Chris Ellis

Experience

1. Senior Survey Director

   RTI International

   May 2011 — Present

   My responsibilties as Senior Survey Director are to lead proposals and projects (contracts) involving data collection; project management (including budget, schedule, and client); design and manage multimode data collection studies; and conduct marketing and business development activities. Particular areas of expertise include face-to-face interviewing; multimode data collection, including Web surveys; establishment data collection (including enterprises, establishments, employers, and employees); and collections focused on criminal justice, including collections with jails, prisons, law enforcement agencies, and former inmates.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor’s Degree, Interdisciplinary Studies (Sociology, Speech Communications, Religious Studies)

  1985 — 1989

• Christian Life School of Theology Global

  Bachelor’s Degree, Theology/Theological Studies

  1989 — 2002

Skills

• Program Management
• Quantitative Research
• Survey Methodology
• Research
• Client Relations
• Budget Monitoring
• Survey Design
• Proposal Management
• Research Design
• Budget Forecasts
• Ms Project
• Client Development
• Budget Management
• Managing Project Budgets
• Contract Management
• Staff Development-Promotion
• Training
• Written & Oral Presentation Skills
• Proposal Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Technical Writing
• Proposal Writing
• Qualitative Research
• Microsoft Office
• Manage Client Relationships
• Literature Reviews
• Survey Research
• Data Collection
• Budget Proposals
• Project Management
• Focus Groups
• Questionnaire Design
• Employee Training
• Client Liaison
• Team Building