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Peoria, Illinois, United States

East Peoria, Illinois, United States

Developed and implemented various statistical and machine learning techniques utilizing Scikit Learn, NumPy, and Pandas to perform time-series analyses and generate insights for eCommerce businessSupported Data Engineering associates and Development Team in tracking data issues; performed routine SQL validation queries to measure warehouse performance, assess data quality, and determine data accuracyCollaborated with more than 20 cross-team business partners to deliver answers, insights, and recommendations for managing eCommerce platform in Agile Workflow facilitated by Azure DevOpsDelivered monthly presentations of causal trends, cohort analyses, and new performance metrics to key product owners, business partners, and stakeholders of eCommerce platform

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Supported Global Warranty division by integrating system solutions to improve key processes related to customer screening and claim adjudication services with PythonDesigned and implemented application to automate dealer correspondence process for processing warranty claims with invalid customer information; reducing screening process time by more than 60%Generated cohort analysis of dealers submitting late claims using Python and Power BI and provided weekly presentations of findings to direct and manage policy for handling late claim submissionsSupported development of 3 dashboards and reports to provide high-level overview of outstanding and adjudicated claims as well as key metrics for enabling process improvementPerformed routine technical audits to ensure that warranty claims were accessed and adjudicated in compliance with company standards as well as Sarbanes-Oxley regulationsLead a team in annual CatHack hackathon in the development of an application to authenticate customers into company system without dealer action; leveraging team-building expertise, project management skills, API development knowledge in Java, and SAML Authentication tools

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Created econometric models to examine relationship between economic development and institutional structure; identified optimal fiscal and monetary policies for economic growthDeveloped and integrated Discounted Cash Flow, Linear Regression, and L.A. Steven’s Investments models paired with secondary source research of financial data to generate market forecasts and project stock prices Performed covariate analysis to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving business practices executed by company leveraging a variety of programming languages and big data tools such as R, Stata, SPSS, and Python

Pekin, Illinois, United States

Responsible for the training and supervision of all front-end associates and management of day-to-day procedures at a store with $75 million in annual salesDeveloped and implemented a training initiative to improve compliance with company standards, operational efficiency, and team moraleComposed quarterly revenue reports to determine optimal strategies for profitabilityProvided leadership and support in the turnaround of front-end performance at a sister store, leveraging problem-solving skills and team building expertise

Pekin, Illinois, United States

Bradley University

Master'S, Computer Science, 4.0

Concentrations: Software Engineering & Data Science Coursework: Internet of Things, Text Information Systems, Natural Language Processing.

Master Of Science, Computer Science, 4.0

Concentrations in Software Engineering & Data Science

Bachelor Of Science, Economics, 4.0 Summa Cum Laude (Ranked 1St In Graduating Class)

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Undergraduate Economics/Political Science Researcher, League of Women Voters.

Bachelor Of Science, Economics, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Wildcat Welcome