Experience

Blue Cross of Idaho

Healthcare Data Analyst | June 2024 - Present

  • Developed and optimized healthcare analytics reports to streamline reporting processes, saving hours of manual reporting time each week using Python, Pandas, and SQL
  • Implemented and maintained hundreds of SQL queries to extract, manipulate, and analyze large datasets from relational databases to gain insights
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify key performance indicators, creating custom data solutions to improve decision-making

Boise State University

Machine Learning Research Associate | September 2023 - January 2024

Machine Learning Graduate Research Assistant | August 2022 – August 2023

  • Detected online news articles containing misinformation with 90% accuracy by implementing machine and deep learning models with Python, Scikit-Learn, and PyTorch
  • Fine-tuned generative AIs using Transformers to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in otherwise effective online misinformation detectors, successfully reducing their detection accuracy by 50%
  • Developed Natural Language Processing (NLP) pipelines using Pandas to preprocess complex misinformation datasets, significantly enhancing data quality for accurate model training
  • Deployed online misinformation detectors to servers, achieving a processing capacity of over 500,000 predictions per hour for incoming data

Charles Schwab Corporation

Data Science and Analytics Intern | June 2020 – August 2020

  • Developed machine learning models using Python and Scikit-Learn to detect impending customer churn for one of Schwab’s financial services, achieving a 78% true positive rate
  • Led an 8-person analytics team in the collection and analysis of internship satisfaction data, resulting in actionable insights to improve intern retention strategies
  • Leveraged Tableau visualizations to present the business impact of customer churn models along with intern analysis to cross-functional stakeholders

Trustmark Bank

Data Analytics Co-Op | June 2019 – December 2019

  • Developed an SQL and Python-based database API for a user interface to maintain unique identifiers during data warehouse migration process
  • Transformed over 100 daily-run SQL queries to optimize performance and compatibility with data warehouse
  • Created visualizations and daily reports to provide stakeholders with actionable insights

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Boise State University | Graduation Date: August, 2023

  • Relevant Coursework:
    • Intro to Data Science
    • Large-Scale Data Analysis
    • Machine Learning
    • Deep Learning
    • Natural Language Processing

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Mathematics Minor

Mississippi State University | Graduation Date: May, 2021

  • Relevant Coursework:
    • Database Management Systems
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • Object-Oriented Programming
    • Linear Algebra
    • Statistical Inference and Probability
    • Calculus I-IV