J. William Ambrosini Jr. (Will)
419-838-9656
hebmailbox-webpage1 at yahoo dot com
EDUCATION

University of California, Davis Davis, CA
Economics MA June 2007/ PhD expected June 2010
GPA - 3.8
Dissertation: Semi-mobile human capital and wage inequality. I use econometrics to show semi-mobile human capital exists and I use macroeconomic modelling to show how important it is.

Humboldt State University Arcata, CA
Bachelor of Arts May 2005
Major in Mathematics with Honors
GPA - 4.0

University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Science May 1999
Major in Business
Minor in Computer Science
GPA - 3.5

Undergraduate GPA - 3.6
SAT Math - 720, SAT Verbal - 590 (1995)
GRE Math - 780, GRE Verbal - 640 (2003)

EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIENCE
Satmetrix Systems Mountain View, CA
System Architect
June 1999 - August 2004
  • Product management
    • Worked closely with CEO and other company founders to turn their product vision into reality
    • Helped design the pricing model
    • Engineered a strategy of packaging platform features into solution-oriented products
    • Invented and rolled out "Satmetrix Enterprise" product that increased deal size by over 400%
    • Evaluated and developed partnership opportunities with companies that offered complementary offerings
    • Developed market requirements for several dozen features
    • Prioritized enhancements and helped build platform roadmap
  • Driving force in quality improvement initiatives
    • Worked closely with Chief Customer Officer to take customer feedback and create systematic organizational change
    • "Quality upstream" initiatives improved customer loyalty by nearly 9%
    • Designed and implemented a report prototyping tool that reduced coding time for new projects by 40%
  • Pre-sales engineering
    • Reviewed special system requirements and provided pricing
    • Managed, supported and evolved the pricing model used by entire sales force
    • Participated in and, in many cases, lead dozens of sales presentations
  • Operations management
    • Led team that delivered over $1.5m in revenue per year
    • Developed technical training curriculum
  • Systems design and architecture
    • Interacted with global account teams, across nine time zones, to understand extraordinary customer requirements
    • Fostered a culture of "whole brain" and "systems" thinking approach
    • Reviewed and approved systems design and specifications
  • Systems implementation
    • Implemented over 50 business loyalty systems using proprietary XML-like language and PERL scripting
  • Survey design, deployment and reporting
    • Interviewed client executives, line management and customer satisfaction leads
    • Authored survey instruments and developed key metrics used by clients for incentive planning, quality assurance and sales opportunity identification
    • Specified action-oriented reporting for all varieties of audiences in the client business
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
UC Davis Economics Department Davis, CA
Associate Instructer
Summer 2009-Fall 2009
  • Intermediate macroeconomics and finance courses
  • Developed course syllabus, delevered lectures and facilitated discussion
College of the Redwoods Eureka, CA
Associate Faculty
Summer 2009-Fall 2009
  • American economic history and introductory macroeconomics
  • In addition to lecturing, I led an online community of students
UC Davis Economics Department Davis, CA
Teaching Assistant
Summer 2006-Spring 2009
  • Introductory macroeconomics
  • Intermediate macroeconomics
  • Economic Development
  • Labor economics
  • Undergraduate econometrics
  • Economic history
UC Davis Anthropology Department Davis, CA
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2005/ Winter 2007
  • Developed lesson plan and led discussion session
  • Graded term papers and exams
UC Davis Mathematics Department Davis, CA
Reader
Winter/Spring 2006
  • Read for Numerical Analysis, Linear Algebra and Calculus
Humboldt State University Mathematics Department Arcata, CA
Tutor
Fall 2004
  • Assisted students in:
    • Calculus (all levels)
    • Introductory Statistics
    • Mathematical Statistics
    • Linear Algebra
    • Abstract Algebra
Satmetrix Systems Foster City, CA
Trainer
June 1999 - August 2004
  • Developed curriculum for new employee orientation
  • Taught technical courses on PERL, XML and systems design
Haas School of Business Berkeley, CA
Reader - Finance
Fall 1998
  • Graded students' exams and homework
University of California Computer Science Department Berkeley, CA
Lab Teaching Assistant - Introductory Computer Science
Fall 1997 - Spring 1998
  • Supervised and assisted students during lab
  • Gave lectures on proper coding technique and principle; lead exam review sessions
  • Graded students' exams and homework
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
UC Davis Economics Department Davis, CA
Research Assistant (Prof. Lindert and Meissner)
Winter 2007-Fall 2008
  • Collected price time series data for dozens of commodities over several centuries for cities in India, Korea, Europe and the U.S.
  • Researched late 19th century bond prices for dozens of countries
  • Data entry and analysis of historic trade data
Hobbies & Interests Learn computer languages (expert PERL; intermediate R; beginner MatLab, Python and Scheme; some C, C++ and Java). Enjoy reading science and writting in my blog about economics. Run over 12 miles per week.