Farah Atia, Senior Coordinator- Research, Analysis and Performance Evaluation

Farah Atia

Senior Coordinator- Research, Analysis and Performance Evaluation

Soliya

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Political Economies
Experience
4 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 10 Months

Senior Coordinator- Research, Analysis and Performance Evaluation at Soliya
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2014 to July 2015

Successfully guided and led the research on significant economic and social themes in the MENA region and globally, effectively trained junior staff on conducting high-quality research, fully managed the performance optimization and evaluation process of the Connect program (Soliya’s flagship global program) in collaboration with the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), made critical recommendations to the management regarding performance improvement based on the analysis of program evaluation data collected, generated simple performance reports from complex quantitative data to facilitate the communication of data analysis results to relevant stakeholders, and successfully led the hiring and training process of junior staff.

Research Fellow at The American University in Cairo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2013 to June 2015

Perform extensive research using relevant sources and publications, assist the director of the institute with research-related work, and write research reports.

Economic Empowerment Consultant (short-term) at UN Women
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2014 to January 2015
Project Research Officer at Darb 1718, Contemporary Art and Culture center
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2013 to September 2013

Performed extensive research with a focus on the economically-disadvantaged area of old Cairo, and produced effective and comprehensive annual progress reports for funding organizations.

Coordinator- Research, Analysis and Performance Evaluation at Soliya
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2011 to December 2012

Acted as the organization’s primary researcher and conducted extensive research on significant economic and social themes in the MENA region and globally, worked closely with the team to discuss research results and made recommendations to improve the research process, effectively participated in the performance optimization and evaluation process of the Connect program (Soliya’s flagship global program) in collaboration with the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through the thorough collection and analysis of program evaluation data, competently transformed complex quantitative data into simple reports to facilitate the communication of data analysis results to relevant stakeholders, and proficiently responded to internal and external enquires.

Risk Consultant- Graduate Trainee (financial markets and banking) at Thomson Reuters
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2010 to August 2011

Helped customize financial software for banking clients in Egypt and the Gulf region after a short training duration, developed functional and training documentation for banking clients, presented complex information in a simple manner to bank employees, created financial instrument deal confirmations through the use of specialized software, took full responsibility (as assigned by the management) of allocation of tasks to the team and acted as the liaison between the team and the management, provided effective support to consultants on-site, assisted project managers throughout the project management processes and procedures, and successfully completed the Thomson Reuters training covering: financial markets and financial instruments review (Forex, Money Market, Bonds and Equities), risk products training (Kondor+, Kondor+ Global Risk (KGR), Kondor+ Trade Processing (K+TP)), technical and technological review, and front-to-back software configuration for Forex.

Education

Master's degree, Political Economies
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • February 2016

Topics included: Labor Politics, social behaviors, poverty, migration, mobility, political and economic trends, and the genealogies of capital and power, with a significant research and writing component to expand the ability to gather and interpret data

Bachelor's degree, Management, Economics and Finance
  • at German University in Cairo
  • July 2010

Courses included: Financial Modelling and Forecasting in Ulm University, Germany, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Research Methodologies, Macroeconomics and Macro theory, Microeconomics, Banking Management and Credit Analysis, Advanced Corporate Finance

Specialties & Skills

Economic Research
Microsoft Office
Writing
Data Analysis
Research
Report Writing
Microsoft Office
Research

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Travel
  • Painting
  • Music
  • Running
  • Reading