Rick Weber

Professional Summary

  • Creative problem solver looking to provide value to stakeholders.
  • Quick learner already skilled in Python and R, but ready to take on new challenges.
  • Curious and self-motivated to build reliable and effective systems while supporting teammates.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY 2014-2021
  • Associate Professor of Economics, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY 2021-present
    • Project management with diverse stakeholders
    • Creating and maintaining classes on a variety of subjects including R, Agent Based Modeling, Network Theory, Econometrics, and Mathematical Methods.
    • Managing 8-11 classes per year, typically with 100+ students to keep track of at a time.
    • Evaluating prospective faculty hires as a member/chair of search committees.
    • Mentoring students through college and in their research, solving technical problems (e.g. helping a student solve an R programming problem) etc.
    • Overseeing operational duties (e.g. chairing department committees, overseeing adjunct instructors, authoring department self-study report, chairing search committees) in a growing department.

Training

  • Ph.D. Economics, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2014
  • M.S. Economics, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2013
  • B.S. Economics, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 2010
  • Django For Everybody Coursera
  • Machine Learning Coursera
  • Deep Learning Coursera

Skills