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San Francisco, CA, US

Oakland, California, United States

Managed development and operations for group life and disability insurance underwriting products. Created operational method and code to convert partners' patented Bayesian prediction method into a usable production system. Helped to sign multiple clients, including three of the five largest insurers in the target market. Proved via back-testing and.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Managed multi-million dollar ad budget for an internet retailer with a heavy emphasis on Google Adwords. Created a new Bayesian approach for calculating estimated keyword values. Managed expansion of keyword buy list from a few thousand to over 50,000. Maintained marketing ROI during a period of significantly increased competition from larger.

Oakland, California, United States

Created data warehouse for undergraduate admissions group and performed ad-hoc analyses to understand effects of policy decisions. Managed development of a new university website to collect additional applicant information. Demonstrated how sharing selected admissions decisions between campuses could cut costs by more than 20% while producing virtually.

Consulted on direct mail program initiatives. Advised on modeling response rates and generated a ROI model that showed large projected profitability improvements. Created a program to verify source data feeds by comparing them to statistical abstracts of known good data. Revised scoring processes and reviewed response models. Devised new credit risk.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Functioned as an advisor on marketing, finance, merchandising and website development. Reported directly to CEO as a member of the executive staff. Implemented a data driven approach to understand and improve profitability. Modeled major financial drivers. Performed financial analysis of most major marketing decisions including partnerships, promotions and.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Developed algorithms and processes for start-up quantitative mutual fund focusing on US equities. Evaluated quality of data sources and oversaw integration of S&P Compustat data and Zacks analyst estimates data into a unified database. Tested fundamental and technical indicators through a variety of data mining techniques including regression.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

1995-1996 - Started IT consulting firm with partners that focused on WAN networking and general IT outsourcing. Co-developed business plan, wrote contracts and managed cash flow.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

In partnership with the UCSF, managed programming, analytical and statistical aspects of heart attack study done for the State of California. Developed new techniques for empirically determining under reporting or over reporting of risk factors by hospitals.Performed programming and statistical analysis for American Hospital Association heart attack.