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Ben Muirhead

2000 N. Adams St. Apt 723, Arlington, VA 22201

(202) 656-3144 ● [email protected]

Experience

Ridgewood Technology Partners, Reston VA

Business Intelligence Analyst, COMPASS Analytics Lead May 2017 - Present

Designed and built automated ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) system for integrating various government and vendor data sources into a single database using mySQL
Collaborated with government purchasing and acquisition clients to design and build weekly insight reports
Built visualizations and reports in Tableau for executives and subject-matter experts

Democratic National Committee, Washington DC Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

Data Acquisition Associate

Developed automated ETL processes and documentation for various list acquisitions
Designed and built framework for acquisition of nationwide polling place data, including early vote locations
Rebuilt polling place ETL pipeline, combining data collected by state Voter File Managers with data collected by DNC data acquisitions personnel, and establishing an automated geocoding process with outside vendors
Successfully worked on tracking, QA, deployment, and monitoring of over 100,000 early vote, dropbox, votecenter, and election day polling places

Bernie Sanders for President 2016, Burlington VT Nov 2015 – Jun 2016

Targeting and Analytics Manager

Built and managed campaign reporting tools, including hosted and procedurally generated reporting for state and national staff, using Tableau and Excel
Briefed campaign senior staff and state leadership on national targeting strategies, including delegate and resource allocation, delegate pickup opportunities, and regular national delegate projections
Designed, developed, validated, and deployed the campaign's nationwide candidate support and turnout models
Developed and managed the campaign’s election-day turnout tracking model (VoteTracker), using crowd-sourced precinct turnout reports to project end of day turnout, allowing redeployment of field resources during GOTV
Managed national and state boiler rooms, including turnout tracking, results tracking, and projections
Managed relationships, including internal validation and analytics, with outside consulting firms

Clarity Campaign Labs, Washington DC May 2014 – May 2015

Analyst Fellow

Assisted on polling operations, including drafting scripts, programming in-house IVR software, pulling samples, and creating client deliverables
Prepared campaign-specific reports for local, statewide, and national campaigns summarizing voter file databases
Designed customized maps and visualizations for survey and modeling reports using QGIS and Tableau
Created basic propensity scores, including voter turnout models, for analysis using MYSQL and R

Clifford Moss, Oakland CA Jun 2012 – Nov 2014

Associate

Oversaw and implemented website development for local candidates, non-profit operations, and corporate campaigns using the Nation Builder content management and constituent relations systems

Skills

Technology

BI Software: Tableau
Frameworks: Proficient in R, Python, and Git; Basic Proficiency in p5.js (JavaScript library), HTML, and CSS
GIS Software: Quantum GIS (QGIS)
Python Packages: Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn
Databases: Proficient in SQL (incl. DNC Vertica Experience), SAS, SPSS, STATA, VAN and Catalist experience
Microsoft Office Suite

Education

American University, Washington DC Aug 2011 – May 2015

Bachelor of Science: Applied Statistics; Bachelor of Arts: Political Science
Honors: American University Dean’s Scholarship, Dean’s List
Additional Study: American University Campaign Management Institute - January 2015