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Gonzalo Rivero, Ph.D.
February 3, 2016
Washington, DC
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Summary
•Data scientist with a social science background and strong programming and quantitative skills
•Experience managing highly technical teams and attentive mentor to junior scientists
•Passionate communicator used to present technical material to heterogeneous audiences
Employment
Senior Data Scientist. Westat (Statistical Unit). Rockville, MD
2015–present
(a) Strategic planning for the development of a line of data science products and services.
(b) Deployment of microservices to expose statistical tools and for process automation.
(c) Coordinating role in the adoption of dashboards for the real-time delivery of data to clients.
(d) Development of predictive models to orient decisions of field managers about contacts.
Statistical Scientist. YouGov (Scientific Research Group), Palo Alto, CA
2014–2015
(a) Consultant for internal and external clients on experimental design and measurement.
(b) Statistical and predictive modeling using choice models, time series, and multilevel methods.
(c) Responsible for the scientific research and academic presentations of the unit.
(d) Organizer of the first YouGov Global Datathon.
Senior Analyst. YouGov (Scientific Research Group), Palo Alto, CA
2013–2014
(a) Tool development for creating adjustment weights and analysis of non-probability samples.
(b) Creation of a dashboard with KPI’s of the health of the panel of respondents.
(c) Consolidation and standardization of an R and Python database
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, New York University
M.A. in Political Science, New York University
M.A. in Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, Madrid
M.A. in History, University of Vigo, Ourense
B.A. in History, University of Vigo, Ourense
Additional
training
Quantitative Methods for Social Research. ICPSR, University of Michigan
June–Aug. 2005
Courses: Bayesian Statistics, Advanced MLE, Game Theory II, Regression Analysis III
PGCert in Advanced Methods of Applied Statistics, UNED
2005
Areas: Robust Statistics, Resampling Methods, Multivariate Statistics
Coursework of the Ph.D. in Economic Theory, U. Santiago de Compostela
2004
Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Social Choice, Game Theory, Cooperative Games
Technical
Skills
Languages:
Statistics:
Databases:
Massive datasets:
2013
2009
2006
2004
2002
Python (7 years), C++ (< 1 year), Haskell (< 1 year)
R (11 years), Stata (10 years), BUGS/Stan (7 years), Julia (< 1 year)
SQL/PostgreSQL (3 years)
Amazon AWS (2 years), Apache Spark (1 year)
Books
Rivero, G. (2011) Incomplete Data Analysis in the Social Sciences. CIS, Madrid. (In Spanish)
Selected
research
Rivero, G. (2016): “Preaching to the Choir. Selective Exposure to Politicians in Social Media.” Under
review.
Rivero, G. (2015): “Heterogeneous Preferences in Multidimensional Voting Models: Ideology and
Nationalism in Spain,” Electoral Studies, 40: 136–145.
Fernández-Vázquez, P.; Barberá, P. and Rivero, G. (2015): “Rooting Out Corruption or Rooting For
Corruption? The Heterogeneous Electoral Consequences of Scandals,” Political Science Research
and Methods.
Przeworski, A.; Rivero, G. and Xi, T. (2015): “Elections as a Conflict Processing Mechanism.” European Journal of Political Economy, 39: 235–248.
Barberá, P. and Rivero, G. (2014): “Understanding the Political Representativeness of Twitter Users,”
Social Science Computer Review, 33 (6): 712–729.
Personal
Editorial member of Politikon
2015-present