About Me
Hi, I’m David, an investigative research & data analyst with a knack for finding and analyzing information. My experiences in risk analysis and open-source intelligence (OSINT), data analysis, and market research analysis enable me to filter out the noise of data and focus on what really matters for your business. From my background in knowledge management, technical and report writing, and training and enablement, I can bring those insights so that you can understand them simple and straightforward or detailed as necessary. I’m eager to use my expertise to help organizations know what they know and turn their insights into the best possible decisions.
Most recently, I've taken a data analytics training to expand my research skills to the quantitative realm and gain further skills in Excel, SQL, Python, and Tableau.
I am now looking for a role in risk analysis and due diligence where I can collaborate with others to uncover facts and information and deliver it in a clear and concise package.
My passions are improv comedy, yoga, meditation, and public speaking.
Relevant Background
Risk Analyst
08/2019 – 06/2022
Conducted extensive open-source intelligence (OSINT) research in Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, and North America to create 1-100+ page memos and reports for risk analysis/due diligence purposes. Served confidential corporate, public sector, and NGO clients with numerous stakeholders.
Published 10+ posts per month on a disinformation and foreign influence blog, covering eight different areas of the world.
Facilitated knowledge sharing and content standards by writing and distributing instructions and style guides covering dozens of use cases, improving efficiency and quality.Project and team management for five analysts.
Freelance
Data Analytics Training
CareerFoundry GmbH
Project-oriented data analytics certification program encompasses intermediate to advanced skills in SQL, Excel, Python, and Tableau. It covers various topics ranging from data manipulation and visualization to relational databases and data mining, as well as the creation of dashboards and presentations.
Projects included:
Assessment of the impacts of regulations on Airbnb listings in Berlin, including an analysis of price growth trends and the influential factors behind price and review ratings.
Forecasting of seasonal medical staffing demands, categorized by month and state, utilizing data sourced from the CDC and US Census Bureau records.
The generation of a business risk assessment through the mapping and evaluation of a movie rental database using SQL.
04/2023 – 08/2023
Sabbatical
08/2022 – 01/2023
Language courses
Communications workshops
Volunteering at a refugee shelter
Service Enablement, Ops, & Technical Consultant
Market Logic Software
08/2017 – 04/2019
Advised a team of 40+ consultants in suiting individual Fortune 500 company clients’ needs within knowledge management and business decision support software through trainings, documentation, and individual consulting.
Service Enablement, Ops, & Technical Consultant
Market Logic Software
10/2013 – 08/2017
Led, trained, and coordinated a team of up to 12 analysts in knowledge and insights management for the market research and competitive intelligence communities of a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company.
Wrote and edited document summaries and newsletters for a competitive intelligence department.
Handled service requests and communicated with clients to suit their needs for a market research project management application, handling tens of thousands of projects.