Ryan Krone, PhD

Experience

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  International Rescue Committee

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Intern

  • Worked directly with refugee-clients by facilitating access to social services. This involved meeting with clients and discussing long term needs regarding healthcare, education, and income support.• Duties included: arranging language translation; setting up appointments for and providing transportation and check-in to dental and medical visits, this included corresponding with doctors and deliberating about future medical care with the clients; facilitating access to WIC, Medicaid, and Social Security Disability services with clients and coordinating with the requisite government agencies regarding paperwork; responding to the educational needs of the client’s children and was put in charge by my supervisor to oversee the refugee American Sign Language (ASL) program. Show less

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  Elite Research, LLC

  May 2015 - now

  • Leading the quant team's consultants, analysts, and associates and refining the team’s cohesion, capabilities, and internal processes through periodic team meetings, workshops, and internal training• Contributing to leadership’s long-term strategic planning for the company• Leading and developing an extensive training program for the quantitative team• Leading and coordinating large-scale research and evaluation projects that involve high levels of complexity and rigor• Continuing to build relationships with researchers, government, businesses, and non-profit organizations that require research or evaluation support• Continuing to assist clients with: identifying study significance and research gaps through systematic reviews, developed feasible, rigorous research designs and sampling plans that align with research questions, developing strong statistical analysis plans that align, developing and validating survey instruments for measuring concepts related to theory, providing IRB submission and data collection services, executing appropriate data preparation and assumptions testing procedures, and analyzing the results and visualizing the data while translating it into a coherent narrative for the proper audiencePresenting project results and the overarching story to executive teams• Developing written reports, white papers, and other materials related to special issues (industry or methodological content)• Preparing and reviewing client publication manuscripts in addition to addressing reviewer comments, in addition to grant funding proposal preparation and review• Developing new internal processes that led to greater efficiency and effectiveness in the project estimation, data preparation, analysis, reporting aspects of the company processes Show less • Building relationships with researchers and organizations needing to improve their research capabilities, answer specific research questions, or evaluate programs and helping clients to understand their research priorities through organizational planning• Assisting clients in: identifying study significance and research gaps through systematic reviews, developed feasible, rigorous research designs and sampling plans that align with research questions, developing strong statistical analysis plans that align, developing and validating survey instruments for measuring concepts related to theory, providing IRB submission and data collection services, executing appropriate data preparation and assumptions testing procedures, and analyzing the results and visualizing the data while translating it into a coherent narrative for the proper audience• Presenting project results and the overarching story to executive teams• Developing written reports, white papers, and other materials related to special issues (industry or methodological content)• Preparing and reviewing client publication manuscripts in addition to addressing reviewer comments, in addition to grant funding proposal preparation and review• Developing new internal processes that led to greater efficiency and effectiveness in the project estimation, data preparation, analysis, reporting aspects of the company processes• Training new hires to be analysts and consultant and developed training materials Show less

  • Director of Quantitative Monitoring Evaluation Research and Learning (MERL)

    May 2022 - now

  • Senior Research and Statistical Consultant

    May 2015 - May 2022
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  Texas Woman's University

  Mar 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Provided guidance on the appropriate statistical approach given the research design and research questions for graduate level research projects in coordination with their advisor• Collaborated with faculty on projects to help provide stronger research designs, statistical expertise, and general rigor or publications• Reviewed and critiqued both faculty publications for peer review and grant submissions for award funding• Guided faculty with research trajectories to help them improve publications acceptance and receive grant awards• Trained faculty in workshops on methodology for professional development • Led graduate level workshops in statistical methods for students Show less

  • Senior Statistician and Consulting Director

    May 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Statistician

    Mar 2017 - May 2018