Highlights:

Skills:SQL, analytics, big data, machine learning, Excel, SAS, R, Python, Forecasting, Tableau, Power Bi

Goal:Looking forward to a career in IT field as a data/business analyst. Long term goal is to be a data scientist.

Advanced Analytics Projects 09/2019 - 04/2020
Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts United States
Industry: Education
Advanced Analytics Projects conducted in Graduate School 1) Estimating Massachusetts Property Values 2) Predicting Net Charge-Off Rate for Huntington Bancshares Inc. 3) Assessing New York City’s School Leadership Score 4) Risk Prediction Models for Type-2 Diabetes
Estimating Massachusetts Property Values (M.S. Capstone): Analyzed impact of internal, macroeconomic and financial factors on real estate prices in Worcester, Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk counties using High-Performance Forest, Decision Tree and Linear Regression machine learning techniques (error rate: 3.38%) in collaboration with the Warren Group, MA Predicting Net Charge-Off Rate for Huntington Bancshares Inc.: Built a prediction model that explains 65.20% of variation in the Net Charge-Off rate under different macroeconomic scenarios with a prediction error rate of 3.58% using R Assessing New York City’s School Leadership Score: Evaluated New York City school’s leadership score based on student achievement metrics from 1097 schools using Mallow’s Cp, Forward Selection and Backward Elimination Regression methods on SAS Guide Risk Prediction Models for Type-2 Diabetes: Built predictive models to identify the risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes using 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey data to facilitate early diagnosis and intervention using Decision Tree and Random Forest methods of classification in Python--
Registration and Financial Center Assistant 07/2018 - 05/2020
Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts United States
Industry: Education
Proactively resolved ~50 student concerns and cases per day regarding Registrar, Bursar and Financial Services.
Researched complex student issues and assisted financial aid advisors in reviewing verification documentation to ensure timely disbursement of loans and grants worth ~$140 Mn. Processed on-the-spot requests for official and unofficial transcripts, enrollment verifications, scheduling appointments and Student Advantage card printing.--
Research Assistant 06/2017 - 08/2017
Beacon Hill Institute, Boston, Massachusetts United States
Industry: Research (Volunteer)
Conducted research and processed data for 2016 Annual State Competitiveness Report, comparing individual states’ abilities to promote economic growth.
Collected and standardized government and fiscal data for all US states to facilitate policy making. Results were used by Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) to depict Connecticut’s slumping economic performance and declining state competitiveness in 2016.--
Student Analyst 10/2016 - 12/2016
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, EOPSS, Boston, Massachusetts United States
Industry: Government
Developed an agency-wide adult criminal justice program inventory database to enhance policy and budget decision making for the Office of Grants and Research.
Transformed baseline recidivism reduction programs data from the Department of Correction, Parole Board and 13 county sheriffs’ offices into readable, interactive reports that enabled EOPSS to derive insights required to manage a part of a nearly $450k budget.--

Suffolk University 09/2014 - 05/2018
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Economics
Minor:Finance
GPA: 3.65 (Honors) Focus: Micro and Macro Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, International Trade Theory & Policy Public Finance, International Monetary Economics, Multinational Financial Management, Game Theory, Data Science and Analytics

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