OVERVIEW

Business-minded data analyst with an extensive background in software development, practical mathematics, and technical communication. Notable accomplishments and talents include:

  • Spearheaded the development of a enterprise-standard AI chatbot
  • Developed a model and dashboard to detect fraud in corporate expenses
  • Skilled in both modern and classical AI and their applications
  • Led a published research project in applied machine learning
  • Commended complex problem solver and fast learner

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Analytics, May 2022
Institute for Advanced Analytics, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Applied Emphasis, Dec 2020
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Minors in Physics, Statistics and Data Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Data Scientist, 2022 – present
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC

  • Built dashboards and automation pipelines that saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in operational costs
  • Leveraged machine learning and generative AI techniques to deliver solutions that greatly improved business operation efficiency

Data Analyst, 2020 – 2021
Team Select Home Care, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Saved thousands of dollars in personnel costs and simplified the jobs of the IT and HR departments by developing an internal support chatbot using Azure and Python
  • Communicated data insights and analytical methods to hundreds of non-technical medical and C-Suite employees both in-person and online via Tableau Server

Manufacturing Operations and Analytics Intern Summer 2018, Summer 2019
Collins Aerospace (Formerly United Technologies Aerospace Systems), Phoenix, AZ

  • Created a quality assurance tracker analyzing the impact of quality control initiatives
  • Served as an intermediary between floor workers and upper management to solve manufacturing issues and ensure customer deadlines were met

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Lead, Jan 2020—May 2021
Principal Component Analysis for Clustering Stock Portfolios
Published in the Arizona Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies in May 2021

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Software: Python, Tableau, SQL, R, Kubernetes/Openshift, AWS
Analytical: Data Analysis, Applied Machine Learning, Modeling, Visualization
Certifications: Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer, SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4, Tableau Desktop Specialist