Product Manager @ Owned new product initiative from strategy to execution to user development. EquilarAtlas generates easy-to-understand, actionable profiles for 300,000+ executives from 10+ years of disparate, public data. Launched internationalization of internal data mining system. Successfully upgraded legacy system to allow scalable international expansion without interrupting critical ongoing data processing within same system. Invented new algorithm for generating peer groups based on algorithms using network-based approach. Owned algorithm from conception through implementation including extensive back-testing with R. Method pending US patent and rapidly adopted by Glass Lewis, the second largest proxy advisory firm, as key input for their voting recommendations. http://www.equilar.com/peer-research/pdf/EquilarInsight-Market-Peers.pdf http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/business/a-better-way-to-compare-ceo-pay.html From July 2011 to July 2012 (1 year 1 month) Research Manager @ Directed logistics for 50+ person international research group. Built robust reporting framework (using SQL and Excel VBA) giving managers a better view into team and individual performance. Increased data quality by more than 30% by improving business processes and metrics. Grew team from 15 to more than 25 plus an additional 30 in new offshore office. Directly supervised up to 10 analysts. From July 2009 to June 2011 (2 years) Research Analyst @ Top analyst for client projects, leading hundreds of projects for more than $500,000. Managed all aspects of engagement from closing business to executing analysis to delivering results. Initiated new processes driving improvements in resource allocation and pricing strategy and a 50% increase in revenue year over year. Developed innovative model to assess compensation risk in conjunction with David Larcker, Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Results published in Professor Larcker’s Closer Look series. http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/10_Fortunate500.pdf Wrote data-driven research reports distributed to hundreds of HR professionals. Independently extracted and analyzed data using SQL and Excel. From June 2007 to June 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Cognitive Science @ University of California, Berkeley From 2003 to 2007 David Sasaki is skilled in: Data Analysis, Analytics, Product Management, Research, Business Intelligence, User Experience, Process Improvement, Product Development, SQL, Scrum