Avonie Parchment, Phd Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Leads team members in evaluating products and systems at Indeed for fairness using Responsible AI principles (Fairness Metrics, python, Gitlab). Collaborated across departments to create simple simulations to describe the results of certain initiatives on future group membership, resulting in the company reevaluating goals for these groups (R, Markov Chain Monte Carlo).Started Red-teaming team for LLM products (python, PyRIT package).Led team through switch to SageMaker, partnering with multiple teams (Terraform, AWS, Gitlab).Revamped all onboarding materials and procedures to reduce new hire ramp up time by 50-80% (Confluence).

New Britain, Ct, Us

Partnered with HR leaders to enhance strategic planning and talent management through relationship building, structuring and delivering analytics projects, scaling those projects, and providing data science capabilities to the business. Reported to the Director of Data Science –People Analytics.Selected AccomplishmentsPartnered with the Chief Talent Officer to write internal paper on the effects of company decisions on attrition. Presented to Senior Leadership Team.Collaborated with the department of Diversity and Inclusion and the Vice President of Employee Voice to produce analysis on diverse population movement behavior over the course of the pandemic (t-tests, chi-squared tests, time series).Produced time series to forecast labor hours by shift, perm/temp labor, direct/indirect labor at the plant level in order to schedule headcount based on forecasted demand.

New Britain, Ct, Us

Consults with HR leaders to enhance strategic planning and talent management through relationship building, structuring and delivering analytics projects, scaling those projects, and providing data science capabilities to the business. Reported to the Director of Data Science –People Analytics.Selected AccomplishmentsCreated a gradient boosting classifier in python that predicted employee attrition across the business utilizing people analytics data (Validation AUC: 0.93).Crafted an RMarkdown report that tested hypothetical reasons for injuries in plants as well as hot spots (significance testing).

Bethesda, Md, Us

Lead and contributed to the creation and development of models, forecasts, simulations, reports, dashboards, and analysis/insights using internal and external Human Resources data. Managed multiple long-term projects. Reported to Senior Manager of People Analytics and Technology.Selected AccomplishmentsAnalyzed the viability of multiple long-term workforce solutions and made recommendations that result in $4+ million in saved costs based on simple statistics methods (Utilized Chi-Square test of proportions or Fisher’s Exact Test when appropriate, ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis, t-tests).Built application in Tableau that utilizes Rserve() to generate neural network time series models to determine future overtime charging for multiple groupings chosen by filters and parameters.Created model run weekly to forecast PTO charging for 80% of the MFC population using R. Average accuracy in headcount averages around 95% (Utilized multiple time series methods). Determined top users (or soon to be top users) through decision trees until strong sensitivity found.Predicted final total salaries for the company at the end of the year, including merit increases and promotions. (Utilized PCA and ridge regression).Consulted on feature selection and methodology for forecasts for terminations and retirements for key skill groups within MFC. Used existing code and contributed to successfully integrating new population in current attrition models (time series, logistic regression, decision trees).Consulted regularly for guidance on experimental design, power analysis, feature engineering, principal components analysis.

Cleaned, munged, formatted data for statistical analysis. Ran mathematical models on large sets of data. Consulted on research design for projects. Managed multiple medium-term projects. Reported to Director of Decision Sciences.Selected Accomplishments:Facilitated several focus groups to garner buy in and utilization of the created standard roster for company.Cleaned roster data for several thousand students using R (relevant packages used: dplyr, magrittr, sqldf). Created automated updates and reporting in Excel.Utilized roster data to create Markov Chain model that determines probability of a student persisting based on previous history.Started and teaches bi-weekly R meetings for those in the company who want to learn R.Clustered IPEDS data to create segments to differentiate between institution types using a 2-step clustering algorithm.Updates and maintains Market Research Database. Wrote manual for continuing training.Finalist in company-wide contest (Innovation Challenge) for second year in a row (16% of entries made it to the finals round). Captain and project manager for team. Project to predict persistence and retention in online programs, create automated reports, and determine training needs throughout organization.

Conducted secondary research related to university degree programs to report trends and determine best choices for future investments. Reported to Manager of Market Strategy and Research.Selected Accomplishments:Researched and reported on multiple program possibilities to help company achieve multi-million dollar contracts.Finalist in company-wide contest (Innovation Challenge) for improving workflow.Created and maintains relational database in Microsoft Access to house industry trends data.Utilized templates and queries to reduce report creation by several hours.Introduced predictive statistics for in-depth analyses of programs for better insights and thought leadership.Wrangled data using R, pivot tables, SQL and generated models that described the industry.Saved the company an estimated $2,000 a year in office supplies using Access and formulas to choose between vendors.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Selected Duties: Analyzing and coding data.Downloading, cleaning and preparing survey data for further analysis. Generating reports and presentations.Programming and testing surveys that are in development to suggest any necessary changes. Reviewing live surveys to track progress. Understanding and actively participating in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established Universal Orlando policy, procedures, training and Team Member involvement activities. Performing other duties as assigned.

Orlando, Fl, Us

Support research projects by reviewing literature, performing data collection, organizing and planning research studies. Reporting to team lead.Selected Accomplishments: Contributed to the conceptualization and development of assessment instruments by running multiple studies. Organized relevant literature on selected topics for research studies. Processed and analyzed data for subsequent papers. Co-authored papers on selected topics. Learned techniques for collecting physiological responses and created and implemented training regimen for all future team members. Conducted workshops on reading efficiency and introductory statistics for the professional development of research staff. Helped to coordinate and run Exploring Awe and Wonder Interdisciplinary Conference. Developed User Guide for questionnaire delivery software.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Primary Responsibilities and Accomplishments:Wrote and edited grant proposals for existing and new programs/projects.Researched Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and potential grant opportunities.Wrote Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for existing and new programs/projects.Determined best choices for new measurement surveys and created first draft of new instruments.Researched potential major donors and corporate partners.Created and maintained accurate information for both Grant and Donor Databases. Supported thanking, contacting, and engaging current and potential donor efforts.

Provided peer educational and interactive theater programs that educated, initiated conversations, and explored attitudes and beliefs about issues of interpersonal violence. Reported to the coordinator of peer education. Selected Accomplishments: Completed three training programs in sexual assault, domestic violence, and hazing. Educated middle school and college students, athletes, adults, and social workers about the issues of domestic violence, hazing, and sexual assault. Attained excellent improvisation and presentation skills.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Modeling And Simulation

Master'S Degree, Modeling And Simulation

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English And Psychology