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Evanston, Illinois, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Led team of five to clean and manipulate retail return data from multiple sources and create Tableau Dashboard that could be used to gain insights into why certain products have higher return rates
• Utilized text analytics in Python to create a predictive model to categorize free text comments from customers into more general return reason categories to better quantify the reasoning behind the products being.
• Presented findings and demonstrated final dashboard to a non-technical stakeholder during weekly check-in calls

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Provided primary pharmacy technical support for six healthcare organizations’ IT teams ranging from 6 to 15 members; troubleshot technical issues faced by IT analysts to deliver quick solutions to end users’ satisfaction
• Communicated patient safety and financial risk issues efficiently to affected parties ensuring solutions could be put in place in timely manner and mitigate negative effects
• Led internal expert importing group of 10 ensuring members provided support to all technical pharmacy staff and completed projects to improve current systems
• Mentored new hire through 6-month training, guiding them through customer related work to increase satisfaction

• Organize and run admissions outreach programs throughout the semester as a team
• Lead visiting potential students on tours of the Engineering building
• Greet, direct and answer inquiries for visitors to the welcome center

Iowa City, IA

• Monitor student use of lab equipment to ensure safety procedures are followed
• Instruct students on how to use various lab equipment such as a rotary evaporator
• Prepare equipment for future labs by cleaning glassware and refilling chemical bottles

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Performed Facility Siting Studies and Quantitative Risk Analysis with inhouse software SafeSite and QRAtool to quantify explosion, fire and toxic risk in accordance with OSHA standards; organized data in Microsoft.
• Wrote sale proposals and reports for 20+ clients on PHA, SIL and Facility Siting studies to be forwarded to clients for final approval; 100% of reports were well received by clients with no need for revisions
• Completed and presented independent research project on significance of along wind diffusion in dispersion cloud modeling to process safety department to influence R&D to have a more accurate and safer model of diffusion

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Visualized atmospheric data into 2D mesh grid plots using MatLab software for the Lake Michigan Ozone Study
• Shared analysis of atmospheric winds and particulate matter levels at weekly lab meetings
• Analysis of data helped in determination of trend between ozone and lake breeze
• Worked with lead researcher on developing plans for how to best visualize and interpret data
• Presented a research poster at the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fair

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics

Activities and Societies: Grainger Event Services Assistant

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: UI Circle K (Fundraising Chair), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Omega Chi Epsilon (OXE)