Thomas Smith Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Represented McMaster University as an student ambassador for the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)
• Attended the 2022 CAS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis with other Canadian and US ambassadors to brainstorm how CAS can attract more future actuaries.

Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Worked on the Atlantic Direct Distribution Personal Pricing Team
• Helped the team migrate their personal auto models to a new standardized system while integrating an acquired companies’ models
• Performed and constructed testing templates in order to test changes made to the SAS programs were in line with the new systems
• Produced dislocations and an accompanying analysis based on the changes made to the programs

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

• Worked full-time for one term and worked part-time during school for an additional term
• Analyzed data and created visualizations from interview response data in order to prepare client presentations and a report for the Society of Actuaries (SOA), illustrating the impact of emerging technologies on.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Worked in the Non-Par Pricing practice
• Gained valuable first-hand industry knowledge within a leading Canadian insurer, utilizing advisor product guides to learn about company product offerings and underwriting strategies
• Performed analysis through Python on client datasets to identify insights on products
• Wrote numerous VBA scripts designed to reduce model size and increase efficiency, then created pivot tables based on involved retrieval formulas pulling data from across the model

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

• Worked as part of the Actuarial and Insurance Solutions (AIS) practice
• Performed spot-checking on policies of a top global insurer by verifying AXIS data against authoritative sources with the goal of model validation and assisted in the drafting of a model validation report
• Exported AXIS policy data into excel to build out model recalculations for a leading Canadian insurer, ensuring their model operates accurately and in accordance with established guidelines

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Worked as part of the four-member Market Insights and Analytics team
• Analyzed the aggregate spending data of Canadian businesses on IT-related expenses and explained key findings to management in an understandable and concise way
• Analyzed data on 'Innovation Accelerators' (emerging technologies such as blockchain, cloud, XaaS, etc.) and drafted published press releases

Prince Edward County

• Designed and optimized the Redtail Vineyards website
• Performed market research on the local wine industry, ensuring maximum attraction and retention of a targeted demographic of customers
• Collaborated with a team of five to develop a long-term online strategy and create an offseason plan to account for reduced traffic

Uxbridge

• Successfully ran week-long Summer camps ranging from 15-25 players
• Worked with the club coach and the municipality in an attempt to expand the town Tennis program and increase the number of courts

Honours Bachelor Of Science (Co-Op), Actuarial Science

Activities and Societies: McMaster Rugby Team • Actuarial Science and Financial Math • VP of Personal Relations in the McMaster Actuarial.

High School Diploma

Athlete of the Year (2017)