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Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

Washington, DC, US

• Researched and prepared two in-depth reports analyzing economic and political currents in Myanmar for a Japanese client, and a report analyzing thoroughly recent developments in the oil and gas industry in Vietnam for.
• Researched and prepared three comprehensive memos to brief a Senior Vice President on an Indian pharmaceutical company, a Thai conglomerate and US-Indonesian trade relations for two high-level meetings and an expert.
• Analyzed the emerging financial technology landscape in Vietnam in a white paper initiative to prepare the East Asia Pacific team for future business opportunities

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• Developed three sets of 200-line Python scripts that scrape election returns for 6,400 precincts in three states, AR, KY and SC, from state websites to build a clean data set for political scientists and researchers

Wellesley, MA, US

• Taught statistical methods and Stata to Professor Jennifer Chudy’s Political Science class on quantitative analysis
• Taught multivariable calculus, probability theory, statistical methods and Excel skills to help 60 students visualize abstract concepts and enhance quantitative problem solving ability

Wellesley, MA, US

• Developed course content for Professor Jennifer Chudy’s Political Science class on quantitative analysis in Spring 2018

Wellesley, MA, US

• Worked closely with the Assistant Director to manage the Albright website and used MailChimp to initiate sending weekly newsletters to more than 1200 subscribers, resulting in an increase of 250% in website traffic
• Re-organized and summarized Excel spreadsheets to report daily to the Director on the status of 500 guests to the 2016 Symposium and Reunion weekend
• Trained and coordinated 30 people to execute the Institute’s annual Public Dialogue symposiums

Wellesley, MA, US

• Worked closely with Professor Kartini Shastry to initiate and execute a new research project on gender and entrepreneurship; compiled literature reviews, looked for and clean data, and performed data analysis
• Utilized Stata to conduct regression analysis on a data set comprising of over 7,800 variables and 1,200 observations
• Presented research findings to more than 30 people including faculty members at the end-of-summer poster session

Ho Chi Minh City, VN

• Developed and implemented new selection procedures to select 12 among 330 Vietnamese candidates to send to United World Colleges (UWC) around the world in Fall 2017
• Worked closely with the Chairman to assess 40 finalists’ financial situation to match with need-based scholarships

New York, US

• Developed content for monthly released podcasts to build critical thinking skills for Vietnamese youth
• Strategized and wrote branding pieces to boost popularity of the Podcast project among Vietnamese Facebook users

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematics And Economics

International Summer School, East Asian Studies

International Baccalaureate Diploma

High School, English Specialization