"Highly competent in quantitative and qualitative analysis, regression, data manipulation, and critical thinking. Intrinsic ability to look at data and identify patterns, problems, or analysis opportunities Ability to distill large amounts of information into key findings Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills and an ability to explain complex systems Extensive background in data mining applications, including proven programming and debugging ability in SAS, R, Python or similar language. Experience analyzing person-level or household-level marketing data and efficiently handling large data files Extensive experience with relational DB data access including writing and debugging SQL Proficient in navigating and scripting on *NIX systems"