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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Successfully identified top investments, including the number 1 top performing stock in the S&P 500
• Read and analyzed more than 20,000 pages of company filings, technical news, and other investing information
• Created dashboards with dozens of charts for tracking changes in relevant data over time in Excel
• Researched and became familiar with many businesses and broader industries

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Transformed data into useable forms for the team by programming novel R code, and Python code using Pandas, enabling new public-facing projects and visualizations, leading to more than 50,000 new website visits
• Updated, maintained, and improved pre-existing R, Python, and Excel files in collaboration with team members, resulting in more maintainable and readable code, and more easily updated, timelier visualizations and.
• Explained nuances of applicable data to team members and became an expert on the data features and details
• Briefed team members and provided for smooth transitions with detailed documentation of code and processes

Williamsburg, VA

• Analyzed, cleaned and joined dozens of foreign aid datasets with 1,000s of observations and 100s of variables
• Devised and programmed dozens of R and Stata scripts with code for dataset analysis using regressions
• Redesigned, debugged, and added functionality to 1,000s of lines of existing R and Stata code
• Mentored and guided junior colleagues frequently, on own initiative, speeding up their R code by more than 30x
• Coordinated with team members and supervisors using Slack, email, and GitHub

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics

Coursework: - Machine Learning, - Database Management, - Optimization, - Big Data, - Artificial Intelligence, - Data Visualization.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

• James Monroe Scholar, awarded to top ~10% of incoming class