Micah Saugen Email & Phone Number

Truckee, CA, US

• Strategize and execute large data import/migration needs using various manipulations in Excel, Python and AWS CLI
• Organize and oversee personal data intake queue to ensure all deadlines are being met
• Contribute to an evolving library of findings and scripts pertaining to legacy data migrations and complex data imports into the Nextpoint platform.
• Consult with clients regarding their complex data projects, provide pricing/project quotes, and provide progress updates/reports to the clients and end users, in concise, understandable terms.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Assisted with data intake tasks such as data inventory, downloading, and uploading data
• Tracked repetitive support inquiries and escalated the need for additional product enhancement
• Analyzed data from Zendesk to determine specific areas in need of a different support approach ­
• Collected data around software bugs and new feature requests to help prioritize the work of our developers

Remote

• Redesigned interface elements for an education tech startup using Figma and Adobe Illustrator.
• Remotely communicated with engineers, marketing team, and stakeholders to reach product deadlines and goals.
• Designed new group class features by creating user flows, testing use cases, and handing off mockups.
• Expanded brand awareness and customer touchpoint by on-boarding new users and organizations to the platform.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Working in the Department of Internal Medicine, Hepatology, I contributed to research studies about the effects of alcohol on the human liver. Using Excel to capture and transform data, analysis included cell cultures, cell isolation, protein and mRNA, and mice breeding/genotyping. Statistical methods involved p-tests and regressions.

Greater Denver Area

I completed the remainder of a semester working with 9th grade students at a project-based start up charter school. Teaching Algebra I and Physics to a total of 47 students, I designed novel projects and lessons in tandem with academic standards.

Estes Park, Colorado

Completed my science teaching certificate at a year-round residential high school. I instructed 6 cross-curricular classes and developed new curriculum in Computer Programming and Bioengineering. Outside the classroom, I ran weekly study hall programs, mentored several students in their academic and personal life, and built out asset-based projects focused.

Chicago, Illinois

Within the Chicago Academy of Sciences, I transformed large datasets in Excel containing various insect species to be merged with the National Science Foundation's Integrated Digitized Biocollection portal. I verified and formatted taxonomic nomenclature, updated historical labels, streamlined specimen storage and occasionally reassembled damaged insects.

Greater Chicago Area

• Conducted field research, data collection and analysis using thermal equipment and datasets for Loyola's Air Quality and Energy Loss projects.
• Planned and implemented week-long campus-wide educational programs, like Water week and Waste week, promoting green practices and student engagement.
• Contributed to Loyola’s 2016 AASHE STARS sustainability report by contacting key stakeholders and wrangling data to increase the university's ranking.

Greater Chicago Area

The first project I worked on involved researching multiple renewable energy system designs for ELPC's clean energy supply chain publications in the Midwest. The second project was an analysis of brownfield, RCRA, and Superfund sites using the EPA's RE-Powering dataset. I created an interactive Dataviz ranking the viability of converting these sites into.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science

Magna Cum Laude

High School Diploma

Cum Laude