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I'm an experienced HR, People Ops, Culture, and Talent Leader, former social worker, people person, and adventurer. I've put in a lot of elbow grease to build great teams and workplaces over the past several years, and I love being at the forefront of HR. I was the Head of People at Blueboard for 2 awesome years, VP of HR at Kickstarter for ~5 years of amazing growth, and more recently, I’ve enjoyed providing HR and Talent Consulting to a variety of startups and nonprofits. In addition, I've begun offering career coaching to individuals, which includes planning career transitions, managing difficult work situations, and navigating job searches. I’m skilled across all areas of the people function and passionate about building and scaling companies with positive, inspiring missions. I love creating functional people ops infrastructure and systems, supporting employees with empathy, and creating robust, effervescent cultures.
If we can be helpful to one another, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can reach me here or at shanferg.hr@gmail.com. 
With over a decade of experience in analytics, I specialize in transforming complex data into business and policy decisions. My career began in local government, where I worked at the intersection of transportation, data, and policy—most notably leading NYC DOT’s Senior Pedestrian Safety Study (.https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/pedestrian-safety-older-new-yorkers.pdf). I am currently a Senior Data Analyst at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC., where I apply my expertise to optimize marketing performance and operational efficiency. My tasks range from ranking our network of florists, running A/B tests on website features and campaigns, or evaluating how well our home ice cream delivery performed during a heat wave.I'm also no stranger to public presentations (https://youtu.be/qgAjGJw63ZM?si=eURYpcPnkHrpeNZO). I am passionate about using data to solve interesting and important problems on the back end, to measuring project and campaign success on the front end.My technical skills includes:- Coding Languages: SQL (Snowflake, PostGres, MS SQL, BigQuery) , Python, R- GIS Platforms: QGIS, ArcMap- Data Visualization: Tableau, LookerWhen I'm not wrangling data, you can find me on the mats training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or in the kitchen cooking up a new recipe. 
