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-Using ETL techniques I've been working on consolidating and pulling meaningful insights across multiple different data sources. -Helped optimize a Fuzzy Name Search to identify businesses manually entered from clients

Toronto, Canada Area

-Created a program to semi automate a data entry task that use to take 5 people 200+ hours to complete-Created Data Analytics tools in Python used by client services to quickly and easily pull descriptive fundraising statistics. The program automates common data munging tasks and performs tasks that use to take a week to do manually in Excel to a few hours-Helping to design and brand fundraising pages using JavaScript and CSS-Assisted Customer Support with diagnosing/debugging JavaScript and CSS errors by 3rd party designers-Created a data mining script to evaluate the risk of product releases in relation to clients customizations

7509 Yonge St

-Working parttime at a juice bar at a local farmers market

-Discovering Fundraising trends though data analysis using: Excel, Python, VBA, R and QGIS-Helping to design and brand fundraising pages using javascript and CSS

• Creating VBA scripts to automate and improve data analysis efficiency • Scrubbing Salesforce data to improve ease of use• Fixed event pages CSS and Javascript errors and helped design/optimize pages in terms of ease of use and clients needs• Created Javascript to create custom functionality for event pages• Used R, Excel and QGIS to perform descriptive data analysis to evaluate and to help improve fundraising performance.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Analyzed event data and summarized findings in easy to read charts• Fixed event pages CSS and Javascript errors and helped design/optimize pages in terms of ease of use and clients needs• Scrubbed Salesforce data making reports easier and more efficient to use• Created VBA scripts to automate various data analysis and scrubbing tasks• Trained coworkers on the Artez system and Excel• Helped evaluate clients event pages and prepared readiness reports to evaluate clients progress to getting their event up and running• Helped brainstorm ways to gamify fundraising and the Artez system

Toronto

• Worked daily with Excel and learnt Visual Basic for Applications to quickly and accurately enter data into an easily workable format• Set up a secure private/public wireless network and printer• Mapped Gmail accounts to outlook• Solved various computer related problems such as uploading files to an FTP server

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Assisted clients in both a call center and help desk environment• Recorded various solutions of IT problems for future student consultants to use• Cleaned viruses from user’s machines • Used Ubuntu to help recover files from files from corrupted windows• Trained customers how to fix and avoid IT problems• Produced solutions in a timely manner ensuring client satisfaction

Primary coordinator for the Guelph Game's Club gaming convention Gryphcon. My primary responsibility was to meet with the University Administration and the Game's Club Executive members to balance their needs for the convention.I was also responsible for finding sponsors and creating relationships with gaming companies. Gryphcon 2010 had around 200 attendees earning $600-800