Experience

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  International cultural youth exchange

  Aug 1998 - Jul 1999

  Volunteer in ghana

  Volunteered as a primary school teacher; taught English and Math to 9 and 10 year olds

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  Central bank of iceland

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Research assistant to chief economist

  Summer of 2000 and 2001Updated inflation models, prepared analysis for board’s interest rate setting meetings. Conducted research on applicability of worldwide productivity trends in Iceland

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  University of iceland

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Teaching assistant

  Taught Macroeconomics II for undergraduate students in business administrationTaught Statistics for first year graduate students in health care economics

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  Reykjavik university

  Sept 2001 - Aug 2005

  Faculty of business administration

  • Lectured complete courses in Microeconomics and Statistics and assisted in several other courses – received highly positive feedback from the students in every teaching evaluation• Oversaw survey data collection, organized and conducted interviews, and managed data analysis for a number of large research projects, including the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a significant report that resulted in an open and public conversation on the entrepreneurial environment in Iceland and provided input to policy making• Solved various operational design problems, including the scheduling of a complex and resource-intensive executive education program, and reorganized multiple work-flow processes, including the process of performing teaching evaluations, which resulted in much improved performance feedback to faculty• Organized and handled project management for various temporary projects, with responsibilities ranging from resource acquisition and logistics to public relations through presentations and newspaper articles. Projects included Survive Iceland, an immersive expedition designed as a transformative experience for graduating Global-MBA students, which enhanced the school’s reputation in international teaching collaboration Show less

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  Flexquotient

  Mar 2012 - Nov 2013

  Co-founder

  Building online service to provide jobseekers with consolidated user-generated data on work culture and professional growth. Winner - Lean Startup Challenge Boston.

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  Reykjavik university

  Nov 2013 - May 2017

  Adjunct faculty and project manager

  Lecturer in Research Methods at a master degree levelLecturer in Applied Statistics I in a first year of Business Administration Project manager of PhD studies in the School of BusinessProject coordinator for the PRME project (www.unprme.org) at Reykjavík University School of Business

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  The city of reykjavik

  Jun 2017 - now

  Project manager - team leader - department of education and youth

  Lead the team of data, research and quality assessments. The team is responsible for conducting parent surveys, student surveys, and various other surveys for policy making, evaluating the implementation and results of new initiatives, program evaluations, and student performance. The team also handles the division's statistics and participates in and oversees various development projects such as the development of a new student data base, processes for gathering data (such as children of foreign origin), and the use of data. The team sets up dashboards for citizens/managers and disseminates findings through data visualization tools such as Qlik Sense, Infogram and PowerBI. The team is also a part of the introduction team for the education policy and works on developing performance indicators for the education policy. Show less