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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia

• Support standard company service lines in need of advanced analytical services and technological expertise as part of the KPMG Lighthouse Team.• Embed predictive analytics into bespoke software solutions; develop software and data models using standard development methodologies and tools.• Leverage mathematical and statistical knowledge to develop analyses that go beyond the standard

Toronto, Ontario

• Created Patreon Pro, a web application that offers recommendations for content creators on Patreon.com based on information from topically similar campaigns to provide insights to improve fundraising success.• Scraped the Patreon API to obtain over 300K records. Performed extensive cleaning and preprocessing of the data in preparation for analysis. Trained a LDA topic model on unstructured text data using scikit-learn, spaCy, and nltk libraries in Python. Regression analysis used to… Show more • Created Patreon Pro, a web application that offers recommendations for content creators on Patreon.com based on information from topically similar campaigns to provide insights to improve fundraising success.• Scraped the Patreon API to obtain over 300K records. Performed extensive cleaning and preprocessing of the data in preparation for analysis. Trained a LDA topic model on unstructured text data using scikit-learn, spaCy, and nltk libraries in Python. Regression analysis used to generate recommendations from similar campaigns.• App built in flask/python and served on Amazon Web Services. Show less

Burnaby, British Columbia

• Performed mathematical and statistical analysis of random number generation utilities and online betting games for compliance testing against national jurisdictional requirements. • Developed scripts and packages in Python and R to increase efficiency and accuracy of analysis. • Reviewed customer code to assess proper functionality and parsed game logs for statistical analysis as secondary duties.

Vancouver, Bc

• Lectured in Differential Calculus for undergraduate students majoring in business and social science.• Developed content and presented bi-daily lectures and created weekly homework assignments based on course syllabus requirements.• Additional duties included holding office hours and participating in course instructor meetings to ensure consistency in lessons.

Victoria, Bc

• Assisted on a stochastic wind modelling project with a professor at UVic's School of Earth and Ocean Science. • Applied new method of parameter estimation for stochastic differential equation models to global wind speed measurements in order to generate global parameter field estimates.• Parameter estimation routine coded in MATLAB. Wind velocity data obtained from ERA-40 project.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics

Activities and Societies: • Institute of Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Committee • Math Education Resources Wiki Thesis Title.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Mathematics

Thesis Title: Stochastic phase dynamics of noise driven synchronization of uncoupled conditional coherent oscillators

Bachelor Of Mathematics (B. Math.), Mathematical Physics