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7 years' logistics experience with the US Army and a BA Econ from Western Michigan University (minor in Anthro) brought me to Denver, Colorado, to complete my Master's in Economics with a concentration in Applied Micro and Econometrics. I finished my Master's thesis in Fall 2015, and am continuing my self-directed foray into programming, data science, and data visualization. I'm interested in application development (Shiny, Rust, Spark) and reproducible research (Knitr, Jupyter), especially in cyber security, renewable energy, and logistics - but there are few places that the econometric toolkit can't go. I believe all institutions should be focusing on reproducible analysis using best practices in (Web and information) design, and opening their human capital and knowledge base - not trying to close it. (#OpenScience!) My ideal job is on a team applying advanced econometric techniques (R, Stata, Eviews, Python) to produce quantitative results displayed in responsive dashboards, reports, and web apps which help us learn how the end-user plays with their data. I believe those data can be accessed in real-time, and in fun, interactive ways. I manage to maintain a nerd-level interest in Star Wars and digital photography when I'm not between Queen City rugby, camping, snowboarding. A reach goal of mine is to learn how to program in d3js.