Provide analytics for Overstock's keyword & navigation search (internal), sponsored products, and recommendations teams. ∙ Data Modelling: built the model backing Overstock's first data-driven approach to product banner messaging (e.g., "Best Seller", "Top Rated"). In A/B tests against the prior manual system, our banners demonstrated a lift of $500K in profit annually. ∙ Statistical Analysis: Support the AB testing of new features developed by Overstock's Search product teams, and calculate requested metrics used to determine the winning test variant; Act as a statistical consultant for product managers, especially surrounding test significance and power ∙ Databases: Query from Hadoop clusters or BigQuery warehouse with SQL to gather user data for several Overstock's technology products. R and Python are used to conduct more advanced analytics and scripting, such as statistical power & financial estimating of proposed site tests. Analytics scripts are Git- tracked and I manage a BitBucket repository for my analytics group. ∙ Dashboard Reporting: Model search KPIs and data sources in Looker's LookML modeling language. Build reports in Looker and Visual Insights that provide actionable intelligence from Search KPIs such as conversion rate, and click-thru rate, and from friction metrics like exit rate, and scroll depth

Womply | Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

Business Intelligence Analyst II

This promotion has focused my role on statistical analyses and report writing to answer key business intelligence questions: What factors lead to customer churn? What financial benefit does Womply provide its credit card partners? And, how does a business's online reputation relate to revenue (see link)? These analytics are reported using R Markdown & graphical analyses are produced with R's acclaimed GGPlot package. Datasets for these analytics require significant data modeling in Snowflake SQL.

Womply | May 2018 - Jan 2019

Business Intelligence Analyst

• Data Modeling: Model data tables and pull datasets for colleagues in other Womply units using Presto SQL in AWS Athena and Snowflake SQL • KPI Dashboarding: Built Domo dashboards for various Womply business units • Statistical Analysis: Conduct R Markdown statistical & graphical analyses answering key business questions. E.g. what factors statistically predict customer churn • Python Programming: Manage and update scripts running ETL processes for the Analytics team and the Finance team

New Belgium Brewing | Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

Inebriated Neural Network: An Automatic Beer Tasting Project

A multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network from Python's Sci-Kit Learn library is used to predict beer tasters’ commentary using chemical measurements of New Belgium brew. The model successfully identified ∼4 out of 5 test cases when a batch would be rejected by the taste panel. The results were presented to Analyze Boulder, in addition to giving a Galvanize capstone presentation.

TechLink | Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

Economic Data Analyst

Principally involved with TechLink's economic impact studies regarding technology transfer and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract agreements between the Department of Defense and private industry. • Data Wrangling: Cleaned with R and queried a Django database from 25,000 company survey records of DoD contractors and grant winners • Statistical Consultant & Editor: For 3 of TechLink’s economic impact studies of DoD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs and licensing activity. The DoD used this research to defend program funding in front of the U.S. Congress. • Independent Research: linearly modeled the factors influencing commercialization within Air Force & Navy SBIR programs including company size, experience in the program, location in the US, and age of the small business grant

Engineers Without Borders-Montana State University | May 2014 - May 2015

Researcher

Managed a household survey that collected data, which was used to test EWB well & latrine projects for family welfare improvements. This was the subject of my graduate thesis, The Welfare Impacts of Engineers Without Borders in Western Kenya (see under the Education section). • Implemented a near-800 household survey • Managed a team of 16 enumerators and 2 undergraduate assistants • Instructed a group of 4 undergraduates about data hygiene techniques in order to digitize and clean the survey data as a team (see attached cleaning guide)

Engineers Without Borders-Montana State University | Aug 2013 - May 2015

Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant

10-20 hours per week in Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Marketing and Development Economics • Graded 400+ essays and homework assignments • Designed 2 course assignment sheets for Development Economics (see attached) • Gathered 40 journal articles regarding statistics education • Collected raw price data from over 15 Montana grain elevators.

Salt Lake Running Company | Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

Sales Associate

Consulted with customers regarding running goals and matched them to products offered at the store that may help them achieve • Performed gait analysis on 50+ customers • Fit shoes based on gait, injury history, expected use and most importantly, preference • Recommended clothing based on the customer's goals, explaining the fabric quality options

Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center | Feb 2013 - Jul 2013

Math Instructor

Tutored groups of 2-5 students (ages 6 through 18) working through individualized Mathnasium curriculum as an extra-curricular supplement to their mathematics education

Freelance Private Tutor | Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

Math Tutor

Tutored students in mathematics for 30 to 60 minutes, 1 to 5 times per week. Subjects included: Calculus, Algebra, and GRE Quantitative preparation

Westminster College | Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

Math Tutor

Tutored groups of 1-3 college students on their assigned homework in College Algebra, Statistics & Single-Variable Calculus

Westminster College | Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Gore Research Assistant in Mathematics

Solved differential expressions in search of new reproducing kernel equations, which are used in support vector machines (SVM) classification

Bicycle Center SLC | Aug 2011 - May 2012

Sales & Bicycle Builder

Specialized in Specialized bicycles • Ensured that customers understand bike specification merits and costs • Advised customers seeking specific components (e.g., clipless pedals) or equipment (e.g., mountain bike shoes) • Gained mechanical experience building more than 30 new bicycles out of the box for sale on the floor

United States Conference of Mayors | Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

Dickinson Fellow in Urban Policy Development

• Corresponded with over 30 mayors offices in Massachusetts and New Mexico, encouraging them to reach out to their federal representatives in support of energy efficiency legislation • Completed two research projects on topics regarding the improvement of urban communities, which included federal energy efficiency programs and hotel occupancy taxes • Wrote an article for U.S Mayor, a USCM publication, on the Initiative for the Competitive Inner City

Salt Lake City Sports Complex | Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

Head Lifeguard & Water Safety Instructor

emergencies (e.g., lightning, feces) • Made guard stand rotations, responsible for client safety in and out of the pool • Instructed 2 to 6 children in 30-minute swimming lessons Summer months only, Promoted to Head Guard in 2009

Office of Senator Tom Harkin | May 2009 - May 2009

Intern

• Collected constituent comments over the phone, organized and forwarded them to Senator Harkin's D.C. office • Worked on specific constituent cases, acting as an intermediary between members of the public and larger institutions such as credit corporations, the Social Security Administration, etc.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Data Science Immersive Certificate Galvanize Inc | 2017

Master's Degree, Applied EconomicsMontana State University-Bozeman | 2015

Non-Degree Seeking, Computer Science, Mathematics & EconomicsWestminster College | 2012

Bachelor of Arts, International RelationsCornell College | 2011

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