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Todd A. Brahler • Updated contact information – Home Address • 1911 Faircrest SE • Canton, OH 44707 – Cell Phone • (330)353-6913 – Home Phone • (330)484-3596 – Email Address [email protected]

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Todd A. Brahler. Updated contact information Home Address 1911 Faircrest SE Canton, OH 44707 Cell Phone (330)353-6913 Home Phone (330)484-3596 Email Address [email protected]. Timeline. US Air Force Castle AFB, CA 1986-1990. US Air Force: 1986-1990. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Todd A. Brahler

• Updated contact information– Home Address

• 1911 Faircrest SE• Canton, OH 44707

– Cell Phone• (330)353-6913

– Home Phone• (330)484-3596

– Email Address• [email protected]

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Timeline

1986 1990 1996 2004 2006-2008

US Air Force Smith's Market Westco Group, Inc. U of Akron Wright State UniversityU of Akron

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US Air ForceCastle AFB, CA

1986-1990

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US Air Force: 1986-1990

• Servicing and inspection of KC-135s

• Launch and recovery• Aircraft tow vehicle

operator

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US Air Force: 1986-1990Achievements

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US Air Force: 1986-1990Achievements

Crew Member: Outstanding Tanker of the Month—December 1986

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US Air Force: 1986-1990Achievements

Outstanding QVI: August 10, 1988

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US Air Force: 1986-1990Achievements

Outstanding QVI: May 3, 1989

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US Air Force: Benefits

• Work ethic– Intrinsic vs Extrinsic

rewards

• Promoted teamwork• Attention to detail• Work on a deadline

– Prioritize and organize tasks

– Multi-tasking

• Development of communication skills

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US Air Force

• Honorable Discharge: March 27, 1990

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Smith’s Market: 1990-1996

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Smith’s Market: 1990-1996• Bagger

– Employee of the Month: November 1990• Cashier (February 1991)

– Greenhouse and produce tent• Office Manager (October 1991)

– In charge of front-end operation– Ordering tobacco products– Programmed scrolling marquee– Intercom advertising– Smith’s Advantage-Plus Card

• Assistant Manager (June 1996)– Additional duties

• Shutting off lights• Ensuring back doors and upstairs doors were locked• Setting the alarm

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Smith’s Market: Benefits

• Development of interpersonal skills• Multi-tasking• Teamwork• Development of management skills• Devised ways to save time/increase

efficiency– Running daily reports at night– Running backup reports– Numbering cashier drawers

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Leaving Smith’s Market

• Wanted to work with computers

• Reduction in pay for position entering pricing into the system

• Store sales were diminishing

• Data entry advertisement for Westco Group, Inc.

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Westco Group, Inc.: 1996-2004

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Westco Group, Inc.: 1996-2004

• 2nd Shift Leader: Inventory Control (1996-1998)– Inventory discrepancies

• Merchandising Assistant (1999-2004)– In charge of the “Drop Ship” Program– Processing/Faxing Orders– Maintain cost and retail prices in product file– Prepare retail books for stores– Commission discrepancies

• Worked with IT and Data to reduce the number of commission discrepancies

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Westco Group, Inc.: 1996-2004

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Westco Group, Inc.: Benefits

• Management skills• Computer skills

– Self-taught MS Excel/Word– Took a course at CompUSA

• Multi-tasking– Faxing from the computer (They said it couldn’t be done!)

• Prioritizing tasks• Innovation

– Think outside the box• Comments for clearance items• UPS/FedEx tracking numbers• Commission Discrepancies• Proactive approach to reduce inventory discrepancies

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The University of Akron: 2003-2006

• Bachelor of Arts: Statistics• Bachelor of Arts: Psychology• Dean’s List for all three years• Phi Sigma Alpha: 2005• Psi Chi: 2005• Louis A. Klages Memorial Scholarship: Academic Year 2005/2006• Collected data for two psychology graduate students• Psychology Senior Honor’s Program

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Psychology Honors Project

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Psychology Honors Project

• Survey Design• IRB Paperwork• Collected data four times over the fall semester• Analyzed data• Reported the findings at The University of Akron Conference on Undergraduate and

Graduate Student Research: November, 17, 2005– Best Poster Presentation (Morning Session)

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Psychology Honors Project

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Archives of the History of American Psychology: 2005-2006

• Entered tests into the FilemakerPro database• Worked on the Eliot Spatial Test Collection

– Over 1000 records

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The University of Akron: Benefits

• Research skills• Writing skills

– “Results” section => reporting statistical results

• Quantitative skills• Learned about myself

– Importance of diversity– Importance of career development/training

• I liked Statistics more than Psychology– Influenced decision to pursue graduate study

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Wright State University: 2006-2008

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Wright State University: 2006-2008

• Master of Science in Applied Statistics– 3.58 GPA

• Teaching Assistant: Intermediate Algebra– Office of Disability Services

• Lab Assistant: STT 264/265– Assisted students– Graded reports– Updated solutions book– Updated lab manual

