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Basics
| Name | Brendan Cirillo |
| Label | Economist |
| cirillo.brendan@gmail.com | |
| Url | brendancirillo.com |
| Summary | Applied microeconomist interested in health, crime, and political economy. Currently working in the Office of Management and Budget |
Education
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2020.08 - 2025.12 Columbia, Missouri
Work
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2024.02 - Present Washington, DC
Economist - Intern
Office of Management and Budget
Internal economic consultant for OMB working across divisions to help score and finalize the President's budget.
- Streamlined and fixed the individual tax model for the President's Budget bridging the gap between OMB and other tax agency scores.
- Example Scoring: $3.8 trillion dollars over the budget window by extending the TCJA tax brackets and rates (does not include the corporate portion).
- Maintained and contributed to the new tariff model within Economic Policy. This is used to score current tariff proposals for the President's Budget.
- Explored the impact of the Biden Administration's Inflation Reduction Act to show there was no crowding-out effect and, if anything, a crowding-in effect.
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2021.05 - 2025.05 Columbia, Missouri
Research Assistant
University of Missouri, Columbia
Two different research assistant positions. One working with stochastic macroeconomic predictions and the other working on political economy projects.
- Conducted macroeconomic stochastic projections for an agricultural economic model to better match the historic stochastic process.
- Performed a variety of causal analysis on voting policy changes and their impact on voting, registration, and trust in elections.
Volunteer
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2022.09 - 2024.02 Columbia, Missouri
SNAP Volunteer
The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri
Coordinated with full-time staff to help onboard Missouri residents to SNAP, formerly Food Stamps.
- 75-100 hours per year.
- Along with onboarding SNAP, helped the full-time staff as needed.
Awards
- 2023
Maw Lin Lee Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Graduate Study
Awarded to a PhD student who demonstrates excellence in economic research and PhD coursework.
Skills
| Coding Languages | |
| R - Advanced/Intermediate | |
| Python - Intermediate | |
| Stata - Beginner with professional experience | |
| SQL - Classwork |
| Econometric Analysis From Work or Projects | |
| Difference-in-Differences (DID) | |
| Regression Discontinuity | |
| Synthetic Control | |
| Triple DID | |
| Structural Break Time Series Work |
Languages
| English | |
| Native speaker |
| Spanish | |
| B1-B2 |
References
| Dr. Jeffrey Milyo - Advisor University of Missouri, Columbia | |
| milyoj@missouri.edu |
| Dr. Brittany Street - Co-Advisor University of Missouri, Columbia | |
| streetb@missouri.edu |
| Dr. Christina Foreman - Coworker Office of Management and Budget | |
| mcjforeman@gmail.com |
| Brett Harris - Supervisor T-Mobile | |
| From LinkedIn: `One thing is certain about Brendan...he doesn't need a recommendation to justify the value he can provide. Brendan is by far the most gifted employee I've had the pleasure of managing. If Brendan chooses to go back to corporate America I look forward to the time I can apply for a position on his team. Brendan's future success is only limited by how far Brendan wants to take his career. Brendan is an A+ employee from a financial analysis perspective, data analysis, process improvement, and business unit strategy. There is not a single task I put on his plate that he didn't ace and he consistently made me look better than I deserve. I really look forward to tracking Brendan through [h]is career and I anticipate great things in the future.' |
Projects
- 2018.01 - 2018.01
Quantum Computing
Quantum computing is the use of quantum-mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform computation. Computers that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers.
- Quantum Teleportation
- Quantum Cryptography