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Sean

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

·         5+ years of experience as a Statistician across various industries

·         Technical skills: R programming, Python, Power BI, Minitab, MySQL, SAS, Excel and SPSS  

·         Statistical skills: Random forest, principal component analysis, neural networks, regularization techniques, cluster analysis, predictive modeling and logistic regression                 

·         Outstanding problem solving ability; able to implement creativity and come up with innovative solutions

·         Superior communication skills; able to clearly present ideas, methods and   results      

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global Employment Solutions                                                                                                                                  New York, NY

Data Analyst                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  March 2016-present

·         Feature engineering, data cleaning and data manipulation done in R programming

·         Random forest applied to investigation data to find important features for model building

·         Neural networks applied to marketing data to predict whether a customer would churn

·         Regularization techniques applied to large data for feature selection and to fight multicollinearity    

·         MySQL used to generate reports for marketing manager     

·         Applied logistic regression to investigation data to predict the likelihood of an adverse event 

·         Applied survival analysis on customer acquisition data using SAS and R programming           

·         Data mining done in R programming; to identify important features for model building                     

·         Ad-hoc reporting done in R and SAS programming and presented insights to operations manager        

Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                      Shirley, NY

Statistician                                                                                                                                                                        February 2014-January 2016

·         Produced statistical reports for director of quality control; using R programming    

·         Consulted with engineering department regarding quality control process and provided solutions

·         Conducted operations research; produced trend analysis reports for the Food and Drug Administration

·         Data imputation, data manipulation and data cleaning done in R programming    

DMS Network, Inc. (Freelance Project)                                                                                                                                                                                      New York, NY

Data Scientist                                                                                                                                                                                June2013-December2013

·         Performed descriptive statistics and presented findings to the marketing manager

·         Data engineering, data imputation and data manipulation performed in R programming and SAS 

North Side Child Development Center                                                                                                                                                                                      New York, NY

Data Scientist                                                                                                                                                                                   March 2012 – May 2013

·         Data manipulation, data imputation and data cleaning done in Rprogramming  

·         Random forest used for data mining

·         MySQL used to generate reports for clinical director    

·         Descriptive and inferential statistics done in R programming     

·         Weekly meetings with clinical social workers regarding progress with clients

·         Monthly meeting with the director of education regarding overall progress of children

Harlem Children Zone                                                                                                                                                                                         New York, NY

Data Scientist/Case Manager                                                                                                                                                                         January 2011 – August 2011

·         Data manipulation, data cleaning and data transformation done in Rprogramming

·         Organized monthly meetings with guidance counselors to discuss the overall progress of students; provided recommendations based on results of research on how to improve programs and retain students

·         Monthly meetings with stakeholders regarding high school seniors

National League of Nursing                                                                                                                                                                                       New York, NY

Junior Psychometrician, Research Development Department                                                                                                                                                                                   June 2010-August 2010

·         Performed statistical modeling and analysis for five years of data on certification exams; utilized Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory to analyze the degree of difficulty of each exam

·         Produced item analysis reports through the analyzing of large test scale data as well as NCLEX, Pre- NCLEX, and PAX data; collaborated for senior psychometrician regarding findings

·         Prepared a presentation on item analysis and the advantage of using Psychometrics versus Classical Test Theory to present to Nursing Administration, Senior Management, and the Director of Test Development

CollegeBoard                                                                                                                                                                                       New York, NY

Statistician, Intern/ Research Development and Analysis Department                                                                                                                                                                             September 2009-June 2010

·         Carried out projects pertaining to research on AP, PSAT, SAT exams; analyzed the differences between gender and ethnic groups for each high school nationwide

·         R programming used to clean data

·         Fulfilled projects pertaining to the commission report for the Department of Education for the state of New York

·         Marketed springboard successfully for the College Board to High Schools in the Nation.

EDUCATION

Fordham University                                                                                                                                                                                       New York, NY

Master of Arts, Statistics                                                                                                                                                                                       2009

Long Island University                                                                                                                                                                                       Brooklyn, NY

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology                                                                                                                                                                                       2006