LETIAN (JASON) ZHAO

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WORK EXPERIENCE

OwnedOutcomes Tustin, California

Data Analyst February 2015 – August 2015

• Recognized as the leader of the Episode Selection Project, analyzed over 200 hospitals and helped our client identify a record-breaking $35 million in cost savings based on the recommended episodes derived from self-made forecasting model

• Interacted with customers to interpret detailed requirements and design, define and implement specialized solutions which exceeded all expectations

• Collaborated with database team in Poland to prepare logical and physical reports and ensure that all requirements were met

• Improved methods to track and conduct quarterly reconciliation as well as year-end true ups and deliver clear, accurate reports directly to the CFO concerning any major discrepancies

• Built Excel model leveraging Excel VBA programming to streamline the performance-based profit sharing process to over 1000 physicians for 3 consecutive quarters Shanghai Zhitong Investment Management Co. Ltd. Shanghai, China Analyst Intern January 2012 – April 2012

• Collected, simulated and analyzed complex price data of commodity future products using sophisticated trading software

• Conducted highly reviewed mock trading which subsequently led to a profit increase of 50% within 2 months and was later cited used in training as a primary example of success with the company

• Researched different trading strategies especially hedging strategies on the commodity futures market in order to develop innovative and effective methodologies for implementation University of Waterloo Course Project Waterloo, Canada Regression Model Data Analysis September 2011 – December 2011

• Built a multivariate regression model to determine which predictions drive the market value of the firm using the programming language R

• Ranked #1 in terms of model’s predictive power (RMSE) among all 113 competitors EDUCATION

University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Master of Science in Mathematical Finance August 2013 – December 2014

• GPA: 3.6 / 4.0

• Relevant Coursework: Managements of Financial Risk, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Fixed Income Securities, Monte Carlo Simulations, Regression Data Analysis University of Waterloo Waterloo, Canada

Bachelor of Mathematics in Applied Mathematics and Actuarial Science September 2009 – April 2013

• University of Waterloo Merit Scholarship

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Calculus

• 3rd in Real Time Trading Simulation Contest

SKILLS, ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

• Languages: Fluent in English and Mandarin

• Technical Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Power Point, Power Excel User), Python, Matlab, R, SAS, VBA, SQL, Tableau

• Certifications & Training: Financial Risk Manager (FRM) candidate

• Interests: Basketball, Soccer, F1 racing, Sports fishing, Hiking, Travelling, Coin Collection

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