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Creston, NC, US

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Developing a deep understanding of data science fundamentals and industry standards to become an asset as part of a data science team
• Working on end-to-end data projects using Python to gain experience navigating real world problems
• Engaged as a member in teams using modern data science techniques to provide impactful insights from data

• Designed incentive-based strategies derived from millions of online poker hands
• Extracted, cleaned, and aggregated data from remote PostgreSQL databases using pgSQL, Python, NumPy, and Pandas improving data queries by a factor of 1,000 for clients who otherwise manually filter using an inefficient.
• Simulated expected value for various scenarios based on analyses for 90% reduction in subjectivity
• Presented objective insights based on environment-specific behavior trends to confidently set default strategies according to base rates for common scenarios

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Performed comprehensive verification and validation testing successfully achieving two product clearances by the FDA
• Collaborated with CEO and CTO to translate business needs into several dozen technical requirements
• Developed SQL queries, stored procedures, and functions using Microsoft SQL Server to create and investigate data pipelines reducing troubleshooting time by 5-10 hours per week
• Wrote and edited documentation, software requirements specifications, and ad-hoc reports
• Collaborated in a team using version control solutions (GitHub) and project/issue tracking tools (Jira)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Performed analyses and investigations using SQL databases to provide product support
• Aggregated product usage and performance statistics using Python for multiple hospital clients to yield insights on product operability and adoption conserving 4-8 hours monthly on data aggregation
• Identified discrepancies between requirements specifications and the user interface assisting senior developers to ensure correct operability of medical technology used in clinical environments

• Engineered datasets using PostgreSQL database to support analyses for maximizing return on investment for online poker tournament scenarios
• Transformed, visualized, and cleaned datasets using Python, Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib
• Wrote Python scripts to aggregate and deliver relevant information on demand reducing ambiguity 90%
• Modeled common end-game situations using statistical inference to assess proportional events and identify strategic incentives attaining over four times industry standard win-rates
• Outperformed 99.9% of online tournament poker players globally in profit for multiple consecutive years
• Developed strategies based on expected value with respect to independent chip modeling (ICM)

Master Of Applied Data Science, Data Science

• Developing a deep understanding of data science fundamentals and industry standards to become an asset as part of a data science team •.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Statistics, 3.93/4.0

• Applied predictive modeling to Daily Fantasy Basketball data to forecast player performance • Provided accurate approximations for.