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Canton, Mi

Canton, Mi

• Caring for our 2 young boys until grade school• Always looking for new opportunities• Improving time management skills through prioritizing, scheduling, and delegation

Greater Detroit Area

• Increased efficiency of quarterly reporting of groundwater monitoring data for several sites by normalizing databases, improving queries, and designing user interfaces• Quantified displacement of rods throughout an island using summary statistics

Cheyenne, Wyoming Area

• Performed mark-recapture line transect surveys for golden eagles• For 4 years, estimated probability of detection and abundance using distance analysis and estimated variation using bootstrapping• Utilized Bayesian hierarchical modeling to estimate trend in golden eagle abundance, to estimate trend in first arrival and nest initiation of migrant avian species to Alaska, and to quantify permeability of a pedestrian pathway for elk in Grand Teton National Park• Examined impacts of wind energy facilities on local bird and bat populations with generalized linear models, t-tests, ANOVA, and bootstrapping• Quantified ground water quality following state guidelines with summary statistics, time series, and confidence levels• Directed data management transition from Microsoft Access to Microsoft SQL Server for >50 employees• Designed functions, including user interface, and created R package to streamline community code for quality control and standard analyses of wind energy facilities• Successfully managed budgets and deliverables in collaborations for statistical analysis

• Worked as part of a cross-functional team on research using mark-recapture data to examine the survival, recapture, and breeding transition probabilities of a highly managed bison population• Collaborated with a fellow graduate student to investigate the impacts of nonnative plant species on the Colorado Front Range• Collaborated with 2 researchers to investigate a bowhead whale population using spatial statistics and bootstrapping methods to identify area where an off-shore oil rig impacts environment, breeding, and migration patterns

• Managed 3 classrooms and reviewed statistics material on a weekly basis• Encouraged student problem-solving and helped students understand complex information

• Managed several Mathematica courses including instruction, problem-solving, and grading weekly lab reports

• Graded assignments utilizing teacher’s conditions and own objective judgment

• Increased knowledge of the insurance business, particularly, group health• Developed skills for data management utilizing Microsoft Access• Improved an existing database to better present information to appropriate parties• Rewrote and updated an Excel file to test ancillary factors and premiums

• Promoted from Office Assistant to Purchasing Agent (2002) and Customer Service (2004)• Developed skills in office management, project management, accounting, inventory, and working autonomously• Improved decision-making skills and developed greater initiative

M.S., Statistics

• Joined the American Statistical Association (ASA) • Developed ability to view a problem from several different directions

B.S., Mathematics

• Concentrated on actuarial science and statistics • Studied economics and astrophysics

Education record

Activities and Societies: • Member of the girls' swimming team for 4 years