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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led the development of an agile pricing analytics product. The product attracted gained increasing popularity among IRI clients, including one of the largest manufacturers in the CPG industry.• Authored the methodology and oversaw the code development for an analytics tool to track inflations and shifts in product mixes. The tool was used to create insights about inflation in IRI publications, which were cited by the White House and numerous news media.• Led the methodology design and code development for an agile assortment optimization solution.

Chicago, Il

• Consolidated the codebase and greatly improved the algorithm of a big data analytics product to shorten project turnaround time, reducing the code execution time by 80%+.• Developed models and detected potential pricing and trade improvements for large manufacturers in the CPG industry by quantifying price and promotion sensitivity.• Improved the marketing ROI of a client through spend optimization and performance tracking with marketing mix models.• Optimized product assortments for manufacturers by conducting detailed analyses on consumer choices and attribute interactions.• Received 3 “Make it Happen” awards that are on-the-spot employee awards for recognition of result-oriented behavior that drove internal and external value for IRI.

Chicago, Illinois

• Built and delivered 20+ enterprise-level forecasting models to improve production planning of a top pharmaceutical group.• Optimized pricing and merchandising strategy for a high-end yogurt company by modeling price elasticities, competitive effects, and promotion effectiveness of its products.

Evanston, Il

• Researched and updated financial information for the textbook in preparation: Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and Private Equity (3rd ed) from 30+ data sources, including Bloomberg, Hedge Fund Research and Private Equity International.• Created 50+ graphs and exhibits for Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and Private Equity using Excel and PowerPoint.

Chicago, Illinois

• Researched and consolidated 5 years of accounts payable (AP) data from 20+ clients, including Latham & Watkins, Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper.• Performed data gathering and cleansing to facilitate an Am Law 50 company in consolidation of its spend on information solutions, reducing cost by 20%.• Evaluated 50+ contracts and usage reports and manipulated data into formats for creation of business case materials.

Beijing City, China

• Designed and architected a data visualization tool worth $150,000 using Tableau, Excel and R; the tool supported clients in the electric power industry with financial planning and operations monitoring.• Conceptualized and initiated a data analysis project to enhance online and mobile services for the State Grid Corporation of China, the largest electric utility company in the world.

Chongqing City, China

• Assisted the Branch Manager in issuing a loan of $4,000,000 by conducting due diligence.• Collaborated with the Client Manager to negotiate terms of mortgage loan services with local real estates and automobile dealers.• Marketed and sold $80,000 personal-finance products and services.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Computational Social Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Integrated Science Program (Isp) & Mathematics

About my major: The Integrated Science Program is a highly selective curriculum of natural sciences and mathematics presented in small.

High School