Chris Ferris

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About Chris Ferris

Senior Economist with 20+ years of experience in business intelligence, market and statistical analysis in the economic development, agribusiness, telecom, and education research industries. • Have 12 years of experience as an agribusiness market analyst and consultant. • Worked for a £1.2 billion business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events business with global operations. • Expert at the design, execution and delivery of research programs/projects and reports. • Expert at the design and execution of automated data analysis/modeling processes that save time and money, reduce error, deliver actionable insight that increases revenue. • Regularly worked on projects with teams or clients spread across multiple offices and continents. • Led multiple projects and a branch office, along with organizing and running conferences. • Experienced public speaker. KEYWORDS Specialties: Economics, Econometrics, Economic Modeling, Market Analysis, Grain Market Analysis, Policy Analysis. Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Marketing Analytics, Customer Segmentation, Data Science, Data Creative, Implementing Large-scale Analytical Processes, Quantitative Analyst, Analytical Projects. Treasurer of CABE, Past President of MABE https://cabe.ca/ Software: R Statistics, Microsoft Office 365 (Teams, SharePoint), Excel, Excel VBA, SQL, Microsoft Access, and SPSS.