Professional Experience
Data Scientist
Jul 2015 – Current
New York, NY / Menlo Park, CA
Derive insights from user data for messaging, emerging-market, and search products. Set strategic roadmap for teams and identify opportunities to improve quality, retention, and growth. Lead engineers to ship product changes and measure their impact through A/B testing. Build data pipelines and dashboards to track ecosystem health and long-term progress towards key objectives.
Software Engineer
Jun 2009 – Dec 2012
Rockville, MD
Developed software and provided research for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to assess the risk of new train safety technologies nationwide. Presented our published research at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference alongside leading experts in the field of transportation.
Financial Analyst Intern
Jun 2008 – Aug 2008
Baltimore, MD
Evaluated a coal plant’s profitability, created optimization models to reduce plant’s gas allocation costs, and traded natural gas futures.
Volunteer and Entrepreneurial Experience
TIRO
Software Engineer, Co-founder
Sep 2014 – Aug 2015
Berkeley, CA
Performed field site research in Southern China on labor NGOs that help injured migrant workers and developed an app for the NGOs to track individual support and measure the impact of their services.
Web Developer, Volunteer
Jan 2013 – April 2013
Hanoi, Vietnam
Spent 3 months in Vietnam building a website and other internal tools for a social enterprise incubator and advocacy group.
Software Developer, Founder
Nov 2011 – Dec 2012
Washington, DC
Designed web and mobile applications for relief organizations to record and track locations of homeless individuals, facilitating the delivery of aid to over 1,000 individuals for one organization in Seattle.
Part-time Project Manager
Aug 2008 – Jun 2012
Washington, DC
Led a remote team of 9 developers in Vietnam to build a video-based sports education website for young athletes, as a part-time project management contractor executing a 2-year, $500K roadmap.
Education
Aug 2013 – May 2015
Berkeley, CA
BS Mathematics, BS Finance, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Sep 2005 – May 2009
College Park, MD
Publication
Awards
1st prize winner of James R. Chen Award for best master’s final project in the networking for help category (2015)
Raised over $13,000 in cumulative grants for projects through the Big Ideas@Berkeley Contest: TIRO (2nd prize, 2015), Padhne.De (3rd prize, 2015), Sahay (3rd prize, 2014)
2nd prize winner, Evernote hackathon (2014).
1st prize winner, Social Innovation Hackathon, UC Berkeley School of Information (2013).
Awarded merit-based School of Information fellowship (2013).
Raised over $13,000 in cumulative grants for projects through the Big Ideas@Berkeley Contest: TIRO (2nd prize, 2015), Padhne.De (3rd prize, 2015), Sahay (3rd prize, 2014)
2nd prize winner, Evernote hackathon (2014).
1st prize winner, Social Innovation Hackathon, UC Berkeley School of Information (2013).
Awarded merit-based School of Information fellowship (2013).
Additional
Fluent in English and French (dual-citizen of the United States and France), proficient in Spanish. Enjoy composing orchestral/chamber music. Avid traveler.