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Pasadena, California, US

• Research, Develop, and Implement Best Selection Logic that feeds into Consumer and B2B Products
• Analyze Best Selection results to bring about insights and improvements to overall Entity Resolution
• Part of hiring interview process for Data Analysis section

Pasadena, California, US

• Develop, Test, & QA data manipulation solutions in Pyspark for high-volume data pipelines, integrating multiple sources using AWS EMR
• Analyze and profile data in prior stage entity resolution.
• Contribute to design, enhancements, and implementation of business logic in data aggregation and person entity resolution.

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Provide guidance and mentoring to student teams that work ondata driven-projects across multiple industries for businesses/institutions that participate in the Rutgers externship program.
• Contribute to and lecture in advisor-led student development workshops aimed atimproving student leadership, communication, and managementskills.
• Assist with program growth, maturity, and continuity strategies.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Developed exploratory stop forecasting model at a sub-route levelusing Facebook Prophet, KNN, and K-means that would aid in UPScenter dispatching where UPS planning systems andinfrastructure are not available or.
• ETL data using Python, C-Sharp, and T-SQL from multiple internalrepositories based on Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle as well asexternal REST Client applications that contribute to innovativeData-Driven solutions for.
• Perform Descriptive Data Analysis in search of insights for futuresolutions. Areas include Wi-Fi Indoor Positioning, Package-RouteAssignment, Address Parsing, and preliminary Databasework. (SQL Server, Python, C-Sharp.

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Worked with previously unexplored, sensitive, and purely categorical data provided by Rutgers Student Life.
• Performed Data Cleaning, Visualization, and Machine Learning on 8 years’ worth of Rutgers Student Affairs Housing and Academic Performance Data. (Tableau, Python, Excel, and R)

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Conrail Maintenance and Operations Analysis
• Data Visualization on North Jersey Railroad Operation and Maintenance (text) data sets provided by Conrail in search of capacity assessment and optimization. (Python, R,Tableau)

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Exploratory data analysis and visualization on walk-through stadium metal detector testing data in search of potential vulnerabilities depending on how subjects pass through them.(Python, Tableau)

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Analysis of a Large MLB Sports Team’s Social Media/ Countering Violent Extremism
• Prepared and Cleaned Twitter Data for Sentimental and Topical Analysis in relation to stadium security prevention.
• Results demonstrated a positive correlation between fan Twitter emotions and stadium giveaway days. (Python, R)

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Researched and co-authored “INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVE: A 211 Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism” along with CCICADA ( A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, a policy recommendation and.

Piscataway, New Jersey, US

• Paint and Coatings Financial Case Study
• Broke down global business models, forecasted financial performance, identified and analyzed key financial metrics for Akzo Nobel within the Paints and Coatings Industry
• Applied real-world analytical methodologies, and compared conclusions to other firms in the industry to issue Akzo Nobel a Moody’s corporate credit rating as well as evaluate market trading prices for stocks and bonds.

• Collaborated with a select group of professors to establish and implement a recognized English language program accredited by Cambridge University’s Center for Languages to internationally certify students under.
• Instructed up to 60 graduates/undergraduates at a time in an intensive 80-hour program utilizing Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model.

Brea, California, US

• Investigated, evaluated, and settled up to 25 automobile liability claims a month across four different states.
• Consulted with all involved parties such as clients, attorneys, other carriers to efficiently resolve claims.
• Worked tirelessly and independently through an assigned pending volume of 150+ claim files.

Master Of Business And Science, Analytics: Discovery Informatics & Data Sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics, Political Science, Latin American Civilization Studies