Daniel Sánchez Pazmiño

Daniel Sánchez Pazmiño

Daniel Sánchez Pazmiño

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Bio

I was born in Quito, Ecuador, and attended Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where I earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Finance (2022), including an exchange year at Michigan State University (2019-2020). I later completed an M.A. in Economics at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada (2024), where I was awarded full funding among over 100 applicants.

I am an economist and data specialist with experience leading technically demanding projects across private industry, government, and the nonprofit sector. I currently work as an Economic Analyst at the Government of Alberta's Office of Statistics and Information and serve as co-director of the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE), a research nonprofit based in Ecuador and the U.S. I am a member of the Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE).

My work specializes in applied econometrics, input-output modelling, computable general equilibrium simulations, labour economics, and international trade. I am a seasoned R developer, with experience in Julia, Python, SQL, as well as LLMs and agentic coding. I speak English (fluent), Spanish (native), and French (basic).

Outside of work, I enjoy literature (particularly the novels of Ernesto Sábato), video games, and exploring new food and places. I have a soft spot for open-world RPGs, especially the Fallout series.

Industry Experience

Economic Analyst (Full-Time)

Alberta Treasury Board and Finance | Edmonton, AB | Sep 2024 - Present

  • Nowcast Alberta's provincial economic accounts (GDP, household consumption, gross capital formation) using methodologies aligned with the System of National Accounts, implemented in R and SAS.
  • Conduct impact evaluation using input-output modelling, Statistics Canada Supply and Use tables, and discounted cash flow cost-benefit analysis to quantify economic effects of investment.
  • Produce economic briefings and data analysis for senior leadership using R, Stata, and Haver Analytics, translating complex quantitative results into decision-ready insights under tight deadlines.

Co-Director

Laboratorio de Investigación para el Desarrollo del Ecuador (LIDE) | Ecuador / United States | Jun 2022 - Present

  • Co-lead a research nonprofit focused on quantitative social science, overseeing research production, partnerships, and educational programs.
  • Established the first DataCamp Donates partnership in Ecuador (2022), providing free data education to disadvantaged communities.
  • Supported US Embassy-financed programs including New Dimensions (business intelligence education for women) and the Young Researchers Fellowship (social science and quantitative research education).
  • Reviewer and maintainer of El Quantificador, the organization's data-driven public blog built with R and Hugo.

Junior Economist (Co-op)

Natural Resources Canada | Ottawa, ON | Jun - Dec 2023

  • Analyzed macroeconomic, financial, and labour market indicators for Canada's natural resource and clean technology sectors using Statistics Canada, Bloomberg, and PitchBook data, producing reports and dashboards in R, Power BI, and Python.
  • Translated quantitative findings into sector briefings and presentations for non-technical stakeholders across the Innovation Branch.

Data Analyst (Part-Time)

Milmoh, S.L. | Valencia, Spain (remote) | May 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Developed dashboards and reports, leveraging statistical models to evaluate the impacts of decisions and market outcomes on key performance indicators using Power BI, PostgreSQL, and R.
  • Communicated analytical insights to 100+ clients in English and Spanish under tight production cycles.
  • Developed dynamic reports using R Markdown and Jupyter Notebooks for various stakeholders.

Corporate Finance Consultant

LVM Consulting | Quito, Ecuador | Mar 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Assisted in corporate finance consulting for 10+ projects with large Ecuadorian companies.
  • Built DCF and comparable multiples valuation models in MS Excel; conducted business research on Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and EMIS.

Research Intern

Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros (SCVS) | Quito, Ecuador | Jan - Apr 2022

  • Contributed to empirical research and literature reviews at Ecuador's securities and insurance regulator, including a systematic literature review on family firms and economic performance.
  • Produced original research using SCVS administrative data, later published in the institution's peer-reviewed journal, X-Pedientes Económicos.

Finance Intern

Produbanco | Quito, Ecuador | May - Jul 2018

  • Supported the project finance team at one of Ecuador's largest financial institutions, creating dashboards of the bank's financial performance and developing periodic reports for senior leadership.

Accounting Intern

Baker Tilly Ecuador | Quito, Ecuador | May - Jul 2017

  • Participated in the Outsourcing division of a Top 10 international auditing and financial consulting firm, supporting financial reporting to public entities and translating financial documents.

Education

Master of Arts in Economics

Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, BC, Canada | Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

GPA 3.89/4.33. Awarded full funding through a merit scholarship and teaching assistantships, among 100+ applicants.

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Quito, Ecuador | Jan 2017 - Dec 2021

GPA 3.82/4.00, magna cum laude. Capstone project: Honesty by Convenience: Corruption Tolerance in Ecuador, awarded best Fall 2021 capstone project.

