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Reston, Va

Founder and CEO of Evans Analytic Solutions, an analytics consulting firm.• Engaged in all stages of the modeling lifecycle, ranging from developing first-generation models to validation. - Built credit risk, response, and attrition models for clients in financial services, telecom, and hospitality. - Prepared actionable model validation reports for multiple companies in the financial services industry. - Clients have ranged from larger (Freddie Mac, Equifax, Hyatt) to smaller, including B2B.• Conducted numerous economic impact studies (using RIMS II, IMPLAN, and custom models) for clients looking to leverage the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB-5 non-resident investor program.

Arlington, Va

Starfish Retention Solutions licenses a Software as a Service (SaaS) to help colleges and universities retain their students. • Built custom statistical models for colleges and universities, such as predicting students’ first semester GPA, based on admissions and attitudinal data.• Developed an approach for determining the value to institutions of “Early Alert” notifications to struggling students; provided results to numerous clients.

Mclean, Va

• Provided critical review on the most important new models across the firm, typically for credit programs exceeding $1 billion in annual outstandings.• Transformed Capital One’s model validation policies, balancing increasing regulatory requirements with the need to ensure speed-to-market in the business units.• Ensured the safety and soundness of the firm’s 300+ models and demonstrated this to the Executive Committee and federal regulators.• Selected, trained, led, and reviewed the firm’s 50 Scoring Officers (model validators).

Mclean, Va

• Delivered $50 million per year in value through the development and implementation of credit risk models for prospects, applicants, and customers.• Designed a $5 million foundational testing program, to measure consumer behavior on different products and develop robust samples for future model builds.• Directed all aspects of team leadership (budgeting, recruiting, and development) for a team of 60.

Plano, Tx

• Built the division’s first customized credit risk models, enabling assets to double 3 years in a row.• Championed and led the successful implementation of the Capstone automated scoring system, providing an environment to implement superior models• Directed all aspects of team leadership, including recruiting an entirely new statistician team for the Texas site.

Falls Church, Va

• Pioneered method for estimating origin and destination visitor volumes from consumer survey data.• Built statistical models to estimate the economic impact of tourism for multiple clients, including State Tourism Boards (Pennsylvania, Illinois) and Theme Parks (Disney, Universal Studios Florida).• Led the firm’s Quality Assurance program for data collected from over 300,000 U.S. households.• Led a staff of 15, including the Statistician, MIS, and Operational teams.

Washington D.C.

• Co-managed an investment portfolio exceeding $1 million.• Produced daily and bi-monthly reports providing recommendations on equities.• Appeared on CNBC and was quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding stock recommendations.

Washington D.C.

• Built statistical models to forecast delinquency and prepayment rates for HUD mortgages.• Developed cost estimation models that were approved as part of the 1990 U.S. Postal Service’s Rate Case.• Co-developed the sample design and quality metrics on a $23-million initiative to measure the on-time performance of First Class mail.

Ba, Economics

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