Data Visualization Workshops

Data Visualization: Designing for Impact

Unlock the power of impactful data visualizations. This workshop is ​designed to help you create static visuals that captivate your audience. ​Dive deep into design principles, from chart types to visualization ​structure, simplification techniques, and more. Suitable for all ​audiences, this workshop can also include customized tools training.

Workshop is aimed at all audiences and workshop could be combined with a tools training component with examples customized to audience focus area.

Data + Stories: Presenting for Impact

Transform your data presentations into compelling narratives in this ​engaging workshop. Learn how to weave data into stories that engage ​and resonate with your audience. Explore storytelling principles, apply ​them to dynamic presentations, and elevate your impact in boardrooms ​and beyond. Perfect for professionals who use data in their ​presentations.

Workshop is geared towards all audiences and would be valuable for any professionals that give presentations using data.

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Teaching

2024-2025 Academic Year Fall:

  • DATA101: Introduction to Data Analytics
  • ECON101: Principles of Macroeconomics (2 sections)

2024-2025 Academic Year Spring:

  • DATA301: Predictive Analytics & Machine Learning
  • ECON251: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Recent Publications

(2020). The role of faith in shaping ethical perceptions and intentions. The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 10 (1): 41-62. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v10i01/41-62.

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(2019). Behind closed doors: the DC-10 and the demise of McDonnell Douglas. The Case Journal, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 648-668. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-04-2019-0028.

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(2019). The role of competition, innovation, and regulation on financial intermediary risk. Managerial Finance, Vol. 45 No. 12, pp. 1580-1600. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-05-2019-0208.

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(2018). Executive compensation and firm risk: an examination across industries. Review of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 17 Issue: 3, pp.359-382, https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-09-2016-0131.

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(2016). Was the impact of the housing market crash on the U.S. financial system predictable?. Applied Economics, Vol. 48, Issue 9, pp.759-771 https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1088138.

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(2015). The market survival of publicly traded traditional and market-based financial intermediaries. Applied Economics and Finance, Vol 2, No. 2, pp. 52-67 http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/aef.v2i2.740.

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Academic Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Executive Director

Center for Business, Economics, & Analytics (CBEA), St. Norbert College

Sep 2014 – Present De Pere, WI
Lead the efforts of the CBEA in completing 50 consulting projects (fee-based & pro-bono) and giving over 70 presentations while partnering with the local business, non-profit, and government community to promote collaboration with students in a consulting and project-based environment.
 
 
 
 
 

Professor of Economics & Data Analytics

St. Norbert College

Aug 2012 – Present De Pere, WI
Teach the macroeconomics and data analytics related courses for SNC, including the principles and intermediate sections, as well as electives along with introductory and advanced analytics courses. In addition to teaching, I engage in multiple aspects of the college community, including advising students, presenting public lectures, and working with the local media for guest appearances. I pursue these activities along with my monetary economics focused research agenda. Responsibilities include: - Teaching - Researching - Mentoring - Serving
 
 
 
 
 

Doctoral Associate, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant

Western Michigan University

Aug 2008 – Jun 2012 De Pere, WI
Taught independent sections of Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Microeconomics courses for larger lectures of undergraduate students. My responsibilities include full course control including textbook selection, curriculum structure, quiz and exam creation, and assessment. Also, I served in a TA capacity for several courses including Microeconomics, African Economics, and Environmental Economics. In addition, I worked several semesters as an RA function in various data and research capacities.

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Graduate Research Intern

Fifth Third Asset Management (FTAM)

Sep 2010 – Jun 2011 Grand Rapids, MI
Conducted research as directed by the Senior Portfolio Manager of Taxable Fixed Income to assist in the institutional investment decision-making process. I collected and organized data covering nearly six million home mortgage observations and used this data to build mortgage default and mortgage prepayment forecasting models associated with asset-baeked securities. The models were constructed using survival analysis and a time-dependent covariate version of the Cox Proportional Hazards model for prediction. Additionally, interest rate, county-level unemployment rate, and regional home price index forecasting models were also created for mortgage-related analysis.
 
 
 
 
 

Regional Sales Associate: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Guggenheim Funds (Formerly Claymore Securities)

Dec 2006 – Aug 2008 Lisle, IL
Advised financial advisors and registered investment advisors on the implementation of Claymore (now Guggenheim Funds) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) as well as engaged advisors in conversations regarding market conditions, asset allocations, and securities trading strategies. I managed an eight state top-tier territory and successfully aided in ETF asset growth through multiple multi-million dollar transactions, helping to expand the ETF assets under management from 400 million dollars to 1.9 billion dollars in eight months.

Contact

  • 920.403.2971
  • 322 Cofrin Hall, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant St., De Pere, WI 54115
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