Robert J. Kulzick
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- School: Purdue University
- Campus: West Lafayette
- Department: Political Science
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West Lafayette, IN - 47907 - Dates at Purdue University: October 2014 - December 2015
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Biography
Purdue University West Lafayette - Political Science
Senior Consultant at Deloitte
Research
Robert
Kulzick
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a data scientist with a background in quantitative social science. I bring a flexible toolkit to solving data science problems, which allows me to work with different programming languages, statistical approaches, and reporting techniques as necessary. I have experience managing a data science team, developing project requirements, creating final deliverables, and presenting results to clients.
I am currently a Manager: Marketing Sciences at PSB working in the Washington, D.C. office. In my role at PSB, I currently serve as a senior data scientist for the 2020 Census Integrated Communications Contract. I am responsible for leading the team performing all modeling and segmentation activities for the 2020 ICC. In previous projects I have worked on at PSB, I have developed and deployed a web application which gives clients direct access to data visualizations. I have also used supervised machine learning, web scraping and API requests to generate reports that allowed clients to monitor an ongoing social media campaign.
PSB has an excellent team-based working environment and I enjoy being involved in a constant give and take with such creative and dedicated people. Working in this environment and managing an excellent team of talented professionals has only deepened my appreciation for collaborative problem solving and working in an environment that places a premium on teamwork and collegiality.
I have a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Purdue, as well as an M.S. in Economics from Purdue and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Experience
Purdue University
Independent Instructor, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Equitable Water Policy Decisions Using Big Data
• Analyzed Structure of California Water Policymaking
• Built web scraper to collect local newspaper coverage
• Used machine learning techniques to process and categorize textual data
• Collected and organize twitter data from multiple data providers
War Support and Public Opinion
• Performed statistical analyses on experimental data
• Programmed experimental design into Dynamic Process Tracing Environment Software
• Collected and analyzed relevant literature on war support and public opinionDeloitte
Senior Consultant
Robert worked at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant
PSB
Manager: Marketing Sciences
Senior Data Scientist 2020 Census Integrated Communications Contract
• Responsible for design and implementation of all modeling and segmentation activities
• Developed requirements for modeling and segmentation outputs in consultation with Census
Bureau researchers and communications experts
• Wrote and documented final code for all predictive models including the implementation of
disclosure avoidance techniques informed by the principles of differential privacy
• Led a team of data scientists and survey statisticians in the development of reports,
deliverables, and the implementation of segmentation
• Created data visualizations for reports, presentations, and exploratory data analysis
- Detailed maps at multiple geographies
- Automated reporting to facilitate visualizing a large numbers of features
- Interactive visualizations using both Shiny and R integrations with JavaScript
• Wrote and edited rigorous formal study plans and reports
• Experienced with working on a headless Linux server and in a challenging IT environment
• Developed SAS proficiency to provide supplemental code where necessary
Marketing Sciences Researcher
• Worked with client teams to identify the best approach to answer core business questions
• Planned and executed analyses using a range of statistical techniques
- Regression modeling (OLS, MLE, VAR)
- Segmentation (k-means, hierarchical clustering, correspondence analysis)
- Bi-variate analyses (correlation, χ 2 , difference of means)
• Developed an internal R package to increase efficiency and reproducibility of work ows
• Created deliverables that clearly communicated research results to external and internal
clients
• Gained extensive experience working with and appropriately analyzing survey data
Education
Purdue University
Master of Science (M.S.)
Economics
Purdue University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Political Science
Major Field: International Relations Minor Fields: Comparative Politics & Economics Dissertation: In the last 40 years, states around the globe have increased the role of markets in their financial systems. Using newly collected information on the educational backgrounds of Central Bankers, I demonstrate that the beliefs of state officials about the proper role of markets in the financial system influence the extent to which state’s liberalize their financial systems. By tracing the liberalization experiences in both France and China through secondary sources, I show that bureaucrats within the state suggest reforms that conform to their neoliberal training when political leaders turn to them for solutions to what are perceived as technical problems.Purdue University
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Political Science
Major Field: International Relations Minor Field: Comparative PoliticsPurdue University
Independent Instructor, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Equitable Water Policy Decisions Using Big Data • Analyzed Structure of California Water Policymaking • Built web scraper to collect local newspaper coverage • Used machine learning techniques to process and categorize textual data • Collected and organize twitter data from multiple data providers War Support and Public Opinion • Performed statistical analyses on experimental data • Programmed experimental design into Dynamic Process Tracing Environment Software • Collected and analyzed relevant literature on war support and public opinion
