Senior Consultant, Data Science @ ◆ Developed Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) process for 8+ million SEC filing repository. Established hierarchical classification scheme of 12 groups for 417 filing types. Extracted 27 corporation and individual entity identifiers from filings and stored them in 5+ million database.
◆ Created data repository of 18+ million prices for 9,000+ stocks listed in 15+ exchanges.
◆ Collected over 31 data sources containing 30+ million documents for banking NLP platform.
◆ Designed and deployed random image artifact generator for testing a $150 million mortgage servicing platform.
◆ Synthesized transaction and account banking data model for customers, employees, corporates and counterparties containing over 500 fields, 7 payment systems, and 18 tables.
◆ Created full-cycle project plan for resourcing, developing, integrating, and hand-off of customer segmentation application. Addressed multiple project factors including staffing, timelines, deliverables, dependencies, architecture, risk, and stakeholder management.
◆ Initiated, implemented, and analyzed market survey on salience and efficacy of employee education program. From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Analyst, Data Scientist @ ◆ Facilitated risk management consulting of property and casualty clients with annual premiums of $1-$90 million by synthesizing narratives, identifying cost drivers, and validating results.
◆ Created data dictionary for workers compensation database containing 24 tables, 265 columns and over 400 million records.
◆ Composed strategy note for senior management on developing human resource analytics. Compiled personal experience, industry reports, and subject matter expert opinion to identify risks and highlight opportunities associated with current strategy. From October 2014 to April 2015 (7 months) Senior Analyst @ ◆ Executed analytics consulting engagements for corporate clients with revenues of $50 million – $20 billion by reducing costs and managing risks associated with providing employee benefits such as healthcare, long-term disability, and term life insurance.
◆ Completed benchmarking analyses on client expense levels and identified cost saving opportunities. Created database containing fees paid by clients and subsequently performed regression analysis to determine the driving factors. Drafted, tested, and deployed benchmarking algorithm that increased efficiency by over 80%. Ran training sessions for colleagues on use of algorithmic benchmarking tool.
◆ Developed Monte Carlo simulation that maps employee benefit risk. Incorporated predictive modeling into clients risk management framework. Optimized impact of insurance contracts on employer residual risk.
◆ Led redesign of employment benefit underwriting system by focusing on user experience and complexity reduction. Modularized workflow by eliminating duplication, automating data mapping, and regularizing data attributes. From May 2011 to September 2014 (3 years 5 months) Toronto, Canada AreaAdvisor @ ◆ Advised web advertising start-up on marketing by focusing on strategies to increase organic growth such as Sales BPO, bundling optimization, and customer service prioritization.
◆ Created lead generation framework by identifying target market and highlighting product promotion channels. From January 2014 to August 2014 (8 months) Toronto, Canada AreaQuantitative Analyst @ ◆ Developed stock picking application based on outlier detection for investment group. Application features include: automatic-updates│real-time user defined modeling│intuitive charting│24/7 access via desktop, tablet, and phone | data repository of 9,000+ stocks in 17+ exchanges spanning 100+ countries and over $60 trillion in market capitalization
◆ Model provided time series outlier detection by using Markowitz Portfolio Optimization and Bayesian prior selection.
◆ Deployed application on Amazon AWS EC2 using Javascript, R, PHP, SQL, HTML, and CSS. From January 2014 to July 2014 (7 months) Toronto, Canada AreaPrincipal @ Providing candidate oriented human capital solutions with experience in the following:
◆ Career Development Strategy
◆ Resume & Cover Letter Writing
◆ Job Search, Filtering, and Application
◆ Social Media Optimization From January 2014 to July 2014 (7 months) Toronto, Canada AreaFounder/Owner @ ◆ Developed algorithmic trading software that interfaces between R and Broker API. Product included website, payment system, software licensing, customer support, digital marketing, and user documentation.
◆ Established product business case by gathering features from 15 algorithmic software vendors and interviewing over 20 prospects on market. Promoted concept by creating content and distributing content via multiple channels including webinars, videos, and white papers.
◆ Created and implemented a web-based marketing strategy. Managed a paid search campaign with Google and Microsoft ad networks. Analyzed web traffic with Google analytics to enhance customer knowledge. Sourced interns to generate content for site.
◆ Deployed algorithm on cloud platform to trade FX positions in real time. System dynamically optimized trading positions based on price, volume, and capital levels. Visualized algorithm's trading behavior to better manage operational risk. From April 2013 to January 2014 (10 months) Toronto, Canada AreaStatistical Analyst @ ◆ Led statistical training sessions for colleagues.
◆ Created and manipulated clinical oncology datasets. Analyzed biological and demographic factors associated with kidney cancer. Published two biomedical papers in science journal PLOS ONE. From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Freelance Researcher @ ◆ Forecasted the value added of the $5 billion Canadian seafood industry by linking macroeconomic indicators, sales data, and commodity prices to aggregate industry sales.
◆ Improved sales attribution by accounting for the impact of macroeconomic trends on sales-force performance. From January 2010 to March 2010 (3 months) Research Assistant @ ◆ Analyzed the economics of the Ontario food manufacturing industry. Attributed changes of sector employment and profitability to exchange rate fluctuations. Discovered irregularities in sector employment data from Statistics Canada.
◆ Identified potential for linking Geographic Information System (GIS) software with customer relationship management software Salesforce. Presented business case to management for new relationship visualization functionality. From May 2007 to September 2007 (5 months)
MA, Economics @ University of Toronto From 2010 to 2011 BA, Financial Economics @ University of Western Ontario From 2006 to 2010 Highland Secondary From 2004 to 2006