HomeMy WebLinkAboutChampion, Ryan - ResumeRyan Champion
10025 N Spring Ln
Peoria, IL 61615
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Email: rchamp23@yahoo.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Caterpillar Inc 3/2006 - Present
Peoria, IL US
Sr. Economic and
Business Analyst
Assist the Chief Economist by drafting comments and preparing slides for the Chairman’s bi-monthly economics presentation to the Board. Write weekly newsletter for
executive office detailing changes in financial markets, the economy, and industries affecting Caterpillar. Provide Treasury economic outlook to be used for corporate risk assessment.
Prepare forecasts of short-term and long-term exchange rates. Trained as a Six Sigma Black Belt to manage projects to improve corporate processes.
United Parcel Service 7/2004 - 3/2006
Atlanta, GA
Economic Analysis Specialist
Estimate marginal costs of shipping a package via air and ground using trans-log cost models. Also forecast wage rates for drivers, sorters,
and mechanics which are used to forecast business plan and profit plan expenditures.
Senate Research Office 9/2002 - 7/2004
Atlanta, GA
Policy Analyst
Provide support to individual
State Senators on issues of policy development and both background and comparative research for state-wide and local legislation. Additional duties include identifying public policy
trends, producing study committee reports, summarizing legislation, and gathering information on programs including cost analysis and program elements for the Senate’s Appropriation
and Agriculture Committees.
Georgia State University 8/2000 - 9/2002
Atlanta, GA
Graduate Teaching Assistant
January 1999 - July 2000; Summer 2001
Independently taught undergraduate
Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Microeconomics.
Georgia State Univesity 1/1999 - 7/2000
Atlanta US
Graduate Research Assistant
January 1999 - July 2000; Summer 2001
Collected
and Processed Data, Literature Searches, Proofreading for Professors, and Hosted International Government Officials for Summer Training Programs in the International Studies Program
and Economic Forecasting Center.
EDUCATION
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA US
Master's Degree - 8/2002
Major: Economics
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL US
Bachelor's Degree - 3/1998
Rochelle
Township High School
Rochelle, IL US
High School - 5/1994