Market Reserach Analyst/ Statistical Analyst Resume

Desired Industry: Modeling	SpiderID: 12575
Desired Job Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	Date Posted: 5/4/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 6/15/2007
Desired Wage: 50000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: New Grad/Entry Level	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: Masters	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Objective:
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Obtain a market research / statistical analyst position wherein I could utilize my design and analysis skills for developing qualitative and quantitative research initiatives which will have a valuable impact towards achieving management goals.

Profile:
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• Accomplished professional with demonstrated leadership qualities and extensive experience providing business solutions that improve quality, drive sustained business performance and maximize revenue potential.
• Proven record of accomplishments in research, teamwork, time management and client relations.
• In, depth knowledge of advanced techniques in statistics and software such as SAS, SPSS, Matlab and R
• Analyzed and performed statistical data analysis for finance, insurance, environmental and education.

Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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Summer Project – Spatial Data Analysis --------------------------------Jul 06 – Sep 06
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincinnati, USA
• Analyze remote sensing data using spatial statistical techniques, to classify infested versus non-infested crops in cornfields laid out by EPA. The analysis also needs to identify the optimal time span (based on Growing Degree Days) and indicators (based on wavelengths) for accurate classification.

Graduate Assistant --------------------------------------------------------Dec 05 – Present
Center for Research and Policy in Teacher Education, CECH, University of Cincinnati, USA
• Perform data and statistical analysis for alternative educators’ license study using SPSS. Analyze data for various demographic factors, retention level and effectiveness of teachers and provide assistance in implementation of educational program databases.
• Perform data analysis using SPSS and provide assistance in implementation of Educational program databases.

Graduate Student Assistant - Statistical Ballistic Measures----------Jun 05 – Nov 05
Centre of Biostatistical Services, University of Cincinnati, USA
• Built an application to use bootstrap and other non-parametric techniques, particularly for small sample size derive from ballistic experiments, under the guidance of Prof. Rakesh Shukla (Centre of Biostatistical Services). Application enabled the user to perform statistical test necessary for experiments in a user-friendly way.

Junior Actuarial Analyst – Senior Executive-------------------------------Oct 02 – Aug 04
Reinsurance, Valuation and MIS, Actuarial Dept., Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (BSLIL), Mumbai, India
• Mortality investigation, Monthly formation of Valuation MIS, reported to Appointed Actuary with financials.
• Designed and coded applications to perform exercises such as Analysis of surplus, persistency of life business.
• Reinsurance administration, expense analysis, claims MIS and maintaining liaison with reinsures.
• Planned and designed Group Database Management System for managing Group Insurance, reinsurance treaties and claims administration. Assist in Ingenium database implementation for group insurance products.
• Analyzed surplus of funds, persistency of life business and conducted simulation studies for group product pricing.
• Designed and developed applications, Group Term Product Marketing Illustration system and Cost of Guarantees Computation System.
Applications improved process efficiency by 40%.

Junior Actuarial Analyst – Junior Executive-------------------------------Aug 01 – Oct 02
Group Insurance Business, Actuarial Dept., Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (BSLIL), Mumbai, India
• Group underwriting, Experience rating adjustment computations and Gratuity Pricing for a range of clients
• Compute Net Asset Value (NAV) after adjusting daily transactions and reconciling funds regularly.
• Designed and developed applications, group gratuity pricing and cash-flow model sheet. Applications reduced user intervention and complexity of the process by 30%.

Temporary Banking Assistant-----------------------------------------------------Apr 01 – Jun 01
Department of Tax Deduction, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC), Mumbai, India
• Compute tax deduction amount for Savings, Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts using Excel and Bank system.

Education:
EDUCATION:
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University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA------------------------(Current GPA 3.7 out of 4.00)
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Master of Sciences in Business Administration, Quantitative Analysis---Sep 06 – Jun 07
• Relevant Coursework: Simulation Modeling , Optimization Modeling , Financial Accounting , Sample Survey , Project Management ,
Structural Equation Modeling , Stochastic Modeling,Optimization Analysis,Operations Strategy,Case Studies,SAP/R3 and Options and Futures

Master of Sciences, Statistics--------------------------------------------------Sep 04 – Jun 06
• Relevant Coursework: Statistical Inference , Mathematical Statistics , Non, Parametric , SAS Programming ,
Regression Analysis , Robust Estimation , Categorical Data Analysis , Data Mining , Linear Models , Analysis of Variance ,
Time Series , Meta Analysis , Simulation , Statistical Consulting , Reliability & Survival, Multivariate Methods ,
Applied Bayesian Analysis , Special Topics in Financial Engineering

University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Master of Arts, Economics-------------------------------------------------------Jun 98 – May 00
Bachelor of Sciences, Statistics------------------------------------------------Jun 95 – May 98

Skills:
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Certification : Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech Computer Education, India (1997-2001)
Packages/Tools : WinBugs 1.4, Lisrel 8.8, Amos 7, ARENA 10.0, AMPL, Dreamweaver-8, Developer 2000, MS Project, MS Office and Toad
Languages : SAS 9.1, R, SPSS 12.0, C, C++, Matlab and Visual Basic Application
Database : HOOVER, Bizweb, SQL Server, Oracle 8i, My SQL and MS-Access 2002
Operating system: DOS, Windows NT/XP and UNIX.

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