Liana Isayan

Liana Isayan Phone: - Email address:-/-Date of birth:- Education Institution name Department Educational level Armenian State University of Economics RE & IER Specialization Theory of Economics 2019 – PhD 2017 – 2019 Master's degree Cumulative GPA 99.68 Thesis topic: “Institutional prerequisites of economic growth” 2013 - 2017 Dissertation topic: “Problems of interaction between social capital and economic growth (by the example of RA)” Bachelor Cumulative GPA 98.79 Thesis topic: “Theoretical concept of behavioral finance” Computing skills MS office, Power BI, R, Eviews, AS bank, Bloomberg terminal, Terrasoft crm, familiar with SQL, Python, HTML, CSS, Java Script, React JS, Domo, SPSS, MetaTrader Languages Armenian – Excellent, Russian – Good, English – Excellent (TOEFL ibt score: 88) Work experience 2018 October-current Analyst, Strategy and business intelligence center, “Ameriabank” CJSC • Preparation of a monthly report on the macroeconomic situation of the Republic of Armenia (power BI). • Analysis of the effectiveness of different business directions, separate services and markets (suggested / implemented models or tools: survival analysis, intervention analysis, NelsonSiegel model, etc.), if necessary, presentation to beneficiaries and governing bodies. • Participate in the preparation of materials necessary for discussions of the bank's strategy, for annual, semi-annual reports, etc. 2018 October-2020 April Research group member, “Amberd” Research Center, ASUE Participation in the collection and analysis of secondary data on the socio-economic situation of Shirak, Lori and Tavush marzes, as well as in the collection of primary data 2017 February-2018 October (conducting in-depth surveys with regional governors, business survey). Operational Department specialist, “Ameriabank” CJSC • Checking the compliance of the decisions on loans with the bank's internal regularities (decision limits, deviations from the stable scenario coefs, etc.) and lending conditions. • Creation of electronic credit agreements in AS Bank system, im plementation of changes in them: creation of a new schedule, concession of interest, etc. • Participation in electronic contracts preparation automation process, preparation of department reports, etc. 2016 May-2017 July Researcher, “Amberd” Research Center, ASUE Participation in various supporting activities: conducting telephone surveys, translating professional materials, etc. Courses & the like   Completed the “Data specialist training” course on Domo (find it with the following link), 2021 The Data Science Course 2021: Complete Data Science Bootcamp (statistics, probability, Python, etc. - ongoing), Udemy, 2021                 Financial modeling & valuation analyst (FMVA certification), 2021 “SQL for beginners” course (certificate), Udemy, 2020 Power BI course (from preparation of dashboards to calculations by DAX and M languages, servers, gateways, etc.), Ameriabank, 2020 I have lectured on “Modern directions of economics: behavioral, network and neuroeconomics” topic, ASUE, December 2019 Scientific-pedagogical practice in ASUE (during Master’s studies - 2 months), 2018 Participation in the Y Combinator Startup School, 2018 “Oikonomia/Hoikonomia” wordpress blog was created: https://hoikonomia.wordpress.com/ , Feb 2018 Participation in a series of seminars on "Training course for current economic journalists and those interested in economic journalism", B4B, 2018 Participation in the Yerevan Blockchain hackathon as a member of “Blockchainers” team, January 2018 Java Script, React JS lessons, Innovative Solutions and Technologies Center – ISTC (certificate), 2017 Nominal scholarships winner named after Mikael Kotanyan (is awarded to the best student of the faculty), 2016, 2017 Analytical/ research works competition with article on "Foreign exchange risk specifications and management opportunities in RA" theme (incentive award), Central Bank of Armenia, 2015 "Learn to invest" program, NASDAQ OMX Armenia, 2015 Open seminars on various financial topics, Central Bank of Armenia, 2015 "The youth competitiveness growth in labor market of RA"program (certificate), 2015 Forex trading basic training course (certificate), TeleTrade Armenia, 2015 Publications 1. "Social capital during and after the war: Loss of trust or social cohesion?”, Amberd Bulletin, ASUE 2020, 5 (6), pp. 14-20 2. “Development of a socio-economic model of the RA Shirak region" (co-author), Amberd series, Economist, 2020 3. “Social capital and the spread of COVID-19”, Amberd Bulletin, ASUE 2020, 2(3), pp 20-24 (you can find it here and here and also here) 4. “The model of socio-economic development of RA Lori-Tavush marzes” (co-authored), Amberd series, Tntesaget, 2020 5. “Essence of social capital, approaches to valuation and actual level in the RA”, Banber ASUE, 2020, 1(57), pp 9-24 6. “Institutions as fundamental factors for long-term economic growth”, Young scientist, Tntesaget, 2019, pp-. “Combination of technological and institutional changes as a baseline for the economic development (by the example of blockchain technology)”, Innovative and institutional developments, 2018 (N3), pp 19-30 8. Conduction of a behavioral experiment on "Savings Behavior" theme in the scope of "Neuroeconomics"classes (see the results), ASUE, 2018 9. “Comparative analysis of the official websites of the Ministries of Finance of Armenia and Georgia”, B4B, 2018 10. “World renowned Armenian economists, part 2”, Tntesaget, 2017 / N1 (692), pp 14-16 11. “Imperfect tax system and its frequent changes as an obstacle to economic competitiveness of RA (in behavioral aspect)”, ArSU, Scientific readings, 2016, pp 63-70 12. “World renowned Armenian economists”, Tntesaget, 2016 / N5 (691), pp 20-23 13. “Savings and deposits dynamics in Armenia: consumer behavior survey”, FSM, 2016, pp 3-15 Conferences 1. Participation in the "International Conference of Young Scientists" (winner in the Department of "Economic and Social Sciences", publication of the article), St. Petersburg University of Economics /online/, 2021 2. Participation in the 4 th international conference “Caucasus after 1991” (certificate), Warsaw University, Poland, December 2019 3. Participation in the FES fall academy: “Alternative economics. Economic development strategies for the South Caucasus” (certificate), Georgia, October 2019 4. Participation in the International Scientific Conference "Modeling the Economy and Politics for Optimal Development", Yerevan, 2019 5. Participation in the ASUE Student Scientific Society conference (1st prize at the faculty, 3rd prize at the university stage, certificate, article publication), 2018 6. Participation in the YSU Student Scientific Society’s scientific conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Armenian Republic (certificate), 2018 7. Participation in the ArSU Student Scientific Society scientific conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Republic proclamation (certificate), 2016 8. "Financial system of RA: problems and their solutions" student conference (2nd place, published article, certificate), Financial System Mediator, 2016 9. Participation in ASUE Student Scientific Society’s annual competition passing to the next stage, 2016 10. Participation in the analytical works competition with an article entitled "Features of Foreign Exchange Risks and their Management Opportunities in the RA" (incentive award), CBA, 2015