Nicolas Hovde, Ms, Ba Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Adjudicated hundreds of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance for claimants filing for benefits in NYS• Integrated claims using a Mainframe and IBM Intranet database tools• Contributed to preventing over $12 billion in fraudulent claim activity throughout NY state• Selected as member of the reporting subcommittee, providing accurate FTEs and staffing levels of VSO employees to be below a 300-hour benchmark each day to our customer (IBM) using Excel and Power BI• Earned status of shadow-master to lead training/onboarding of over 20 employees

• Generated data visualizations using Microsoft Excel features on COVID vaccination data from Kaggle• Created map and Pareto charts to display findings• Reported on skewness and bias of the data with results indicating that U.S. leads all countries in # of vaccinated citizens

- Created and observed models to identify hateful speech in internet memes as part of my Business Analytics Practicum Presentation- Tackled Facebook AI's Hateful Memes Challenge and classified thousands of memes as hateful/non-hateful using Python ML libraries

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Utilized Tableau data viz software to create a data story of infamous Moneyball dataset on Kaggle• Created multiple views and dashboards of bar charts, histograms, and scatterplots• Discovered on-base percentage is better than batting average for driving MLB playoff appearances

Cleveland, Oh, Us

- Sold over $30,000 of Sherwin-Williams products- Created QR code marketing plan that won 1st place in the South Texas Area to be implemented in all Sherwin-Williams stores throughout South Texas Area (San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Valley, Coastal, and Mid-Texas districts)

Frisco, Texas, Us

• Converted account/client information in transitioning data from Excel to Salesforce.com• Equipped sales team of six with analysis to generate over 250 leads and accounts

San Marcos, California, Us

• Collected data on over 2,000 baseball swings using Microsoft Excel and R Studio• Created histograms and scatterplots to determine correlation and linearity of variables

Irving, Tx, Us

Co-founded this radio talk show to discuss the relevance of sports at the University of Dallas.- Research sports highlight and develop relevant talking points- Assist in working audio board

Houston, Texas, Us

Waited tables at Saltgrass Steak House during Summer and Winter Inter-terms. This experience gave me opportunities to practice selling techniques, namely, up-selling and selling Landry Select Club cards to potential members.

Waited tables for members at Ridgewood Country Club, premiere golf course in the Greater Waco area. This experience has taught me to develop relationships and build trust with patrons and clientele.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

I was Co-Director of Media Operations at Sykora Family Ford during the summer of 2015, which included managing the records of auto repairs, inventory, and stock for customers. This experience helped me understand how to input statistical data in large databases.

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

Observed patients and medical practices from therapists. This experience enabled me to gain a better insight into business to customer relationships.

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business