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Melissa Reid

    Statistician

    Self-motivated statistician with a passion for data science. Experienced working in different industries with proven capabilities in data analytics and more than 5 years of professional working experience in data mining and analysis using R, SAS and STATA

    Experience

    Neustar

    Statistician2017Present

    Neustar is a technology company providing information and analytics for marketing and other industries

    Achievements:

    • Created custom MMM models for multiple Fortune 500 companies with heavy usage of Bayesian, time-series, econometric, and other statistics modeling concepts
    • Automated EDA/QA processes of data, increasing efficiency several folds
    • Created R code that plots, accounts for replication, and prioritizes showing the most impactful changes
    • Handled multiple simultaneous projects, utilizing data analytics/wrangling techniques to meet deadlines
    • Learned the MMM process quickly and thoroughly, which allowed me to early on in my position independently handle tasks

    NSCES

    Data Analytics Consultant20152016

    • Collaborated with data systems, metadata, publications, and web teams to develop data on products, such as InfoBriefs, data tables, special reports, public and restricted-use data files, and the Office of Management and Budget
    • Used statistical and methodological principles to design, develop, coordinate, conduct, analyze, and disseminate surveys of science and engineering resources

    Skills

    Data Science

    Regression

    Support your professional experience with skills, that are required by or relevant to the employer.

    Generalized Linear Models

    Data Collection

    Data Cleaning

    Machine Learning

    SAAS

    R

    Python

    SQL

    Education

    California Polytechnic State University

    Master of Science in Business Analytics20102015

    Graduated in the top 10% of the class - 3.81 GPA

    One of only four students selected to be represented at the UnityPoint Health Case Competition:

    • Created regression and random forest models to predict no show rates. Forecasted increased profits of 113K to 131k.
    • Created mockup dashboards for clinic staff