Chris Compean
Henderson, NV (Remote work experience) -;- www.linkedin.com/in/chriscompean
Professional Data Analyst
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
Bachelor of Business Management; GPA: 4.0; Concentration in Finance, Cambridge, MA
Minor in Mathematics, Humanities Concentration in Economics. Bill Gates Millennium Scholar
WORK EXPERIENCE
Pixability – Ad-tech company: video advertising 2015 – 2019
Manager of Insights Team (promoted from Data Insights Analyst) Boston, MA
Developed customer insights workflows for team and best practices for the top social video platforms
Provided cross-functional feedback and market knowledge to Sales, Data Science, Product, and Engineering teams
Executed multiple cross-platform studies and consolidated insights into public-facing reports for thought leadership
Provided invaluable insights to top clients that drove over $20MM in revenue during my tenure
Led efforts on dozens of Google-commissioned studies, including industry analyses, tentpole events, and more
In total, executed reports and managed opportunities that drove in over $1MM
Addressed dozens of prospective and current clients in meetings as company-wide expert on insights
Educated hundreds of clients and industry experts through multiple webinars and studies on various topics
Monitored client accounts during period of team being short-staffed; in total, managed over $1MM
Established company insights on Facebook through DataSift partnership by developing dozens of scripts
Accion – Global nonprofit: microfinance and fintech impact investing 2015 – 2017
Data Analyst (part-time, remote role) New York, NY
Overhauled Salesforce dashboards, reporting, and other opportunities for national and regional offices
Established new reporting processes and delivered impactful insights regarding loans to national office
Fullbridge, Inc – Ed-tech startup: business skill bootcamps 2014 – 2015
Director of City Programs (promoted from Marketing & Business Analyst) Boston, MA
Lowered cost-per-enrollee by 65% while attaining similar revenue on 40% of the previous term’s budget
Streamlined interview and application process to increase application-submission rate
Improved Ambassador program from a break-even student-acquisition source to a 550%-ROI source
Implemented numerous A/B e-mail experiments that yielded open-rate improvements from 22-189%
Performed various case studies and supporting analyses for multiple RFPs
Delivered multiple survey analyses to demonstrate value and effect of taking Fullbridge programs
Created multiple project-management plans for the sales teams to efficiently attain new clients
Cogo Labs – Ad-tech startup: Lead-gen and SEM 2010 – 2013
Business Analyst (promoted from Quantitative Analyst) Cambridge, MA
Created new display-retargeting campaigns for our used-autos vertical into a $1MM+ annual entity
Brokered e-mail partnership and negotiated click prices between partners to increase revenues 170%
Proved Tier-1 sources – Google, Yahoo, MSN/Bing – could be arbitraged profitably for local-search site
Proved Tier-2 sources – AdMarketPlace, PCH, and more – could be profitable for auto-insurance vertical
Combined value of the above three projects was about $1MM
Developed and managed campaigns for a new daily-deal site; attained thousands of new customers
Introduced geo-targeting and picture-stuffing concepts and proved their worth (48% performance improvement)
Batiq – EDU mentoring startup 2006-08
Market Analyst and MIT Ambassador San Francisco, CA
Selected as 1 of 4 MIT Ambassadors of online global mentoring community and recruited 20 MIT students
Researched which markets Batiq should venture into; presented findings to CEO, CTO, and investors
Established training information for mentors and the curriculum for the international students
SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES
Experienced in Microsoft Office, Tableau, Salesforce, HubSpot; intermediate - Python, MySQL, R, Java
Enjoy traveling, playing basketball, tennis, poker, blackjack, golf, softball, and racquetball