Education

MS Applied Statistics (Concentration: Machine Learning) Aug 2016 - Dec 2018

BA Economics (Minor: Mathematics) Aug 2010 - May 2015

Skills
R: Tidyverse, ggplot, CARET, nnet
Python: Scikit-Learn, Pandas, NumPy/SciPy, Jupyter Notebooks
SQL: MySQL, Oracle SQL
Microsoft Excel: Functions, pivots, visualizations
BI Tools: Business Objects, Power BI
Predictive Modeling: Supervised and unsupervised machine learning, statistical modeling
Work Experience

Business Analyst Aug 2016 | Aug 2018

• is one of the nation's top mortgage lenders. Wrote SQL queries, wrangled
data, and designed BI reports to address business needs
• Incorporated fuzzy matching techniques in R to assist executives in merging spreadsheets with
imperfect keys, previously an inconsistent and manual process
• Recognized for utilizing innovative SQL queries (nested select’s, groupby, max/min, rank) to
tackle difficult data requests
• Designed an automated report that ranked zip codes with a high proportion of late payees,
frequently implemented for outreach programs to reduce late payments

Data Analyst May 2015 | Aug 2016

• is a tech start-up that functions similar to Angie’s List. Primary role involved
data wrangling and data analysis with Excel to pinpoint business inefficiencies
• Parsed and visualized customer complaints using Python and Excel to determine common issues
per month, which were addressed and reduced for the following month
• Incorporated a state map in Power BI with contractor geolocations. This was used to determine
closest contractors to new orders and improved on-time percentages by 20%
Projects
Predicting Drug Rehab Success Python
Classified drug rehabilitation patient outcomes (best model: neural network, 80% accuracy.) Improved
model performance with dimensionality reduction, feature engineering, and missing value handling
Predicting Song Genre R
Scraped lyrics and song info from Genius.com and classified songs into genres using term document
matrixes and engineered features (text mining, sentiment analysis.) Best model: random forest, 65%
accuracy
Tour Guide Customer Classification Python NDA
Classified potential returning customers on an imbalanced and confidential travel tour dataset (best
model: neural network, 70% sensitivity)
Predicting Crime in Chicago R, SAS
Predicted the probability of different crimes occurring in various Chicago neighborhoods using
multinomial logistic regression
Certifications
MIT 6.00.1x: Introduction to Computer Science using Python edX
Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner 14 SAS