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Retirement plans pricing (2020-present):Pricing, product development, and financial analysis on stable value funds.Individual disability insurance modeling (2018-2020):Model development and analysis in GGY-AXIS, including embedded value, cash flow testing, and price sensitivity.

Omaha, Nebraska

• Calculate and report quarterly claim and policy reserves for long-term care insurance and Medicare Supplement
• Explain results to product area representatives; find associations between financial outcomes and enterprise operations
• Improve accuracy of reporting and effectiveness of presentations by updating models to reflect changes in corporate business strategy and by revising reports to highlight most significant results
• Reduce time spent on tasks through VBA and SAS automation
• Additional projects include development of disability insurance reserve sufficiency emulator and identification of differences in long-term care reserving and pricing assumptions

Denver, CO

• Developed and oversaw numerous projects related to fuel efficiency requiring workload from several operations departments, determining scope, ensuring projects were kept on schedule and providing measurement of results
• Presented initiative progress and managed individual task progress in large and small group settings
• Projects included developing a statistical model to safely remove excess fuel, reducing usage of fuel between flights by minimizing business partner and employee error, and more accurately forecasting payload on all.
• Current projects involve reducing unnecessary aircraft APU usage by collaborating with involved groups; more accurately projecting required fuel loads to reduce waste; and improving route accuracy and efficiency

Denver, CO

• Prepare monthly, comprehensive flight profitability reports using multiple data sources, constantly refining presentation structure, developing new metrics, and providing insightful commentary and graphs; automated.
• Review and refine flight cost model to reflect best understanding of financial results, distinguishing between ledger entries and ongoing economics
• Validate data and results for all projects and modify data sources and query structures whenever necessary to achieve greater accuracy
• Recognized for mentoring team members in development of quantitative skills and project management
• Performed competitive analysis of company business model vs. most similar competitor and created associated presentation for investors, delineating scope of two significant areas of company weakness for the first time.
• Developed first company-wide budget since bankruptcy for five cost centers and performed spend reviews to determine causes of variance

Cincinnati, OH

• Tutored undergraduate students to formulate and solve business-oriented mathematical programming and simulation problems
• Graded and gave feedback on 2-3 examinations and 1-2 projects per quarter

Cincinnati, OH

• Planned and executed eleven annual artistic and educational events drawing international visitors
• Prepared grant proposals and executed fundraising drives; in 2011, secured enough new funding to add a second orchestral performance to the 2012 competition for the first time
• Primary point of contact and logistics manager at all stages before, during, and after events, leading to dramatically higher satisfaction among competitors and patrons in 2011 vs. prior years as expressed through.
• Created and distributed press releases and marketing materials and increased the organization's visibility by initiating communication with reporters and media outlets
• Recruited new and lapsed individuals and groups to participate in events leading to increased participation at all performances in 2011 vs. 2010

Master Of Science (M.S.), Business Analytics, 3.92

Activities and Societies: INFORMS - UC Chapter• Optimized production scheduling for manufacturer of precast concrete products using Excel.

Bachelor Of Music (B.Mus.), Music Performance - Piano, 3.86