Professional Experience

Work Experience
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant

August 2019 – now

  • Do research at the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, which includes grant writing, drafting instructions and Qualtrics surveys, coding experiments in oTree software, using Python, and doing statistical analyses in Stata or R
  • Recruit subjects for and implement computerized economic experiments at the Experimental Economics Center
  • Employ Unix-operated high-performance computing resources, Advanced Research Computing Technology and Innovation Core, to link the CDC Vital Statistics with American Community Surveys at state- or county-level and encrypt the data for storage
  • Teach undergraduate courses as an independent instructor
Kazakh-British Technical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Senior Lecturer


August 2014 – June 2019


  • Taught 15 face-to-face courses in economics, statistics and finance within the London School of Economics undergraduate programs as well as CFA- and FRM-oriented master’s programs at the KBTU Business School
  • Served on faculty committees: Internship Report Defense, State Examination, and Student Discipline
  • Served on students' thesis committees
Kazkommertsbank, Corporate Banking Division (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Commercial Credit Analyst


October 2013 – September 2014


  • Managed relations with leading firms in construction, telecom, tobacco, consumer electronics and retail, issued credit proposals and met with the bank’s prospective clients
  • Assessed regularly the credit history and financials of the bank’s clients, revised their credit ratings, and presented the results to the bank’s top management
  • Liaised with legal and administrative department to arrange new lines of credit or renew maturing loans greater than $500,000 each
  • Oversaw credit use and verified collateral adequacy
Freelance Experience
Eurasian Bank JSC, Almaty, Kazakhstan
October 2014 – April 2015

  • Trained and led the econometrics team of Eurasian Bank.
  • Analyzed the drivers of customer flow and the probability of loan arrangement and produced actionable insights.
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