For the past few years I've gotten to work with and learn from people way smarter than me, work on interesting problems, gain good analytical, research, and written communication skills, and somehow I earn a living at it.Specialties: I can take things apart, put them back together; and through this process, I am able to make them perform better, or make them more accessible to understand and operate, whether it be an object, idea, or system. I am both a problem solver as well as a puzzle solver.Top modeling-related challenge: Creating adequate test coverage to enable early detection of defects, and thereby avoid the breaking of code due to the frequent builds our team provides, as well as, gaining a deeper understanding of the performance bottlenecks within the current code.Computer Skills: Excel with VBA and Pivot Tables, SAS, R, SQL, VB, Python, Power Point, Access, MATLAB, basic Java, basic C++, C, OOP, Architecture, Rules of Thumb, and adherence to Style GuidelinesLanguage Skills: The Ability to Explain Math to the Non-Mathematically inclinedBusiness Skills: understanding others experiences: what was tried, what failed, but mostly what worked and how it was learned out.Passed SOA/CAS Actuarial Exam P/1 - Probability and StatisticsPassed SOA/CAS Actuarial Exam FM/2 - Financial MathematicsPassed SOA/CAS Actuarial Exam MFE/3M - Models for Financial EconomicsCoursework: VEE Time Series Analysis with R, VEE Corporate FinanceAdditional: I went to computer camp when I was 8 years old, and it was the best summer of my childhood.