Jerod Baker

Experience

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  Louisiana State University

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Structural and System Designer

  • Responsible for the design and fabrication of payload structure capable of withstanding extremely low temperatures (-70 degrees) of the upper atmosphere, while minimizing weight and maximizing shock resistance• Designed and fabricated circuit board and circuitry for the electronics of the experiment• Replicate data generated by NOAA with our experiment and presented results to NASA engineers

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  Center for Materials Research

  Sept 2008 - May 2011

  Materials Science Research Intern

  • Maintained laboratory and multi-million-dollar class 100/1000 clean room inventory and equipment• Conduct tours for University Administration and various visitors for the clean room• Taught elementary, middle, and high school students during various nanotechnology outreach programs.• Mentored and managed summer high school students for summer research program initiatives to encourage local high schoolstudent to pursue a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math degree (STEM) in college• Conducted computational research in order to optimize the design of a perovskite-based micro-pressure sensor• Trained in usage of engineering software and over 10+ laboratory machines which require step by step processing recipesCenter for Materials Research Undergraduate Student September 2009 – May 2011 Show less

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  James Madison University

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Materials Science Research Intern

  • Designed and conducted experiments exploring the effect of grain bridging in 2-D silos using high speed camera and pressure sensitive grains encapsulated in cross polarized films

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  Norfolk State University

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  PSENSE Lab Intern

  • Design and conducted testing of an optical sensor device capable of detecting trace levels of nitrate/nitrite in water

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  Ball Aerospace

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Technical II Intern

  • Calibration of experimental devices marketed to government and private industry clients• Flight tested equipment over the Gulf of Mexico during BP oil spill to test for device efficacy• Responsible for post processing data generated from flight test using MatLab

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  Center for Materials Research

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2015

  Materials Science Graduate Researcher

  • Conducted computational research in order to optimize the design of a perovskite-based micro-pressure sensor• Responsible for maintaining laboratory and class 100/1000 clean room inventory and equipment• Conduct clean room tours for visitors and establish outreach programs for local elementary/middle school children• Co-authored 2 peer-reviewed publications based on results• Presented results at 10+ conferences to various audiences both oral and poster format• Recruiting for Graduate Programs at various conferences• Trained to use over 15+ laboratory machines which require step by step processing recipes.• Trained to use engineering software for modeling behavior of data and displaying key results Show less

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  Prometheon Pharma, LLC

  Feb 2015 - May 2016

  Lab Manager, Scientist

  ●Business Development (Market Analysis Research, Financial Projections, B2B interactions)●Perform experiments on for research and development for new formulations using and maintaining $500,000+ pharmaceutical lab equipment●As lab manager I ensured that the lab experiments performs in compliance within highly regulated biotech industry●Represented company at the Social Capital Conference in San Francisco as Corporate Scholar to pitch to potential investors

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  Practical Intelligence, LLC

  Jun 2016 - now

  Business Research Analyst

  ●Performed market research/analysis, capability gap assessment, and implementation, for corporate initiatives●Leveraged key BI Tools (Tableau, QlikView, SQL) to visualize key metrics for client identity protection●Created insights and conclusions based on data provided by client and data available online to aid client initiatives and objectives●Presented data visualization dashboards, utilizing Tableau, to government and private sector clients●Provided accurate and timely responses to inquiries in a fast moving, ever changing environment●Developed and advise senior management on recommended courses of action, branding initiatives, and client data interpretations Show less

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  Deloitte

  Apr 2017 - now

  GPS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Analytics Manager

  ● Led project teams in DEI analytics to understand the current state of an organization’s DEI maturity through quantitative analysis of workforce data, in order to, identify and understand potential gaps in employee representation ● Serves as Government/Public Sector (GPS) DEI Market Offering’s Accelerators and Tools Lead, responsible for the development and curation of the tools used to drive DEI project delivery● Served as GPS co-lead for the DEI Practice, reacting to a shifting DEI landscape in GPS, leading a pipeline of over 28 opportunities resulting in 4 wins totaling over $1.5M in sales● Served clients through numerous demos of tools and analytical capability and survey analysis skills and helped scope and guide over $10M in DEI commercial sales● Employed workforce analytics to identify diversity and inclusion strengths and opportunities in client workforce● Developed and distributed survey instruments using Qualtrics to measure employee engagement, organizational inclusion, and various inclusive leader assessments (ILA)● Developed dashboards and analyzed survey responses using Excel, Tableau, SPSS, and other tools to derive statistically significant insights about respondents Show less