Citibank North America, Economic Forecasting Team (Irving, Texas, USA). Vicepresident, Aug 2022- Current.
Develop and execute advanced quantitative models, ensuring accuracy and relevance in the regulatory context.
Conduct comprehensive analyses of economic and political developments across developed and emerging market economies to create robust economic forecasts.
Interpret production output results, ensuring consistency with scenario and model assumptions, and underlying econometric principles.
Maintain rigorous oversight of historical data and forecasts, ensuring alignment and accuracy.
Monitor global financial and economic trends to identify and analyze key macro and market risks and their implications for the global economy and EFT’s forecasts.
Effectively articulate and disseminate the rationale for forecasts, considering macroeconomic and financial linkages and various monetary, fiscal, and trade policies.
Central Bank of Chile, Research Department (Santiago, Chile). Associate Visiting Researcher, Jan 2021- Aug 2021.
Conducted an exhaustive analysis of panel data surveys on social security in Chile.
Estimated transition matrices to study the labor mobility across the formal/informal markets.
Prepared analytical reports, presentations, and discussion material related to the labor market.
The University of Texas at Dallas, International Partnership Development (IPD) (Dallas, TX). Director's Assistant, Jan 2018 - Jan 2019.
Created and implemented multiple databases related to student mobility.
Systematized massive data through Visual Basic routines with automatic updates to optimize the procedures.
Designed periodic reports for the IPD Director about efficiency key indicators, agreements' performance, and mobility statistics.
Organized academic conferences and material for attendees.
Central Bank of Chile, Macroeconomic Statistics Department (Santiago, Chile). Economic Analyst, Jan 2009 - May 2015.
Participated in the development or revision of standards on statistical concepts, definitions, and classifications by performing methodological research, including on new data sources to create proper national regional accounts.
Organized, designed, planned, and carried out the collection, evaluation, analysis, compilation, and dissemination of statistical data by selecting methods of data collection, selecting, and implementing methods for checking collected data, and selecting and implementing appropriate methods for data processing for incorporation into databases.
Prepared draft technical documents for intergovernmental and expert group meetings and assists in drafting relevant reports.
Carried out many statistical queries from massive databases covering the entire economy by using multiple statistical packages such as SQL, Stata, MATLAB, among others.
CEPAL - United Nations, International Trade and Integration Division (Santiago, Chile). Research Associate, Oct 2008 – Sept 2011.
Selected and evaluated a variety of documents; summarized pertinent material, collects and analyses data, and prepared background research materials for assessment papers, studies, briefs, and reports.
Assembled and examined original statistical material to ensure accuracy, clarity, and validity; made appropriate adjustments.
Prepared a variety of reports, presentations, tables, lists, charts, data sets, and/or diagrams for information in order to facilitate the in-depth analysis of the retrieved information.
Participated in substantive and policy discussions.
Interpreted, applied and, adapted econometric models to determine trends, patterns, and relationships and to analyze the effects of alternative policies and assumptions in relation to development economics.
Drafted specified inputs for technical papers and analytical studies on selected global, regional, national, or sector aspects of productivity, international trade, and statistical topics.
Attended international, regional, and national meetings to collect information and to hold discussions with colleagues in other institutions.
General Directorate of International Economic Relations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile). Research Assistant, Oct 2008- Dec 2009.
Worked as an econometrician consultant to study the relationship between the oil prices and the transportation cost in the export sector in Chile.
Central Bank of Chile, Financial Regulation and Infrastructure Management (Santiago, Chile). Internship, Dec 2006 - Feb 2007.
Elaborated a study on credit risk in Chile.
Prepared a literature review and estimated a model of loan loss provisions for Chile.