Meet the Team

Chief Economist

Aaron Terrazas is chief economist at Glassdoor. He oversees the Glassdoor Economic Research program, providing research, analysis and commentary on today’s evolving workplace and fast-changing labor market. Previously, Aaron served as the director of economic research at the trucking startup Convoy, and served in a similar role at the real estate marketplace Zillow. He started his career as an economist in 2012, supporting the work of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the United States Treasury Department, and also worked as an analyst on immigration and labor markets at the the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute. He was educated at The Johns Hopkins University and at Georgetown University.

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Lead Economist and Senior Manager, Data Science

Daniel Zhao is a lead economist and senior manager on Glassdoor's Economic Research team. He is passionate about doing research that makes recruiting more efficient, unbiased and transparent for both employers and job seekers. At Glassdoor, he has also worked on improving the user experience for Glassdoor’s consumer jobs product and mobile app. Prior to joining Glassdoor, Daniel worked on email personalization as a data scientist at Wayfair in Boston. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College.

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Associate Economist and Data Scientist

Richard Johnson is an associate economist and data scientist at Glassdoor. As a member of the Economic Research team, he is passionate about doing research that provides evaluative and empowering insights to job-seekers--enabling them to take charge of their career paths--as well as employers looking for better ways to understand and serve a robust and ever-evolving labor market. Prior to Glassdoor, Richard was in the artificial intelligence branch at Accenture as a Data Scientist consultant, developing predictive models in the supply chain for various data pipelines and defense systems. Richard holds a master’s in the social sciences with a concentration in economics and computer science from the University of Chicago, a masters in applied economics from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s in economics and statistics from the University of North Texas.

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