SUMMARY

• Highly motivated, result driven professional data scientist with 7+ years of experience in data analysis, predictive modeling techniques, data management, machine learning algorithms and statistical programming.
• Proven record in providing data driven solutions, support and maintain existing models, acquiring data from different sources, data visualization and ad - hoc reporting. Experienced with creating ETL process, identify trends and relationships between different pieces of data, draw appropriate conclusions and translate analytical findings into risk management and marketing strategies that drive value.
• Experience with full development cycle of a Data Warehouse, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, and maintenance.

CORE SKILLS

• Predictive modeling, optimization and simulation
• Machine Learning algorithms: Logistic regression, decision trees, neural networks, cluster analysis
• Time Series data forecasting and interpreting trends
• Cluster analysis
• Data Warehousing
• Data Visualization and KPI reporting
• Data filtering and Ad-hoc reporting
• Statistical analysis
• Data Warehousing, Data mining and segmentation
• SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
• Advanced Excel VBA, Pivot table, Pivot Chart, VLOOKUP and other functions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Domain: Customer Relationship Management, social marketing, public policy research and Health Care

Languages: SAS Base, SAS EG, SAS Enterprise Miner, R, Python, SQL, Tableau, Teradata

Operating Systems: LINUX, UNIX, WINDOWS

RDBMS and Softwares: Oracle 10g, 11g, MySQL 4.1, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Senior Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Data cleansing, data quality tracking and process balancing checkpoints.
• Created multiple queries to extract relevant information to the analysis.
• Design and implemented a model used to Classy utilized business into four groups of industries.
• Performed utilization analysis of Agency’s financial data to determine how many contracts were awarded to each ethnicity/gender group and the total dollar value for each contract.
• Conducted availability analysis of businesses in the agency’s market area, willing and able to perform the awarded contracts in each industry and ethnicity/gender group.
• Performed a disparity analysis to see if there is a disparity between availability and utilization by ethnicity/gender groups for each industry
• Used hypothesis testing to determine whether there is enough evidence to claim that there is an under-utilization of minority owned businesses.
• Presented findings to supervisors and managers to improve in decision making strategies and operations

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Data Scientist/Statistical Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with multiple, complex finance/loan related data sources and auto insurance at large scale.
• Built a model targeted to classify customers into different risk groups to adjust insurance premiums with the risk rates of each customers.
• Built a model for predicting a direct mail response to a campaign by NGO to minimize mailing costs by targeting only the most responsive customers.
• Performed thorough testing and validation of models and support various aspects of the business with data analysis.
• Created and modified new and existing SAS programs; and producing Ad hoc reports
• Machine Learning application on airline data (tools used: R)- Created a model for a large-scale airlines dataset, process and evaluate the model, implemented and maintained the model
• Analyzed a four-year Health Insurer’s data of a Company’s employees who claims that employees are getting sicker. (tools used Excel dashboard, pivot table, functions, graphs and plot)
• Operating Room (OR) process improvement project -quantify the room turnover time in three operating rooms at a hospital (tools used: SAS base 9.4)

Confidential,

Director of Computer Networking

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated with hotels, NGOs and government offices to design and implement Computer networking
• Performed a full spectrum of screening services to the network.
• Provided complete range consulting services including database design, satellite internet services, software and hardware maintenance services, help desk support and product sales services.

Confidential

Statistical Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilled a critical role monitoring and providing research studies documents, questionnaires, coding books, manuals
• Prepared and reported preliminary research project summaries on HIV-AIDS, Malaria Awareness Campaign Survey.
• Recommended innovative methodologies in implementing statistical analysis solutions
• Collaborated with a senior statistician in analyzing real-time data from different tables/servers using SAS Base and SQL.
• Planned and directed work of SAS developers
• Handled the tasks of ad-hoc reports
• Attended donor’s and department meetings as required

Confidential

Database Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented database schema, stored procedures views and other application database code objects.
• Maintained evaluated and optimized database structures including tables, SQL scripts indexes, views and complex queries for analysis and extraction.
• Performed quality testing and assurance for SQL servers.
• Worked with stakeholders’ developers and production teams across units to identify business needs and solution options.
• Ensured best practice application to maintain security and integrity of data.