Bachelor of Arts in Finance

Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Quito, Ecuador | Jan 2019 - May 2022

GPA 3.81/4.00, magna cum laude. Includes one exchange year at Michigan State University (2019-2020) on full funding.

Technical Skills

Programming

  • R: base, tidyverse, sf, infer, data.table, caret, ranger, survey, tidymodels, tidytext, zoo, lubridate, and more
  • Python: pandas, numpy, polars, scipy, scikit-learn, xgboost
  • Julia: DataFrames.jl, Tidier.jl, Flux.jl, Plots.jl, TidierPlots.jl
  • Others: Git/GitHub, Unix shell scripting, MATLAB, Dynare, blogdown, web scraping (rvest, selenium), APIs (httr, quantmod, wbstats, spotifyr, etc.)

AI & Agentic Coding

  • General AI: Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT / GPT-4o (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Microsoft Copilot
  • Image Generation: DALL-E (OpenAI), Stable Diffusion, Midjourney
  • Agentic & Coding Tools: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Copilot CLI, OpenAI Codex, Cursor
  • Workflows: prompt engineering, agentic task automation, AI-assisted data analysis and code generation

Spreadsheets & Finance

  • Spreadsheets & Office: MS Excel (incl. VBA, Power Query, Power Pivot, Solver), Google Sheets, MS Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio), Google Workspace
  • Finance Tools: Haver Analytics, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Refinitiv Eikon, PitchBook

Data & Analytics

  • Databases & ETL: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Power Query, dbt
  • Visualization & BI: Power BI, Tableau, Shiny, flexdashboard, ggplot2, Plotly, highcharter, matplotlib, seaborn
  • Statistical Packages: Stata, EViews, SAS, IBM SPSS, Minitab
  • Document Markup: LaTeX, R Markdown / Quarto, knitr, Sweave

Data Science & Econometrics

  • Causal Inference: difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables / TSLS, synthetic control, matching, A/B testing, RCTs
  • Time Series: ARIMA, VAR, VECM, GARCH
  • Machine Learning: OLS/GLS/GAM/GMM, logit/probit, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, PCA, clustering, k-means
  • Text Analysis: sentiment analysis, topic modelling
  • Survey Methods: sampling, survey-weighted estimation, bootstrapping, experimental design

Certifications

Data Science & Analytics

Statistics Canada

  • Gross Domestic Product and the System of National Accounts — Statistics Canada
  • Statistics Canada Supply and Use Framework and Input-Output Modelling — Statistics Canada
  • Benchmarking: Theory and Application — Statistics Canada
  • Reconciliation: Theory and Application — Statistics Canada
  • SPSD/M Black Box Training for Beginners — Statistics Canada

AI & Technology

Business Intelligence

Finance

  • Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg Education
  • Introduction to Options — Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • Introduction to Futures — Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Other

  • The Canadian Oil Sands Industry — Oakleaf
  • Advanced Microsoft Word — Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Other

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, BC | Sep 2022 - Apr 2024

  • TA for ECON310 Money & Banking (Fall 2022), ECON355W Economic Development (Spring 2023), and ECON103 Principles of Microeconomics (Summer 2023) as part of a full funding package.
  • Led weekly one-hour seminars for 20+ students, coordinated with professors, managed the course LMS, and created and graded assignments and exams for 200+ students per semester.

Teaching Assistant & Instructor

New Dimensions / LIDE | Ecuador (remote) | Apr - Aug 2023

  • Assisted instructors for a US Embassy-financed business analytics education program for women, covering SQL and Power BI modules.
  • Taught a four-hour module on Data Visualization using Tableau.

Teaching Assistant

Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Quito, Ecuador | Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  • TA for Introductory Economics and Austrian School Economics; prepared seminars, managed LMS, held office hours, and created and graded assignments and exams.

Private Tutor

Independent | Jan 2018 - Apr 2024

  • Tutored students across multiple majors in microeconomics, econometrics, statistics, finance, calculus, R, Stata, and SPSS.

Instructor

ECEL Research Group, USFQ | Quito, Ecuador | Apr 2021

  • Developed and delivered a 7-hour introductory LaTeX course to 15-20 participants through USFQ's experimental economics academic club.

Extracurriculars

Member

Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE) | Canada | 2025 - Present

  • Professional association for business economists in Canada.

Full Member

ECEL Research Group, USFQ | Quito, Ecuador | Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Participated in an experimental economics academic club, discussing research papers weekly and supporting community events at USFQ.

Financial Analysis Volunteer

USFQ Gerontology Community Outreach Project | Quito, Ecuador | Jun 2022

  • Assisted in economic and financial studies for a project developing a network of senior-friendly cities in Pichincha, Ecuador, including market research and sales forecasting.

Volunteer

Angeles de Guadalupe Foundation | Quito, Ecuador

  • Supported care of children and preparation of daily academic and didactic activities; proposed and developed a long-term didactic project for the Foundation.