March 1st, 2008
Indra Arriaga joined Information Insights as a Senior Consultant on March 1st, 2008. She holds an MA in Political Science from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to joining Information Insights, Indra supervised the Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Research and Analysis section, under the State of Alaska, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED).
While at DCCED, Indra was responsible for community information systems and analysis on a wide range of topics, from demographics to the impacts of the high cost on energy on communities, and state level industry dynamics. Indra’s work experience includes working as an equity research analyst for investment boutique firms in San Francisco in the area of semiconductor capital equipment and software infrastructure. Indra arrived in San Francisco while still a graduate student with previous research experience working as a teaching assistant abroad, working out of the British Museum Library, London; she also spent a year in Mexico conducting proprietary research in the area of changing land ownership and its affects on the social and political fabric of rural communities.