ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Ami Waltham - data enthusiast, serial clutter-er and declutterer, and proud dog mom.

I'm focused on creating a life that I don't run away from.

WORK EXPERIENCE

What I've Accomplished

DATA AND OPERATIONS ANALYST - BRIDGES OUTCOMES PARTNERSHIPS

September 2020 - Present

Analyze and present on the Positive Families Partnerships success. Directly responsible for data collection, validation, and quality checks from multiple data sources. Built and implemented python scripts to increase data validation efficiency and reduce chances of human error. Responsible for high-level performance reporting and for ad-hoc deep dive reporting.

SENIOR SPECIALIST - PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY AND OPTIMIZATION AT MEDIAMATH

May 2017 - August 2019

Resident expert at using TerminalOne, MediaMath’s media trading platform.

Design and champion innovative strategies and media tactics that uniquely deliver against end-client goals and enable agency partners to deliver exceptional value to their clients via TerminalOne. Guide clients and execute and oversee day-to-day yield management across all campaigns and supply sources, including performance monitoring, identifying and implementing enhancements, issue identification and escalation.

RESEARCH ANALYST - THIRD BRIDGE

June 2016 - May 2017

Third Bridge provides private equity firms, hedge funds and strategy consultants with the information that they need to understand the value of their investment opportunities.

Our vision for delivering deep insight and unbiased market intelligence has evolved into a business with a range of complementary services, five offices across three continents and a global client base.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT - THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

January 2016 - June 2016

Graded and proctor exams and homework for Econ 306 for a class of over 200 students. Econ 306 is an introductory econometrics course that teaches students basic econometric techniques.

INTERN - TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL NEPAL

June 2015 - July 2015

Drafted four international funding proposals to donors including DFID, the United Nations, and the World Bank, and developed a paper that analyzed areas of growth for TI’s advocacy projects. Participated in field conferences on transparency and accountability issues in Nepal.

EDUCATION

What I’ve Learned

SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

August 2019 - December 2020

Msc. Economics with Reference to Environment and Development. Focusing on Institutions and microeconometric analsyis. Thesis: Empirical Classification of Corruption types and Modelling of Contributing Variables.

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

August 2013 - May 2016

Studied a joint B.S Economics and B.A International Relations. Competed a three-module specialisation in Development Economics.

AMANI INSTITUTE

August 2013

Completed the flagship course in Social Entrepreneurship at the first school in Kenya

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF KENYA

September 2010 - June 2012

Completed the International Baccalaureate