Daniel Ruiz

CDMX · Mexico · (+52 1) 55-2703-8168 · kirbygo@hotmail.com

Economist · Data Analyst · Competition Policy Expert

Experience

External Consultant


Competition Policy Expert at Spectron Desarrollo. Data Analyst and Competition Analyst at Ockham Economic Consulting. Business and Financial Analyst at Signium Desarrollo. Data Analyst and Policy Analyst at El Colegio de México (Colmex).

April 2019 -

Market Structures Analyst in Regulated Markets

Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica - Cofece

Investigation, (theoretical and data-based) analysis, determination and solution proposal in special procedures: barriers to competition, essential facilities, and market competition conditions.

May 2016 – March 2019

Commissioner Advisor

Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica - Cofece

Theoretical analysis, econometric modelling, and resolution on competition issues including mergers, abusive practices, concessions & permits (ports and energy sector), and opinions (auctions and novel regulations).

June 2014 – May 2016

External Consultant


Data analyst at DTS y Asociados. Analysis and elaboration of methodological gender-focused papers. Econometric analysis of the ENIGH and ENOE (INEGI surveys).

January 2013 – December 2013

Summer Intern

Université de Genève

Contributions to the project 'International Cooperation in the aftermath of Financial Crises 1870-1980s'. Data analysis of novel databases and international historical news archives. Design of the econometric analysis of the determinants in the sovereign risk behavior.

June 2013 – September 2013

Pharmacoeconomic Analyst

T.I.Salud

Pharmacoeconomic evaluations. Support access attempts, through different economic evaluation tools, to include medicines to the "Cuadro Básico de Medicamentos". Design and development of Markov cost-effectiveness models.

October 2011 – October 2012

Social Service

Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones - Cofetel

Analysis for relevant information and international experience and data on specific areas. Search, management and analysis of public databases. Analysis for a better regulation in the Telecom sector.

March 2010 – October 2011

Education

El Colegio de México – Colmex

MSc in Economics
July 2012 – July 2014

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas – CIDE

BSc in Economics
July 2007 – July 2011

University of Alberta

BSc in Economics
Exchange student.
July 2010 – December 2010

Skills

Programming Languages & Skills
  • Stata. For everything from data cleaning (even dealing with strings), to complex data analysis and visualization (even maps).
  • LaTeX. For publications and presentations.
  • SQL & Python. For more complex and modern data analysis (pandas or scikit-learn) and huge datasets, mainly. Whatever I cannot do in Stata. Also awesome interactive data visualization.
  • ArcGis & Tableau. For dealing with coordinates, maps and awesome data visualization.
  • I'm always learning more of Python. Also learning HTML & CSS as I'm doing this webpage.

  • Creative and extremely curious. I'm highly adaptable to changing environments.
  • Deep understanding of Microeconomics, Industrial Organisation, Econometrics & Statistics, and Game Theory. I use the theory to understand and solve practical problems.
  • Team player and problem solver.
  • Great team manager and leader of interdisciplinary teams.
  • Geek and data lover.
  • Español nativo. Proficient in English. Et je parle un peu français.

Publications

Interests

Apart from being an economist and data analyst, I really enjoy learning new things different to my academic background. I've been learning about cryptocurrencies, fintech, new technologies, medicine, telecomm, and a large etc.

I spend large amounts of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements. It's a good time to be alive!

Oh, yeah, and I also like taking pictures.

Jet d'eau, Genève, 2013.