About
Hi I'm V Clark! I'm a strategic research analyst helping run the Customer Intelligence Engine 🚀 of Atlan-Home for Data Teams 💙 Some of my works have appeared in Sine Liwanag, Novice Magazine, and Sinuman Magazine.
For updates on my other publications you can go take a look at: m.page/vcleynes and newsletter: ambiguouscase.substack.com
Work Experience
A strategic research analyst for Atlan, the modern data workspace, enabling better collaboration between diverse users like business, analysts and engineers — creating higher efficiency and agility in data projects. I run the Customer Research Intelligence Engine, designed to ensure to improving and optimizing the customer experience and ensuring companies leverage their data through data management
• Provided threat intelligence research on companies of various industries for cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities monitoring
Sine Liwanag, named after Lino Brocka’s Manila in the Claws of Light, is a new indie film publication composed of young film lovers from the Philippines. We publish essays, reviews, and features of Philippine and world cinema. Our group aims to diversify local film criticism and to provide a platform for young and aspiring writers. If you would like to submit a piece or become a regular writer, feel free to send us an email at sineliwanag@gmail.com.
Projects involved: Sandbox Initiative of the Behavior Change Lab; Empowered Movements for Rights and Gender Equality (EMERGE); Initiatives for Advancing Community Transformation (I-ACT)
• Conducted qualitative research methodologies (in-depth interviews, focused group discussions) on various social development projects in the realms of human rights, gender, and digital literacy for behavioral design interventions.
• Provided qualitative thematic analysis to highlight and investigate the systemic, cultural, institutional, and behavioral triggers and impacts of social development issues
Project Involved: Coastal Cities at Risk Philippines (CCARPH) Project, social development team
• Facilitated ethnographic research on street based communities in Loyola Heights and provided qualitative and thematic analysis on the social, cultural, and economic impacts of air pollution in low income communities
• Edited and reviewed newsletter articles and website posts of the Coastal Cities at Risk Philippines (CCARPH) Project
• Assisted the Coastal Cities at Risk Philippines (CCARPH) Project Management Team in execution of online events (i.e. webinars, conferences, resilience tool kit launch, etc.)
Writing
Film review of the 9 short films featured from the 2022 QCinema Rainbow Shorts Lineup
Creative Non-Fiction. CW: Eating disorder, Body Dysmorphia
Film essay. A piece analyzing select films focusing on the aftermath of an ending of a relationship. Films selected: Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Someone Great (2019), Happy Old Year (2019).
Film review, Clea DuVall's Happiest Season (2020)
Film Review, Kristoffer Brugada's documentary Bullet-Laced Dreams (2020)
Film review, Joselito Altarejos' Kasal (2014)
Education
GWA: 1.633
Activities and societies: Philippine League of Sociology Students, UST Sociological Society, AB Debate Parliament, Thomasian Writers Guild, UST Hiraya, Thomasian Film Society
Thesis: A Case Study on the Experiences of Disparities of Mothers in Accessing Maternal Healthcare Services in the Urban Coastal Community of Barangay La Huerta, Parañaque