Summary
Omar Ansari is an economics and geospatial analytics practitioner with 9 years of cross-sector experience, recently completing an MPP at the University of Chicago and currently advising on housing, real estate economics, and transit-oriented development at AECOM Advisory. He blends quantitative tools (R, Python, GIS) and domain knowledge to build digital planning tools and translate complex spatial and maritime datasets into actionable policy insights. His background spans impact-focused analytics for financial inclusion, trade compliance research on semiconductor governance, and work on NSF-funded political event data and LLM-driven conflict analysis. Equally comfortable in academic and consulting settings, Omar brings a clinical-researcher’s rigor to coding and visualization, and a knack for turning messy geospatial signals into strategic recommendations for policymakers.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy at Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government at The University of Texas at Dallas
English, Urdu, Hindi