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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Akron, Oh, Us

- Transitioned to Risk October 2022- Develop key risk metrics to track enterprise wide company health - Support Emerging Technology with research and analysis of initiatives - Develop simulation models to evaluate market and financial risks- Led analysts in reporting and analytics projects- Developed and maintain the Short-Term LMP (wholesale energy price) forecast- Continue to lead the development of the annual Long-Term Price Forecast for Gas, Power, Oil, Emissions, Capacity, and Coal- Work cross functionally as a technical lead for the FE Innovation team- Scope and prototype analytics use cases; including price forecasting, safety analytics, transformer overload prediction and other data pipelining and reporting tasks- Led the development of a fully automated, end-to-end, hourly LMP forecasting process- Develop topics and interface with stakeholders in support of the FirstEnergy Hackathons- Provision commodity data across FirstEnergy, through custom Qlikview and Power BI reports and through ad hoc requests- Sourced and created data models for the FirstEnergy Hackathons- Coordinate and train users in RapidMiner (Data Science Workbench)- Act as internal support for RapidMiner and present tips-and-tricks at the monthly FirstEnergy RapidMiner User Group meetings- Represented FirstEnergy at the 2020 RapidMiner user conference

Akron, Oh, Us

- Advanced Analytics (6500:663), a required course for the MBA concentration in Analytics- Topics include: CRISP-DM; Data Visualization; Classification Algorithms (CART, CHAID, Discriminant Analysis, Naïve Bayes, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines and Artificial Neural Nets); Ensemble Techniques (Gradient Boosting, Bagging, Random Forests); Generalized Linear Models; Model Diagnostics, Optimization & Regularization; Principal Components; Recommendation Engines; Cluster Analysis (k-Means, Hierarchical, DBSCAN/OPTICS); Text & Sentiment Analysis; Network Analysis- Course primarily taught using RapidMiner and RStudio

Akron, Oh, Us

- Led the development of the annual Long-Term Price Forecast for Gas, Power, Oil, Emissions, Capacity, and Coal- Gained company-wide consensus and support of forecast assumptions- Train and develop of staff with regards to commodity markets, models, and energy policy- Develop fully integrated macro-economic scenarios for use in strategic planning- Present forecast results and other reports to C-level management- Forecasted long-term volatilities for power markets- Member of cross-functional advanced analytics team, supporting use of statistics and machine learning across the organization

Orrville, Ohio, Us

- Led implementation of Trade & Promotion Optimization (TPO) tool- Acted as subject matter expert and internal support for TPO- Monthly update and validation of TPO model- Worked with TPO vendor (Sequoya) to recommend improvements to model methodology- Supported development of pricing and promotion strategies based on analytic insight- Led small team in database restatement process- Provided statistical support to existing analysis and forecasting- Thought leader and internal consultant regarding pricing and elasticity- Process automation and Excel/VBA model building

Akron, Oh, Us

- Taught the following courses: Statistics for Everyday Life, Basic Statistics and Introduction to Statistics I & II. - Topics Included: Descriptive Statistics, Probability Theory, Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, Survey Design and Regression

Akron, Oh, Us

- Forecasted auction clearing prices for PJM forward capacity market- Tracked capacity position and made recommendations to balance portfolio- Valued FTR & ARR position and made recommendations for converting ARRs into FTRs- Conducted risk analysis on FTR portfolio- Built models for portfolio optimization, option pricing, structured contracts, and specialty products- Administrated commodity data warehouse and acted as a subject matter expert regarding external and internal commodity data- Taught internal Statistics, @Risk and SAS courses

Akron, Oh, Us

- Developed annual Long-Term Price Forecast for Gas, Power, Oil, Emissions, Capacity, and Coal- Analyzed third party research and collaborated with consultants to develop custom research- Ad hoc reporting using SAS, Excel, @Risk, and VBA programming as needed and built queries in Energy Velocity, SAS, Access, Excel - Developed long-term PJM capacity model that integrates with FirstEnergy’s Long-Term Price Forecast and business assumptions- Developed wind and solar project valuation model and forecasting tool for renewable energy credit pricing- Managed the Commodity Data Warehouse Development Team; worked with outside vendor (ZE Power Group) to successfully implement an enterprise database that is now FirstEnergy’s central commodity information system

Cleveland, Oh, Us

- Acted as an internal quantitative consultant to several business units, including Product Management, Consumer Research and Pricing- Developed and maintained monthly reporting for new retail initiatives- Wrote operationalized SAS code and Excel macros to facilitate ongoing reporting- Analyzed physical attributes of cards using Regression Trees and Random Forests- Served as a charter member of the Price-Value Task Force- Designed new merchant reporting methodologies for Wal-Mart sales and marketing analysis

Akron, Oh, Us

- Taught Statistics for Everyday Life, Basic Statistics and Introduction to Statistics I & II. - Taught lab section using Minitab- Tutoring- Adapted teaching style in order to facilitate understanding of the material for students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Northbrook, Il, Us

- Analyzed new business and renewal applications along with supporting documentation in order to underwrite auto, home and specialty lines policies- Reviewed policies for exceptions to guidelines based on individual business case-Assisted agency staff regarding underwriting guidelines- Redesigned and maintained risk exception database- Published article in company newsletter- Received Rookie of the Year Award

Ms, Statistics

Bs, Mathematics