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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Remote

• Spearheaded a team of three, analyzing and refining millions of responses, behavioral, and experimental data from user datasets using qualitative and quantitative methods. Achieved a 27% improvement in data accuracy.
• Leveraged mixed methods, data analysis, and statistical modeling to design a data-driven solution addressing a key question for a major US credit union. This process included data collection, theory generation, and.
• Showcased the effectiveness of machine learning in optimizing the process of selecting candidates by performing a reliability analysis comparing machine learning assessments and human evaluations on interview.
• Streamlined interview transcript and resume analysis by implementing natural language processing (NLP) solutions using Python scikit-learn, and GPT API.
• Regularly provided consulting services to clients, addressing critical questions through A/B testing and validation of approaches. Delivered actionable insights by designing and executing experiments, performing data.
• Led 1-on-1 consultations and group presentations, providing advanced statistical analysis and data visualization expertise to clients and sales teams. Utilized predictive analytics and machine learning models to solve.

Oak Brook, IL

• Developed and deployed programs for automated data collection (Python), create code that automated exam question writing with unstructured data (Images, Free Text), reduced data collection time by 90%.
• Perform statistical analysis on research data, identified key trends between different population segmentations, made recommendations on changes in client hiring practices to improve diversity.
• Developed regressions model (SPSS) on employee performance data and behavior, established baselines for clients and provided protections against legal actions, reduced client legal liabilities.
• Gathered and organized research data (Python, SPSS) into archive for ease of consumption.
• Reported and documented experimental methods, analysis, outcomes, and project roadmap to communicate to executives, led to improved candidate selection outcomes for clients.
• Communicated analysis results and recommendations to clients through presentations and reports, delivered legal documentation and substantiation for clients to hire qualified job incumbents.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and drove project timeline for HR data analysis, highlighted opportunity to optimize examination process for multiple job titles, developed singular exam to measure performance for 500+ job titles.
• Utilized statistical methods (point biserial correlations) to quantify baseline exam performance and quality.
• Collected data and created archive for standardized data asset, enabled rapid development and execution of experiments with high quality results.
• Conducted statistical analysis (Normalization, Standard deviations/mean differences, etc) on collected data, downselect from 500+ titles to candidate population of 15 for pilot study.
• Conducted interviews, observations, and focus groups on job title holders for data collection, oversaw creation and administration of exam material to 300+ subjects for pilot study.

- Assist, oversee and develop RA recruitment, hiring, evaluation and training process with paraprofessional and professional staff in seven Residence Halls.- Foster the development of leadership and team building skills, enforce positive work ethics, and a sense of personal responsibility among a team of 5 resident advisors.

Amsterdam, NY

- Provided member services while attending to administrative work

Albany, New York Area

- Worked with hospital intake to welcome and provide emotional support for new veteran patients.

Fort Carson

- Operated in teams of 10-15 to perform day-to-day tasks on the front lines in Baghdad.- Coordinated training plans and met weekly deadlines and requirements with 100% completion rate.

Master'S Degree, Data Science

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Relevant Courses: - Applied Statistical Analysis; Personnel Psychology Research: - Developed and administered a survey to assess how bias.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Relevant Courses: - Organizational Psychology, Experimental Psychology; Personality Psychology; Statistics in Psychology Research.