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Virginia, United States

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 projects• 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