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General Information

Name Erick F. Bohnenblust
Email ebohnenb@gmail.com
Linkedln , Github

Work Experience

  • Sep 2022 - Present
    Senior Revenue and Capacity Analyst
    National Railroad Passenger Corporation - Amtrak. Washington, DC.
    • Developed and implemented alternative inventory-management strategies and spoil controls to identify and generate more business opportunities by stimulating demand and driving revenue growth.

    • Developed new statistical and data-reporting tools for an effective and continuous oversight of strategies and spoil controls’performance to avoid revenue dilution and inventory spoilage.

    • Developed framework for market analysis, demand forecast, and an inferential simulation for the implementation of a mapping logic for the new pricing structure (9RBDs) avoiding disruption in business operations.

    • Improved existing data visualization tools and create new data analysis frames that includes more detailed information of every assigned route and train, such as section and market analysis, time-series analysis, among others for enhancing capabilities by reducing data bias for generating unbiased business decisions.

    • Proactive participation and contribution on evaluating and formulating recommendations of current methods and business procedures, such as promotions, inventory management system, and other programs and products.

    • Distinguished by senior leaders for achievements in generating more than 12 percent in consecutive year-over-year growth in ridership and revenue.
  • Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
    Account Management Specialist
    Internal Revenue Service - IRS. Denver, CO.
    • Managed the performance oversight of the process of taxpayers’ data account inquiries and updates, executed by the contact representatives, by providing general information in tax law, taxation procedures, and available resources.

    • Recommended a frame for an effective sensitive data query, such as the use of a decision tree, useful when the contact representative assists taxpayers on transferring their inquiries to the relevant expert’s phone extension.
  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
    Graduate Research Assistant
    The World Bank Group. Washington, DC.
    • World Bank Research Project : "Improving Public Sector Productivity in Malaysia."

    • I led a fellow research team in charge of the literature review, collection, organization, and cleaning of proprietary datasets by using Python and Stata.

    • guided the analysis of the collected data by applying statistical/econometrics techniques and methodologies for interpreting data and reporting conclusions to support analytical work and final reports.

    • gathered and shaped available data for modeling the impact of public sector productivity improvement in the economy, concentrating efforts in the effects in economic growth.

    • Developed statistical simulation, for the years where data were not available or incomplete, but they were still necessary to reinforce a robust time series analysis of macroeconomic indicators.

    • Presented findings and conclusions to the WB researchers, to the scholars from the Economics Department, and graduate students of the Macroeconomic Analysis class.
  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
    Assistant Research Fellow
    California Polythecnic State University - CalPoly. San Luis Obispo, CA.
    • Working Research Project : "Sweating the energy bill: Extreme weather, poor households, and the energy spending gap.."

    • Participated in the literature review and data analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) databases by applying econometric models using Python, R and SQL.
  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
    Instructional Assistant
    Florida International University - FIU. Miami, FL.
    • Assisted students with in-class activities and tutoring sessions of Precalculus, Algebra, and Trigonometry. Also, I collaborated on grading students’ assignments, projects, and quizzes.

    • Developed strategies for students’ learning improvement, which increased “on-risk” students’ grades by 60%.

Education

  • Jun 2022
    Master of Science in Quantitative Economics
    California Polytechnic State University - CalPoly. San Luis Obispo, CA.
    • Relevant Coursework : Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Statistics for Econometrics, Advanced Econometrics I, Advanced Econometrics II, Microeconometrics, Microeconomics Analysis, Computing and Machine Learning for Causal Inference, Dynamic Stochastic Modeling, Evidence-Based Decision Analysis, Economics Research and Communication.

  • Dec 2020
    Bachelor of Science in Economics
    Florida International University - FIU. Miami, FL.
    • Relevant Coursework : Mathematical Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Measurement and Data Analysis of Economic Activity, Quantitative Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Financial Accounting, and an additional sequence of courses from the department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Skills

    • Languages : English, Spanish.

    • Programming : R, Python, MATLAB, SQL, Stata, Latex, Cloud Computing, Excel, Microsoft office.

    • Excellent analytical skills, written and oral communication skills. I thrive in both individual and team environments.

    • Eager advocate for stimulating the generation of ideas to deliver solutions through effective collaboration and participation among team members and departments.

Volunteering

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
    Learning & Instructional Assistant
    California Polytechnic State University - CalPoly. San Luis Obispo, CA.
    • Instructional Student Assistant. Survey of Economy class. I guided students on assignments through tutoring sessions. Additionally, I graded assignments, midterm, and final exams.
  • Spring 2020
    Economics Undergraduate Student Club | Treasurer and Cofounder.
    Florida International University - FIU. Miami, FL.
    • I administered club funds and developed fundraising events. I participated with fellow students in organizing academic activities/presentations and student-recruitment events, achieving up to 2 academic activities and presentations per week.