<p>Aarti S. Ivanic 726 E. Mendocino St., Altadena, CA 91001. (626) 296-3290. [email protected]</p><p>EDUCATION University of Southern California Doctor of Philosophy - Marketing Expected May 2010</p><p>Purdue University M.S., Applied Statistics with a specialization in Computational Finance May 2002  Extensive coursework in Statistical Methodology & Analysis and Computational Finance: o Model Design and Analysis, Statistical Inference, Simulation Design & Applications, Risk Management, Options & Futures, Mathematics of Financial Derivatives  Research Projects: o “An Analysis of the Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) Dining Services” . Profiled customers and measured their satisfaction with the PMU Dining Services . Proposed a new product and service portfolio within PMU Marketplace tailored to meet customer needs o “International Trade Dependencies: A Statistical Analysis” . Analyzed trade and welfare variables to determine factors driving external economic dependencies for Lesser Developed Countries . Determined and characterized clusters of countries with similar external dependency factors </p><p>B.S., Economics, Honors Dec. 1999 B.S., Business Management Dec. 1999  Minors: Statistics and Spanish  Honors Thesis: “Analysis of political, economic and social aspects of why countries partake in international trade”</p><p>PAPERS IN PROGRESS Ivanic, Aarti S. and Joseph C. Nunes, “The Intrinsic Benefits of Status”, Data collected for 4 studies, in process of writing working paper Ivanic, Aarti S. and Joseph C. Nunes, “Acceptance Criteria into Elite Organizations: How Self- Aggrandizement and Perceptions of Status Impact How We Feel?”, Data collected study 1 – in the process of designing study 2. Ivanic, Aarti S. and Joseph C. Nunes, “The Entitlement Halo: The Impact of Expecting More than we are Promised”, Data collection in progress for study 1. </p><p>CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS Special Session: Association for Consumer Research Fall 2008 Status: Awaiting response</p><p>CONFERENCES Marketing Colloquium, University of California, Riverside, CA April 2006 Behavioral Decision Research in Management, Santa Monica, CA June 2006 Association of Consumer Research, Orlando, FL Oct. 2006 Association of Consumer Research, Memphis, TN Oct. 2007 University of Houston Doctoral Consortium, Houston, TX April 2008 TEACHING EXERIENCE Department of Statistics, Purdue University Aug. 2000 – May 2002 Course Instructor: “Introduction to Probability & Statistics” (3 semesters) Teaching Assistant: “Concepts & Controversies in Statistics” (2 semesters)</p><p>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Booz Allen Hamilton, Cleveland, OH July 2002 – July 2005 Senior Statistical Consultant (Oct. 2004 – July 2005) Statistical Consultant (July 2002 – Sept. 2004) Major Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers o Developed trade promotion models at specific account and product levels (using weekly scanner data) to identify promotional drivers of volume at two separate CPG clients (canned goods and household cleaners) Building Products Manufacturer o Designed and analyzed surveys to determine market segments, including sizing of segments and profiling customer behavior and developed a tailored growth strategy for the different segment Major Convenience Retailer o Identified store performance drivers to calculate total revenue potential of each store; Designed and developed a scorecard to track the performance of each store Major Convenience Retailer o Analyzed drivers of performance variability for a convenience retailer’s food service offering; Designed a mid-to-long term solution to improve performance by optimizing production planning, forecasting, purchasing, invoicing, and cost accounting methods</p><p>Statistical Consulting Service, Purdue University Jan. 1999 – Aug. 2000 Statistical Consultant: Experimental Design & Software Consulting Provided assistance with statistical software packages Provided consultancy on experimental design, survey set-up and analysis, interpretation and presentation of results </p><p>AWARDS & HONORS “Purdue University Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching” “Department of Statistics Outstanding Classroom Teaching by a Teaching Assistant” Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Honors Business Fraternity Chosen by faculty to attend University of Houston Doctoral Consortium</p><p>Software Proficiency: SAS, SPSS, Minitab, Lisrel, Microsoft Professional </p>