Marina Ermina

me.ermina@icloud.com · +354 888 0391 · Reykjavík, Iceland
Citizenship: Iceland & United Kingdom · Permanent residence: Iceland

Profile

Data analyst and project manager in Reykjavík. Two first-class Masters: Economics & Management, and Environment & Natural Resources. Twenty years in project management and client relations, in the UK and internationally — then research: I built the National Footprint & Biocapacity Accounts and wrote an empirical Nordic “Beyond GDP” thesis. I build websites, dashboards, impact calculators, automation and AI tooling.

Education

MA Environment and Natural Resources University of Iceland · 2025

First-class · 120 credits

Íslenskubrú Diploma University of Iceland · 2024

BA · 60 credits

Diploma in Business ABE, London · 2008

Association of Business Executives

MA Economics & Management MGUIE · 2005

First-class · Engineering & Ecology University

Research & Technical Skills

Data & analysis: MySQL, Python and R — multi-database queries, statistical analysis and visualisation. Built the National Footprint & Biocapacity Accounts (2026 Edition). Quantitative and qualitative methods.

Web & data visualisation: HTML, CSS and JavaScript — bilingual (EN/IS) websites, interactive research dashboards and ESG impact calculators. Deployed via Git and GitHub Pages.

Automation & AI: Python (requests, BeautifulSoup) for scheduled web research. Voice-to-spreadsheet pipeline using Whisper and an LLM, running on Google Cloud Run. Google Sheets API. AI-assisted development as a daily working method.

Tools: GitHub · VS Code · Claude Code · Asana · Slack · Notion · Obsidian · NotebookLM · Google Sheets

Professional Experience

Sustainable Product Developer (part-time) — MAS Group, Reykjavík 2026

Researched and selected a more sustainable product to bring to market, with competitor and market analysis across Iceland.
Designed and self-published a B2B product landing page with an interactive ESG impact calculator (transparent methodology and references).
Conducted green-claims due diligence against EU and Icelandic rules; found the product's environmental claims did not hold up, and the launch was stopped.

See it: the site and calculator · the green-claims tool

Data Analyst (part-time) — International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab, Toronto (remote) 2025

Prepared the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (2026 Edition) in MySQL, optimised the existing codebase and developed new scripts to support SDGI and HDI integration.
Conducted quantitative and qualitative research on Wellbeing Economy indicators in the Nordic countries, and translated findings into written insights for broader audiences.

See it: the Beyond-GDP dashboard · the full thesis

Project Coordinator & Educator — GreenWellbeing NGO, Reykjavík 2018–2025

Managed sustainability projects and facilitated environmental workshops (SEEDS Iceland, Seljagarður, GAIA), as well as wellbeing and nature education with children (Waldorf, Miðberg, Red Cross).
Secured local and EU grant funding, including Nordic Erasmus+, RANNÍS, Rótarý á Íslandi and Borgarbókasafnið.

Founder & Educator — WorkWellBe, London 2015–2018

Designed and delivered wellbeing and productivity training for clients in the UK, Poland and Iceland.

Earlier business experience — London and Moscow 2003–2014

Account management and international operations in private aviation and corporate travel — AirPartner (2012–2014), Destima Travel (2009–2011), Traicon Travel Corporation (2006–2008) and American Express Global Travel (2003–2005).

Additional Training

AI Agents & Orchestrating Workflows (DeepLearning.AI), 2026 · Erasmus Training for Youth Trainers, Nordics, 2024 · Positive Psychology (UNC, Coursera), 2016

Languages

English (fluent) · Russian (fluent) · Icelandic (conversational) · Polish (conversational)

Things I've built

All public, all working — the evidence behind the CV.