Bennet Voorhees

I’m an HR Data Scientist and University Instructor, based in the United States and China.

Contact

Evil Mail: voorheeb [at symbol] icloud [dot] com

Summary

I’ve spent my academic and professional lives in the U.S. and China learning and understanding what makes people, markets, and machines tick. Along the way I’ve picked up some tools that help me do that--namely data science, organizational strategy, and (most importantly) creating energy in the teams I’m lucky enough to work in.

Leadership and Strategy

• Built and led a newly-estabished data science team at a fortune 100 company with headcount spanning Europe, Asia, and North America
• Forged cross-enterprise partnerships with data science and analytics cohorts to bust silos and better connect data science talent
• Co-crafted location strategy for a leading financial services company using organizational network analysis.
• Managed analysts and designed organization-wide workforce research initiatives and analytical projects at two different Fortune 100 companies
• Guided teams of economists and analysts to improve macroeconomic forecasts and data for 15 countries.
• Implemented open-source data science tools and trained analysts--saving $200k in annual licensing costs.

Research and Analytics

• Strengthened corporate ability to track and predict employee mobility into, within, and out of the enterprise.
• Led data engineering for an economic impact study of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the U.S. economy.
• Coordinated with colleagues in Mandarin to develop machine learning models for reducing employee exits.
• Tied local labor market projections to education program offerings for higher education planning projects.

Executive Writing and Presentation

• Developed and delivered written and oral briefings for the U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman and Commissioners on foreign exchange markets, exchange rate policy, and international trade barriers.
• Delivered conference presentations and hosted discussions in the U.S. and Europe on workforce analytics.
• Defended master’s thesis in Mandarin on China’s foreign exchange policies and reserve management.

Career

• Merck (MSD) Head of HR Data Science; China Workforce Analytics Lead (2019 - Present)
• New York University Faculty of Human Capital Analytics and Technology (2019- 2020)
• twenty-one analytics LLC Principal (2018 - 2020)
• BNY Mellon Head of Workforce Analytics (2018)
• Pfizer Senior Manager, Talent Analytics (2016-2018)
• United States International Trade Commission International Economist (2013-2016)
• International Monetary Fund Research Analyst (2012-2013)

Education

• MA International Economics, China Studies; Johns Hopkins University SAIS & Nanjing University (2011)
• BA Economics, Chinese (Double Major); University of Oregon (2009)
• Specialization Certificate Data Science; Johns Hopkins University via Coursera (2015)

Projects and Conference Presentations

Check out my Github for code and presentation materials