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Society of Actuaries – Pathway to Membership● Exam P—Probability [Completed July 2017]● Exam FM—Financial Mathematics [Completed Oct 2017]● Exam C—Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models [June 2018, Tentative]Chartered Financial Analyst – Pathway to Membership ● Chartered Financial Analyst L1 [Dec 2018, Tentative]Mathematical/Analytics Coding Experience (Python, C++, Matlab, VBA, SQL, and R)International Association of Financial EngineersColorado State Insurance License, Feb 2018

• Data And Analytics Specialist

  Willis Towers Watson

  Oct 2017 - Present - Greater Denver Area

  Data & Analytics Specialist responsible for supporting Financial Consultants in internal and external financial reporting, analysis, and presentations. We provide Western Region Analytics for 9 Business Centers delivering monthly Health and Welfare Reports for over 100 Clients representing $83M in Annual Revenue. The monthly analytics reports are tailored to meet client requirements to control health and welfare plan costs. Solutions encompass creative plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, legal compliance and governance strategies. Primary Requirements: 10 Monthly Data and Analytic Reports; Insurance License. Accomplishments:­- Increased monthly report output from 10 to 30 by developing a VBA Extractor Aggregator tool that reduced data collection run time from 4 hours to 30 seconds; attained data integrity and accuracy.­- Implementation of the Extractor Aggregator Tool transformed the 5-Year centralization project by increasing the production rate 300% resulting in significant cost savings.

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  University Of Colorado Boulder

  Graduated