementation of quantitative analysis in statistical software programs including Stata

    R

    Matlab

    SPSS

    and Eviews. Taught courses in introductory R and Stata

    and data wrangling in Stata.

    Data Consultant

    Center for Social Science Computation and Research

    University of Washington

    Designed

    implemented

    and supervised field research on long term impacts of child sponsorship in Bolivia

    Guatemala

    Kenya

    India

    the Philippines

    and Uganda. Wrote a literature review of past child sponsorship research and carried out econometric analysis of survey results.

    University of San Francisco

    Zillow

    Greater Seattle Area

    Provided analysis support to executive

    sales

    and development teams using microeconometric techniques in R. Built visualizations of analysis results to communicate findings to experts and non-experts alike. Carried out statistical analysis that served as the base for several chapters of “Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate.\"

    Economics Intern

    Master of Arts (M.A.)

    International and Development Economics

    University of San Francisco

    Whitman College

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Economics

    University of Washington

    Master of Arts - MA

    Econometrics and Environmental Economics

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    The Data Incubator

    Data Science II

ECON 300

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