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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Enhanced the custom ETL Pipeline for the ‘Renaissance’ initiative, aiming to migrate all clearing and risk systems to the cloud by extracting financial data from SharePoint, Workday, and Excel, improving overall.
• Developed and implemented Unit Tests achieving 70% coverage of the ETL Pipeline codebase using Python and automated the test sessions with Jenkins, improving the robustness of the testing process and ensuring code.
• Refactored codebase… Show more
• Refactored codebase, optimizing it for unit testing by removing complex inheritance and enhancing code maintainability.
• Created and maintained comprehensive technical documentation, including runbooks, using Figma and Confluence. Show less

Urbana-Champaign

• Mentored a group of 10 first-term Statistics students and organized and participated in departmental workshops.
• Counseled admitted students in Statistics and Statistics & CS and represented the department at university events.

• Conducted deep research as directed by Professor and aided in the preparation of Research Paper titled “A Primer to Peer-to-Peer Insurance”.
• Investigated and deconstructed the theory behind three Decentralized Insurance models: Peer-to-Peer, Takaful, and Mutual Aid.
• Evaluated and compared mechanisms (fundamentals, methods, and surplus distribution) specifically of Peer-to-Peer, and Takaful, using models and graphical and algebraic representations.

• Data Analyst for Illinois Global Institute Centers, Center for African Studies.
• Managed data of over 700 UIUC African Studies Alumni using 15+ sources, resulting in a comprehensive alumni database.
• Merged and manipulated two datasets using R Programming Language and presented resulting data and analysis to clients for further usage using Tableau.

• Managed Social Media Accounts and reached out and responded to members and other interested students of the University.
• The club provides students of the University, irrespective of their area of specialization, an opportunity to develop their understanding of a diverse range of subjects of their interest without joining formal classes.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Forecast the performance of Grameen Bank by analyzing data (concerning loans provided, employees, members, branches, etc.) and 7 competing banks in Bangladesh from 1996 to 2015 using regression analysis in Excel.
• Gained firsthand experience about the philosophies and operational procedures of the Microfinance organization through field visits and other interactive methods to engage with members of the community.

Urbana-Champaign Area

• Recruited students and other members of the community to get involved in the mission.
• The purpose of the club is to raise money in order to support entrepreneurs in third-world countries by gathering funds and selecting various recipients all over the world.

Master'S Of Science, Applied Data Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Statistics