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I have experience using R complex work flows. While R is useful for perfuming complex econometrics, I also leverage it to collect, process and manage data sets.

In one of my thesis chapters I used R to automatically scrape the most up to date data from NOAA, and the EIA. Enverus oil well data was processed using a custom package that applies engineering estimates of oil & gas production. This was combined with time series econometric models that checked for structural breaks in the engineering estimates, an indication of hydraulic fracturing. The result is predictions of oil and gas production and timing decisions of stimulations for all wells in the United States.

LaTex has become my primary means of writing illustrative documents, both in written form and in beamer for presentations.

I have found that LaTex has unlocked my writing potential allowing me to simply show complex data. The many LaTex packages available have streamlined the creation of informative diagrams while allowing the formatting to remain consistent. My work flow includes merging R and LaTex, forming figures in R that are automatically converted to pure LaTex.

I have a working knowledge of GAMS having used it to create a market model of the electricity sector. I have implemented it in created a generalized equilibrium model of the electricity sector, accounting for constraints and growth in the labor market. The final model estimated the flow of employment and resources to archetypical sectors under changes in renewable energy subsides.

I used SQL professionally for just over two years. I was the point of contact for companies such as BP and Devon energy, to help them understand data issues by directly linking to the SQL database. While I can perform basic data base administrative tests, my strongest skill set in sql is generating reports and data summaries of non-intuitive trends in the data set.

In my own research I have leveraged this knowledge to get more data out of the Colorado Hydrobase system. After downloading the sql database I was able to use data tables not reported on the website and create time series of ownership for ditches and wells.

I use Linux computers daily and have the ability manage servers, run cron jobs, and perform other task on purely free and open software. This website as well as my git server is hosted on Debian servers.

Related skills such as remotely managing computers, have assisted me in managing computationally heavy econometrics jobs while keeping resource open for critical tasks.

I am in the process of learning python and plan to be proficient in a couple of months. However I have employed python for specific tasks, and can work my way through some python code. I have used python to clean image files to pinpointing relevant attributes of farm parcels. In the same project it was applied to create a script the controlled a mouse and keyboard to collect data that has to be manually selected.

I have an extensive understanding of Visual Basic in Excell and other advanced features. I have coded excell functions that speed up workflows, including matching EIA natural gas export points that correlate with eachother over time, and correcting failed SQL code to run correctly.