Joseph D. Paquette
15306 16th St, Dade City, FL 33523
joseph.paquette@saintleo.edu
Cell: 352-942-3825
OBJECTIVE:
Looking for a position that can utilize my broad range of computer experience, education, and abilities
which also has the potential for future growth.
EXPERIENCE:
Research Associate, Office of Institutional Research
07/14 – 03/15
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
 Create executive level dashboards using Tableau, Excel, and Powerview / PowerPivot
 Responsible for maintaining the OIR website and uploading documents to the CMS
 Use of SAS and MS Access to produce weekly enrollment status reports
 Use of SAS and SQL to produce reports to the Sharepoint Server
 Utilize National Student Clearinghouse to produce reports on transfers and graduates
 Responsible for reporting to and using IPEDS as well as producing Common Data Set
 Utilizing SPSS, SAS, Excel, and Adobe inDesign to produce the yearly Factbook
 Use of SAS, SPSS, Banner, Excel to research, develop, and report on Ad Hoc requests
 Perform qualitative analysis of survey comments utilizing NVivo software
 Create matrices, dashboards, and reports for accreditation
Instructional Analyst, Assessment and Institutional Research
10/11 – 07/14
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL
 Daily use of MS Excel, IBM SPSS, and IBM Cognos Report Studio
 Daily use of Datatel Colleague / Ellucian and Informer
 Works with Instructional Designers to identify courses slated for update
 Utilizes data mining techniques to determine appropriate data required for updates
 Creates reports and queries utilizing IBM Cognos for the extraction of data
 Extract, manipulate, & analyze data from Enterprise Reporting within Pearson eCollege
pertaining to online course updates
 Produces written reports to the Instructional Designers, Department Chairs, and Academic
Deans on the strengths and weaknesses of the course being updated
 Using SPSS – create data file of assessments and end-of-course evaluations
 Utilize Rapid Insight / Veera to analyze data and create dashboards for university management
 Create and manage longitudinal files covering the last ten academic years of grade data and
end-of-course evaluations within SPSS from eCollege
 Work with School of Education, MBA program, and University Explorations to create
reporting for accreditation utilizing Learning Outcomes Manager through Enterprise Reporting
 Using SPSS / STATA – create graphs and analyze data about student comments
 Work daily with Hanover Research Group to manage staff / faculty expectations surrounding
the production of reports for academic program reviews, new locations and new programs
 Compile yearly (SCHEV) data for our Virginia markets
 Create and administer degree verify and core data files to the National Student Clearing House
(NSC)
 Create, gather, and administer data to Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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(IPEDS)
Point of contact for the entire university to produce reports from IBM Cognos
Works directly with Academic Deans and Department Chairs to identify areas of Student
Success and Faculty Engagement areas in need of further study
Creates ad-hoc reports using Query Studio and / or Report Studio within IBM Cognos to
provide further details of specific academic findings
Coordinator, Assessment and Institutional Research
01/11 – 10/11
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL
 Assisted in the development of the Quality Enhancement Plan for the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools accreditation
 Daily use of MS Excel and IBM SPSS
 Daily use of Datatel Colleague and Informer
 Managed, administered, and reporting capstone exams using PACAT and ETS testing
 Designed, administered, and reported on Senior Exit Surveys
 Designed, administered, and evaluated Qualtrics surveys for university
 Responsible for the communication to Chairs, Deans, and Directors pertaining to the
administration and reporting of end-of-course evaluations
 Maintained, updated, and extracted data from multiple longitudinal files
Data Clerk, Assessment and Institutional Research
08/10 – 12/10
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL
 Use MS Excel to manage end-of-course evaluations for entire university
 Training and use of Datatel Colleague and Query Builder
 Managed and administered capstone exams using PACAT and ETS testing
 Created, managed, and administered Survey Monkey, Zoomerang, and Qualtrics surveys.
 Responsible for the data entry for a staff of five analysts and directors
 Training in the use of IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
 Created mailings using mail merges within MS Word and MS Excel
Outside Salesman, Outside Sales Co-Manager, Retail Co-Manager
84 Lumber Company, Winter Park, FL
10/01 – 01/08
Hospital Corpsman / Computer Technician
U.S. Navy National Naval Medical Center Bethesda MD
Honorable Discharge, DD214 available upon request
01/95 – 10/97
EDUCATION:
Nova Southeastern University
Masters of Science in Biomedical Informatics
(expected Dec 2015)
08/11 – present
Northwestern University
Continuing Education Classes in Predictive Analytics
01/14 – 05/14
Saint Leo University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
05/10 – 07/11
University of South Florida
Continuing Education classes in Classical Greek and Latin
08/09 – 05/10
Pasco-Hernando Community College
Associate of Arts Degree with concentration in Computer Programming
08/08 – 06/09
SKILLS:
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SPSS, STATA, SAS, Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Informer, IBM Cognos
Powerpivot, Powerpoint, iDashboards, Rapid Insight, Veera, Tableau, NVivo
Intro to Networking, Intro to Software Development, Advanced Micro Applications
Database Design using (Access 2010/2013, SQL, PhP, ASP)
Microsoft Office Professional 2013, Visual Basic 2010, Acrobat XI Pro
COFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
 Visually Translating Data for Non-Data People. Poster presentation at the Ninth Annual
National Symposium on Student Retention, Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange,
San Diego, CA., October 2013 (with R. Lucio, W. Hamilton & J. Anderson).
 Moving from Potential to Action: Early Experiences Using Learning Analytics to Identify
Students at Risk at a Small University. Eighth Annual National Symposium on Student
Retention, Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange, New Orleans, October 2012
(with W. Hamilton & J. Anderson).
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
 Paquette, J. (2015). Fall 2013-Fall 2014: Where did our transfers go? Office of Institutional
Research, University of Alaska Anchorage.
 Paquette, J. (2014). Completers: A 10 Year Trend. Did they continue? Office of Institutional
Research, University of Alaska Anchorage.
 Paquette, J. (2014). 2011-2013 Canceled Admits: Where did they go? Office of Assessment &
Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2014). Test assessment for IHT-315 during 2013SP2 and 2013SU2. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2013). Grade assessment report: Center for Online Learning vs. Distance
Learning. Office of Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2013). Review of the online versions of University Exploration courses. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2013). Returning and New Student Numbers for Continuing Education. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2013). 2012 Freshman (FTIC) Cohort: Returned students vs. test optional. Office
of Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2012). Faculty activity in blended courses for Continuing Education: Fall 2 2012.
Office of Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2012). Comment Analysis Report: COM-203 Computer Systems. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
 Paquette, J. (2012). Evaluation of faculty assigned essay grades for English-121 courses with
the College of Online Learning. Office of Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo
University.
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Hamilton, W. & Paquette, J. (2012). High Fail/Withdraw and High Percentage ‘A’ Courses:
Select courses that have not been undated in 3+ years. Office of Assessment & Institutional
Research, Saint Leo University.
Hamilton, W. & Paquette, J. (2012). Item analysis for criminal justice exams. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
Hamilton, W. & Paquette, J. (2011). Course follow-up report: ECO-201 COL vs. DL. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
Hamilton, W. & Paquette, J. (2011). Course follow-up report: COM-205 COL vs. DL. Office
of Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.
Hamilton, W. & Paquette, J. (2011). Course follow-up report: PSY-121 COL vs. DL. Office of
Assessment & Institutional Research, Saint Leo University.