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Seattle, Washington, United States

I drive profitable growth on $740M of written premium across 2 brands and 3 states.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Uncovered product opportunities through competitive intelligence, quantified and visualized benefits,and recommended strategy to senior leadership, increasing profitability on 10% of property policies
• Pinpointed internal customer data needs, road mapped enhancements, and subsequentlyimplemented ETL pipelines that reduced 40+ hours a month on manual processes
• Conducted user interviews with claims, underwriting, pricing, product, and customer experience,driving telematics product strategy with our external partners, Uber and Lyft
• Led the analytics strategy to modernize a marketing database and save $3 million annually,addressing pain points in collaboration with product owners and tech squads
• Created data fundamentals workshops, led technical trainings (Python, SQL, PowerBI, Excel), andmentored 9 analysts across the US and Southeast Asia

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Conducted root cause analysis to standardize 300+ misaligned metrics across 25 legacy reports, establishing a single source of truth and cutting reporting tech debt for 15+ analysts
• Exceeded expectations on two business cases

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Founded and established the strategic vision for the first geopolitical think tank at the UW, focusing on areas from human rights and economic development to security and diplomacy
• Facilitated research workshops and led discussions on current geopolitical events, engaging members to brainstorm actionable policy recommendations
• Organized speaker events for 20+ students by building relationships with the intelligence and foreign service communities
• Revised, edited, and published seven articles from Rainier Institute members

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Created lesson plans and taught micro/macroeconomics coursework involving financial markets, central banking, public tax policy, and international trade to over 75 student-athletes
• Self-initiated advising and mentoring for students on future coursework, aided in career development, and introduced personal finance best practices
• Rated top tutor based on student feedback with perfect scores in categories such as helpfulness, professionalism, communication, content knowledge, and overall impact
• Received Tutor of the Quarter (Fall 2020) for outstanding leadership and positive impact on student growth award, awarded to one tutor a quarter

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Covered the Russo-Ukrainian war with interviews engaging foreign ambassadors from Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia, alongside 16 diverse students, faculty, and protestors from the Seattle area
• Created The Global Watchdawg, a column that analyzes current events from across the globe through the lens of geopolitical pragmatism
• Created A Key to the Globe, a three-article column exploring the importance of language acquisition on cultural understanding and globalization
• Learned effective and engaging interviewing techniques to connect with a diverse set of individuals
• Reached top story and features several times on articles distributed to over 45,000 students

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics With A Minor In Data Science, 3.9, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Russian Language, Literature, And Culture, 3.9, Cum Laude

Study Abroad, Russian Language And Literature

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