Matthew Gerken

Experience

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  Southwest Volusia Habitat for Humanity

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Family Services Intern

  • Organized all Habitat applicant files into a comprehensive Excel spreadsheet and ensured applicants submitted pertinent credit and income information as part of a summer internship• Assisted with day-to-day operations within the office

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  Thrive DC

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Social Services Intern

  • Guided homeless individuals with job search, resume-building, and computer skills• Consolidated a list of all services available to homeless individuals in the DC area, from transitional housing programs to food assistance

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  Volusia County Government

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Department of Community Assistance Intern

  • Compiled and interpreted data concerning homelessness in Volusia County, FL, through U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports for staff use• Summarized HUD’s understanding of homelessness in the United States, as well as its programs, including CDBG, HOME, and HMIS• Informed the decision regarding the construction of a local full-service homeless shelter

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  Stetson University

  May 2014 - May 2015

  • Assisted students in calculus 1 and 2 by answering questions and eliciting advice• Provided a welcoming and supportive environment for all students • Selected as a recipient of a competitive research grant to conduct summer research • Analyzed U.S. Census data and the General Social Survey through SPSS to examine the relationships between civic engagement and social capital in the United States• Presented research results and awarded the Maris Prize for Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium

  • Mathematics Tutor

    Feb 2012 - May 2015

  • Summer Researcher

    May 2014 - Aug 2014
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  Wyzant

  May 2015 - now

  Mathematics Tutor

  • Tutor students in statistics, calculus, pre-calculus, geometry, algebra, GRE, SAT, Excel, Stata, and other statistical software

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  Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

  Jan 2016 - May 2017

  Graduate Assistant

  • Served as the Graduate Assistant for the Sanford School's First-Year Mentoring Program

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Graduate Student Intern

  • Analyzed and compiled innovative housing policies into internal policy memos for the Moving to Work Office• Created a Power BI housing voucher data visualization template for the Office of Housing Voucher Programs• Contributed to the MTW Office’s transparency through updates to its online website and an inaugural newsletter

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  Self-Help

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Graduate Student Intern

  • Developed an Access database of affordable and subsidized housing units in Durham

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  Urban Institute

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2022

  • Designed data cleaning and analysis plans to lead teams in linking datasets and analyzing outcomes• Managed project teams to meet deliverable deadlines within budget, collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, and applied best practices to project teams• Led report, policy brief, and blog writing to elevate insights from research projects• Presented, condensed, and visualized key findings for technical and non-technical audiences• Provided performance measurement technical assistance to local DC nonprofits Show less • Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of affordable housing, community development and homelessness policies and programs• Downloaded, cleaned, analyzed, and visualized program and public data using R and Stata• Created geospatial maps in R to convey complex information and trends• Applied trend analysis, cross-sectional analysis, regression analysis, survival analysis, social network analysis, data validation, and quasi-experimental methodology to large and small datasets Show less

  • Research Associate

    Jan 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Research Analyst

    Sept 2017 - Jan 2021
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  The Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Collect, analyze and visualize data to determine root causes of pressing issues facing residents • Collaborate with internal and external partners to drive initiatives forward• Use human-centered design, innovation, and behavioral science principles to design, test, prototype, and implement resident-centric solutions• Transform key insights gleaned from the data into compelling data storytelling• Lead program evaluation to distill lessons learned and recommendations for continuous program improvement• Collect metrics and Key Performance Indicators to assess team and project efficacy Show less

  • Senior Data Scientist, Data Strategy Team

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Senior Data Scientist, Innovation Team

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2024