• Credited as a co-author

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Wright State UniversityClass Projects

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Wright State UniversityClass Projects

• Intro to Experimental Design

• Mean Golf Scores• Two-way ANOVA

– Wind velocity– Course difficulty

• Significant interaction

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Wright State UniversityClass Projects: Computational Statistics

• Comparing probability coverage of CI’s for p: the proportion of successes

– 1000 “Classic” CI’s using:

– Bootstrap: random sample of size n, 1000 bootstrap sample means sorted in ascending order, determine 25th and 975th percentiles

n

qpZp

ˆˆˆ 2/

p 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25n 100 50 33 25 20

bootstrap hits 957 962 954 960 953 957.2bootstrap coverage 95.70% 96.20% 95.40% 96.00% 95.30% 95.72%

classic hits 872 887 881 884 883 881.4classic coverage 87.20% 88.70% 88.10% 88.40% 88.30% 88.14%

           n 190 100 71 56 48

bootstrap hits 957 953 942 942 951 949bootstrap coverage 95.70% 95.30% 94.20% 94.20% 95.10% 94.90%

classic hits 907 840 903 928 905 896.6classic coverage 90.70% 84.00% 90.30% 92.80% 90.50% 89.66%

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Wright State UniversityClass Projects: Applied Multivariate Analysis

• Model relationship between average test scores, percentage score on the final, and percentage score for the class

• Wanted to determine if final exam score and course grade could be predicted using:– Average percentages of the first two tests– Average percentages of the first three tests

• Sample– Data collected on 92 students who completed

Intermediate Algebra 126 during the 2006-2007 academic year at WSU

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Wright State UniversityClass Projects: Applied Multivariate Analysis

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Reduced Model: Total Percentage

Source DF Sum of Squares Mean Square F Value Pr > F

Model 1 15816.72296 15816.72296 198.58 <.0001

Error 90 7168.53558 79.65040    

Corrected Total 91 22985.25854      

R-Square Coeff Var Root MSE TOTAL_PERCENTAGE Mean

0.688125 14.35084 8.924707 62.18946

Source DF Type III SS Mean Square F Value Pr > F

TEST1_3 1 15816.72296 15816.72296 198.58 <.0001

Parameter Estimate Standard Error t Value Pr > |t|

Intercept 13.05188305 3.60898776 3.62 0.0005

TEST1_3 0.81887714 0.05811048 14.09 <.0001

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Reduced Model: FinalSource DF Sum of Squares Mean Square F Value Pr > F

Model 1 14727.07727 14727.07727 88.42 <.0001

Error 90 14989.57491 166.55083    

Corrected Total 91 29716.65217      

R-Square Coeff Var Root MSE FINAL Mean

0.495583 21.61089 12.90546 59.71739

Source DF Type III SS Mean Square F Value Pr > F

TEST1_3 1 14727.07727 14727.07727 88.42 <.0001

Parameter Estimate Standard Error t Value Pr > |t|

Intercept 12.30261182 5.21873020 2.36 0.0206

TEST1_3 0.79016680 0.08402991 9.40 <.0001

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Wright State UniversityProjects for Statistical Consulting

Center

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Wright State UniversityProjects for Statistical Consulting

Center• August, 2007: Data analysis of the relationship

between scores on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and ethnicity– Domains of ASQ

• Communication skills, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving skills, and personal/social skills

• Approximately 100 children between the ages of 0 and 3 served by Community Refugee and Immigrant Services and the Help Me Grow program between July, 2005 and June, 2006– Ethnicity

• Somali, Latino, and “Other”

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Wright State UniversityProjects for Statistical Consulting

Center• July, 2008: Beliefs about

Diversity in 136 Pre-service Teacher Candidates

• Personal Beliefs– “There is nothing wrong with

people from different racial backgrounds having/raising children”

• Professional Beliefs– “The traditional classroom has

been set up to support the middle-class lifestyle”

• Differences based on cohort groups, case study approach, and demographics

MEAN_SCORES

3.78

3.94

3.70

3.75

3.80

3.85

3.90

3.95

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL

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The Future

• Analyzing data using regression, ANOVA, and other techniques

• Variety, diversity, potential for upward mobility, increase knowledge

• Ph.D. in Statistics

• Upon retirement, statistical consulting from home

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What I Bring to the Table

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What I Bring to the Table• Work Ethic

– Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Rewards• Education

– MS in Applied Statistics– BA in Statistics and Psychology

• Computer skills– SAS, S-PLUS, Minitab, R, SPSS, MS Office

• Dedication– My pledge: I will do whatever it takes to help the company

• Proactive approach versus Reactive approach– Try to prevent problems before they occur

• Multi-tasking– Faxing orders through the computer

• Supervisory skills• Oral and written communication skills• Ability to work independently and with a team

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Thank you!

Questions or Comments?