Resume
Work experience + more
Education
Data Analytics & Visualization, University of California, Irvine
March 2020 — September 2020
Division of Continuing Education -- course covered Python, SQL, Statistics, HTML/CSS, Flask, Web scraping (Beautiful Soup), Databases/ETL (MongoDB, PostgreSQL), JavaScript (D3.js, Leaflet.js), R, Tableau, Machine Learning (scikit-learn, Keras)
B.S. Business Admin. - Finance, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
September 2011 — June 2015
Employment History
VITRU AI, Irvine, CA
Research & Business Development Lead | January 2021-Present
Intern – Operations/Marketing Strategy | November 2020-January 2021
Recruited by UCI Analytics lecturer to help launch AI consulting startup and conduct industry/client research
Designed website U/X, logo (Wix/Photoshop/Canva), and overall brand identity; implemented HubSpot CRM
U.S. Census Bureau, Santa Ana, CA
Enumerator (Paid Contract) | July-October 2020
Conducted field research collecting data for the Census through door-to-door canvassing
OC Registrar of Voters, Santa Ana, CA
Customer Service Representative (Paid Contract) | February-March 2020
Supported rollout of new polling processes/tech at local Vote Center for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election
Uber, San Francisco, CA
Senior Compliance Audit Analyst | March 2018-April 2019
Compliance Audit Analyst | January 2017-March 2018
Uncovered millions of dollars in reporting discrepancies, resolved by coordinating agile teams (Eng/Product, Ops, Legal) to migrate 100+ ad-hoc payment processes & queries to streamlined "gold-standard" framework
Utilized SQL & Python/Jupyter Notebook to analyze large datasets, often containing PII (geoJSON and csv)
Applied policy research to nuanced regulatory & operational processes in a microservice-oriented architecture
Liaised with regional/state regulators, distilling advanced technical concepts (databases, geospatial/code logic)
EY (Ernst & Young), San Francisco / NYC
Business Advisory Consultant - Financial Services Office | September 2015-December 2016
Assessed fintech, bank, asset mgmt. processes via interviews, analysis (SQL/Excel) & dashboarding (Tableau)
Performed policy research; recommended risk management action plans & policy revisions for global banks
VOLUNTEERING
Victory Captain at Bernie Sanders for President, Santa Ana
November 2019 — March 2020
Victory Captain - submitted weekly event reports to meet organizing quotas; weekly national progress meetings
one-on-one mentoring with experienced organizer
Coordinated events (canvassing and phone banks), activated first-time voters and volunteers
Events Coordinator & Journalist at Wine & Bowties, Oakland
September 2018 — March 2019
Organized community events, interviewed artists, wrote original content for online/social channels
Managed artist relations, PR, and event ops for NYE concert with >600 attendees
