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South Korea

Utrecht, Utrecht, Nl

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Led a six-person team of analysts and data scientists tasked with developing robust insight solutions and integrating them into operational workflows via dashboards, API integrations, and stand-alone applications.• Owned the development and implementation of the data science strategic vision, positioning data science as a transformative force within the organization.• Owned development of the data science path to production, and led a cross-functional product team that successfully integrated a productionized ML model into claims-management workflows.• Managed a portfolio of 20+ active insight solutions, regularly briefing senior leadership and integrating feedback into resource plans and priorities to ensure our work generated maximum impact.• Supported best-practices in coding and development on the team; successfully drove a transition from on-prem to Azure Databricks as the team's development and deployment platform, improving time-to-market and stability.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Orchestrated and led the end-to-end development process for analytic products, heading all aspects from strategic planning to deployment and impact evaluation.• Generated a $1.2M reduction in expenses within the first year of operation by creating a churn model to improve and optimize claim case management resources.• Decreased expenses by an additional $2.5M within the first year by leveraging low-code applications to develop and integrate predictive models in support of claims workflows.• Aligned objectives and bridged communications with key business stakeholders while fostering an environment centered around transparent communication and iterative delivery.• Provided training, mentorship, and support to new and existing team members.• Drafted and prepared detailed documentation and reports for leadership and regulatory compliance.• Produced data-driven insights to influence decision-making and support improvement and optimization.• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging trends and innovations in data science.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Spearheaded the design and development of a novel meta-analysis method to evaluate pilot performance, resulting in adoption into the core quantitative toolkit.• Influenced decision-making by presenting original research regarding multi-divisional stockout patterns and online inventory and sales records to senior leadership.• Minimized costs while boosting learning engagement during rollouts by creating and deploying a quasi-experimental research design.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Boosted the efficiency of static and dynamic behavioral marker assessments for new trade deals by integrating an innovative predictive modeling tool for use by sales teams.• Pioneered the creation and integration of an end-to-end data and process model for international trades that was adopted into the company’s core value proposition.• Conveyed company updates and new data discoveries to cross-functional staff by composing, distributing, and managing an online analytics newsletter.

Ca, Us

• Prioritized student learning and engagement while leading courses on research design and data science, mentoring students, and chairing Master’s theses for over two dozen students.• Wrote, contributed to, and published several peer-reviewed articles within respected journals.• Demonstrated strong knowledge of linear modeling, geospatial regression, social network analysis, and other analytical methods.• Conducted research into emerging technologies and network analysis; succeeded in securing grants.• Innovated and developed a dynamic tool with the ability to analyze semantic themes in student project summaries and suggest related academic sources.

Davis, California, Us

• Analyzed simulated and real-world network data via exponential random graph models and novel statistical methods.• Generated large-scale Monte Carlo simulation data sets of social networks in R for hypothesis testing.• Proficiently used visualization and organizational tools in R and Excel to convey findings to a professional audience.

Davis, California, Us

• Created a novel network data set on international news networks and political violence by acquiring and content-coding 650,000 news articles dealing with terrorism.• Analyzed trends in news coverage of terrorism before and after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks to identify how the global conversation on terror has shifted.• Co-authored multiple academic publications mining and evaluating this data set using R and Excel.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Gained a deep understanding of client issues and needs in order to develop relevant technical solutions, including end-to-end machine learning workflows for fraud prevention.• Headed the development of a matching algorithm with the ability to connect job seekers with hiring managers based on similarities between resume and job post content.• Supported clients in protecting intellectual property by developing a detection tool to differentiate between purposeful “typosquatting” and simple linguistic proximity for popular domain names.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Political Science

Bachelor’S Degree, International Relations And Global Studies