Leonardo Tovar

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ABOUT LEONARDO TOVAR

People leader with passion for developing and coaching others, particularly data-oriented and innovative teams• Seasoned analyst and advisor with over ten years of progressive experience in conducting economic- and policy-relevant analysis, providing strategic advice and support to senior management on market design, policy development and decision-making processes, and managing stakeholder and key relationships• Proven project management skills and capacity of delivering high-impact results on a wide-range of policy areas, demonstrated after representing Alberta in influencing the federal government on the regulatory design for emissions regulations while working at the AESO, and coordinating Ontario’s participation at Finance Ministers’ Meetings and other intergovernmental affairs while working for the Ontario government• Strong communication skills and business/political acuity illustrated through reports presented internally and also published to the public (including: market analyses presented to AESO-industry working groups, entire chapters of Ontario’s annual budget papers)• Strong quantitative research and analytical skills, with experience in econometric and production cost modelling, computer programming, data analysis/collection/scrubbing, spatial analysis and GIS mapping, and report writing for different audiences• Demonstrated entrepreneurship and desire for continuous professional development by founding initiatives like Speed Dataing (a quantitative-analysis skill literacy project) and providing presentations to SAS user-groups• Advanced working knowledge of database and statistical tools including MetrixND and MetrixIDR (energy demand forecasting), SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Energy Forecasting, Aurora (electricity market fundamentals), Python, PL/SQL, STATA, ArcGIS, PowerBI, Tableau and MS EXCEL/ACCESS