Christopher Lysy

Date(s) (tenure), Position/Degree, Employer/School, Location
November 2009 - Present, Research Analyst, Westat, Durham, NC
March 2008 - October 2009 (1.5 yrs), Program Data Specialist, North Carolina Partnership for Children, Raleigh, NC
September 2007 - February 2008 (.5 yrs), Research Analyst, Phase-5, Ottawa, ON
August 2007, MA Sociology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
May 2006 - August 2007 (1.25 yrs), Research Associate, Westat, Rockville, MD
January 2005 - May 2006 (1.5 yrs), Research Assistant, Westat, Rockville, MD
July 2004 - December 2004 (.5 yrs), Research Assistant, Klemm Analysis Group, Inc., Washington, DC
September 2003 - July 2004 (.75 yrs), Research Assistant, Westat, Rockville, MD
May 2003, BA Criminology and Criminal Justice/Sociology, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Graduate: Data Analysis, Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods/Field Study
Undergraduate: Statistics, Research Methods, Social Demography

Duties: Currently working on several federal special education evaluation projects.

Duties: Coordinated multiple data collection projects for North Carolina's Smart Start program. Designed new collection strategies, re-evaluated internal research methodologies, and oversaw the development of statewide county-level performance reports. Utilizing SPSS, analyzed large statewide data sets providing quantitative support for strategic and policy initiatives. Acted as a Smart Start data liaison for state government, private research institutions, and local partnerships representing all one hundred North Carolina counties.

Accomplishments: Migrated regular data analysis procedures out of unstable excel spreadsheets into syntax backed SPSS datasets greatly decreasing the probability of measurement error. Re-imagined the calculation and distribution process for statewide performance reports in an effort to increase external confidence in the measurements, improve transparency, and increase opportunities to catch calculation or data source issues. Lead the development of a written plan and timeline for taking over a four-program data collection project saving the partnership from extending a contract costing tens of thousands of dollars.

Required Skills: Project Management, SPSS, Excel, Access, Data Analysis, Technical Assistance, Research Support, Questionnaire Development, Survey Programming Professional Writing, People Skills, Teamwork, Training

Duties: Wrote sampling plans and weighting schemes, designed survey questionnaires, performed statistical analyses using SPSS and Excel, wrote reports in power point and word, and managed day to day activities for multiple projects.

Accomplishments: Lead analyst on several contracts including customer satisfaction surveys for the Canadian Medical Association and the City of Ottawa's 311 information service as well as a variety of other specialized research contracts for banks, retail companies, and government agencies.

Required Skills: Project Management, SPSS, Excel, Data Analysis, Questionnaire Development, Survey Programming, Professional Writing, Teamwork, Interviewing

Duties: Part of a project team for a multi-million dollar medical expenditure survey contract for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Analyzed internal research processes producing written summaries for upper management, acted as an inter-office liaison, and wrote various pieces of technical documentation.

Accomplishments: Analyzed a number of complicated research processes utilizing outdated documentation and staff interviews to produce comprehensive explanatory documentation for upper level management. Leveraging extensive detailed project knowledge acquired from geographically separated sites was able to recommend cost-saving procedural changes and modernization projects. Produced technical specifications used to develop an automatic records abstraction data entry system which reduced staffing requirements.

Required Skills: Project Management, Excel, Access, Interviewing, Survey Testing, Professional Writing, Teamwork, People Skills, SAS, SQL

Duties: Accepted a leadership role on several projects, improved data editing procedures, trained staff, and solved complicated logic problems.

Accomplishments: Having a sharp eye for patterns in large datasets I was able to locate programmatic issues in the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing software existing since the program was written over eight years earlier. Developed a training process useful for introducing new employees to the complex data editing/reviewing procedures required for the position.

Required Skills: Problem Solving, Database Cleaning, Survey Testing, Training, Excel

Duties: Juggled a heavy workload of research and planning tasks for diverse clients including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The American Cancer Society, and The Electric Power Research Institute.

Accomplishments: With only a few employees and multiple medium sized government contracts this company provided several "trial by fire" experiences early on in my career. Wrote contract proposals, preformed regression analyses, assembled datasets from fractured sources, and assisted in writing papers destined for publication.

Required Skills: Project Management, Data Analysis, SAS, S+, Proposal Development, Professional Writing, Questionnaire Development

Advanced: SPSS, Excel, Word, Power Point, Online Survey Applications, Social Media Applications
Basic: SAS, S+, Access

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