Senior Research & Data Analytics Leader | Higher Education Instructor

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With over 19 years of hands-on, real-world experience, I specialize in transforming complex data into strategic clarity. My expertise spans advanced statistics, research methodologies, and big data applications. Passionate about empowering organizations through data, I partner with businesses, government agencies, and academic institutions to refine their research and deliver high-impact data analysis that drives informed decision-making and operational success.



ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Professional Development Courses:

2021

Strategies for Teaching and Learning Online

Completed an 18-hour self-paced online workshop exploring the pedagogies of online learning while utilizing Canvas as the primary platform.

  • Explored curriculum design principles mimicking the categories of the CVC-OEI rubric.
  • Reviewed core pedagogical areas including Content Presentation, Interaction/Communication, Assessment, and Accessibility.
  • Applied learned principles directly to course creation by building an accessible syllabus and a structured content outline plan.
  • Developed two complete instructional modules and a functional course home page.
  • Participated in reflection quizzes and collaborative discussions to deepen understanding of online instructional design.

Certificate (PDF, 118 kb)

2018

SQL Advanced Query Course

Completed a SQL Advanced Querying Course-Level 2, training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center (PDF, 118 kb)

2018

SQL Fundamentals Query Course

Completed a SQL Fundamentals of Querying Course-Level 1, training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center (PDF, 117 kb)

2018

ArcGIS Course: ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows

Completed training through Esri (PDF, 166 kb)

  • Organize, create, and edit geographic data
  • Manage, symbolize, and label map layers
  • Analyze GIS data and solve spatial problems
  • Share maps and analysis results
2017-18

Power BI Courses (4 Courses)

Completed trainings through the Social Services Agency's Information Technology Professional Staff in order to learn the Agency's very large, complicated database using Power BI to extract and manipulate data.

2017

Business Objects Web Intelligence Courses (2 Courses)

Using Business Objects to create variables using “If…Then…Else…” logic, handling calculations within WEBi, translating DESKi Language into WEBi Language, selecting Query Results as a Condition, and how to use xTools and Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD). Objectives include:

  • Learn to access Business Objects InfoView website
  • Learn to access Web Intelligence via InfoViews vs Rich Client
  • Learn to create WEBi Reports
  • Practice creating Formulas and Variables
  • Discover how to link data from Multiple Universes and Data Sources
  • Identify differences between DESKi, WEBi, InfoView and CMC
2016

Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder (SSRS) Courses (2 Courses)

Completed Level 1 & Level 2 through New Horizons Computer Learning Center.

2016

ArcGIS Course: Solving Spatial Problems Using ArcGIS

Completed training through Esri (PDF, 192 kb)

2016

ArcGIS Course: Referencing Data to Real-World Locations Using ArcGIS

Completed training through Esri (PDF, 193 kb)

2016

ArcGIS Course: Finding Geographic Data in ArcGIS

Completed training through Esri (PDF, 192 kb)

2015

SQL Advanced Query Course

Completed Level 2 training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center (PDF, 118 kb)

2015

SQL Fundamentals Query Course

Completed Level 1 training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center (PDF, 117 kb)

2015

Introductory SQL Course

SQL Essential Training Course, training through Lynda.com (PDF, 1,323 kb)

2015

Crystal Reports Introductory Course

Crystal Reports 2013 Essential Training Course, training through Lynda.com (PDF, 1,323 kb)

2014

Introductory SAS Course

Completed an Introductory SAS Course through a CSULB Supplemental Course Offering.

2009

SPSS Courses (4 Courses)

Completed Survey Methodology (PDF, 468 kb), Survey Analysis Using SPSS (PDF, 499 kb), Intro to Stats (PDF, 478 kb), & Introduction to SPSS Statistics (PDF, 497 kb), training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center.

2008

Excel 2003 Courses (2 Courses)

Completed Level 1 and Level 2 (PDF, 2,615 kb), training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center.

2008

Access 2003 Course

Completed Level 1 (PDF, 2,558 kb), training through New Horizons Computer Learning Center.