Abbas Mousa

Background

About Abbas Mousa

Full time: Economist, Data & Administrative Systems Group at U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis. Duties: Our team is basically the IT for Regional Economic Directorate even though we hold the title economists, we write computer and statistical code to improve programs & software's used by Regional Economic Directorate, my latest projects was re-writing the API replacing the old code with a new and more efficient code using SQL server, and re-writing the code for our data download section on bea.gov using both SQL server and R. Education: Masters of Art in Economic at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Thesis: Prime Rate and Housing Starts “Examining the Role of Lags” Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the Mamon University College - Security Clearance: Secret - Economics Exchange Program Study Abroad- Justus-Liebig University-Giessen-Germany Summer 2015 Studied “Analyzing Monetary Transmission in Time of Crises” and “Debt Crises: Game theory Application” Gained greater competence in understanding market values, complex variables and various types and approaches to data analysis. Skills: IT & Programming: • Proficient in SQL Server and R • SAS Programming Intro to advance level (including SAS SQL and MACRO). • Proficient in MS Office applications: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint • Able to configure and install computer programs & Windows • PASCAL, ProLog and basic (JAVA, MATLAB & C++) Public Speaking • Storyteller on the Moth mainstage in 12 different cities(nation wide) • Storyteller for the KNOW/TRUE theater in Cincinnati-OH • Regular storyteller at the Moth Story Slam in Washington, DC • Guest Speaker at a Military Ball, high school and veterans events