Nicholas Ortiz

About Nicholas Ortiz

I bring 17 years of experience helping public and private organizations use data to…

Experience

1. Education Researcher and Technical Assistance Specialist

   SRI

   Feb 2020 — Present · Littleton, CO, US

   PI, Internal R&D project: Actionable Information for Planning and Responding to Extreme Weather Disruptions in K-12 Education-National technical assistance provider to state early intervention and preschool special education programs via the Center for IDEA Data System (DaSy) and Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)-Geospatial data analyst for a study of the impacts of extreme weather events on provision of Head Start services-Administrative data analyst on HHS-funded studies about a) facilitators and barriers to inclusion of children with disabilities in federally subsidized child care in California, and b) improving access to high-quality child care for children in Arkansas foster care-Data governance lead on technical assistance for North Dakota’s early childhood integrated data system (2020). Primary author on the data governance plan for ND ECIDS.

Education

• Northwestern University

  Bachelor of Arts

• Universidad de Sevilla

  Spanish

• University of Colorado at Denver

  Master of Public Administration

Skills

• Screenr
• Nonprofits
• Google Docs
• Teaching
• Google Refine
• Google Gadgets
• Spatial Key
• Staff Development
• Piano Performance
• Microsoft Excel
• Skype
• Program Evaluation
• Socrata
• Data Visualization
• Android
• Grant Writing
• Data Analysis
• Articulate
• Xp/Vista/7
• Woodworking
• Infogr.am
• Public Speaking
• Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Oracle Discoverer
• Statistics
• Proofing & Editing
• Toad Data Point
• Spss
• Triathlon
• Adobe Connect
• Customer Service
• Research
• Policy Analysis
• Grants
• Os X / Ios
• Communication
• Program Development
• Community Outreach