W. Richard Yu

Brooklyn, NY : 347-***-**** : w .actela@r.postjobfree.com : L inkedIn : G itHub

EDUCATION

Brooklyn Law School – JD Brooklyn, NY 2008

Columbia University – MA S tatistics New York, NY 2000 Wesleyan University – BA E uropean History, Literature & Philosophy Middletown, CT 1992 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages Data Analysis Databases Visualization Web Python Numpy SQL D3.js BeautifulSoup

R Pandas Hadoop Matplotlib Selenium

JavaScript Scikit Learn Hive ggplot2 Flask

HTML NLTK MongoDB Shiny CSS

EXPERIENCE

Kaplan Test Prep Data Science Analyst Seattle, WA 7/15 11/15

● Analyzed call and enrollment data to develop insights into decreasing service center costs.

● Created data visualizations with ggplot2 to transmit key findings.

● Presented results to data analytics team.

Public Prep Consulting Data Scientist Seattle, WA 4 /15 11/15

● Designed and built web based student assessment analysis dashboard using R and Shiny.

● Created database schema for multiple data tables for storage and ETL of assessment information, student assessment scores, and demographic data. Metis Data Scientist New York, NY 1 /15 4/15

● Identified potential locations in NYC for a new dessert truck using subway foot traffic data, social media comments/reviews, and NYC business licenses.

● Scraped and analyzed data from BoxOfficeMojo and MetaCritic to determine impact of user ratings on movie gross revenues by developing and evaluating multivariate linear regression models.

● Analyzed and optimized features for predicting heart disease with machine learning algorithms such as logistic regression, naive Bayes, and Random Forests and presented findings using D3.js visualization.

● Utilized the sentiment analysis NLP algorithm to track changes in plot development and emotional volatility of the dialogue of each show and season of a popular television show.

● Performed network analysis using GraphX on Enron email corpus by ranking the network’s node hierarchy to identify persons of interest.

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School Facility & Technology Coordinator Brooklyn, NY 11/10 – 8/13

● Spearheaded lease negotiations worth over $32.5 million for transitional and permanent facilities for newly founded charter school.

● Supervised $125,000 renovation of school’s facilities, working with designers, contractors, and internal constituents.

● Developed technology plan including budget using metrics such as current and projected number of users, per user bandwidth usage, and physical infrastructure needs. NYC Economic Development Corporation AVP – Real Estate New York, NY 4/03 – 4/09

● Managed numerous real estate development projects in Brooklyn and Staten Island including redevelopment of 1.2 million SF industrial building, inclusion of 800,000 SF residential building in park improvement assessment zone generating $3.3 MM annually, creation of 140,000 SF office and retail complex, and revitalization plan for city owned, 1 million SF industrial park preserving 1,250 jobs.

● Determined economic development opportunities of city owned properties through evaluation of allowable land use, land value, buildable density, and market demand.

● Negotiated contract terms such as lease payments/purchase prices, financing terms, development schedules, and development restrictions.

● Guided projects through public review processes for land use and property disposition approvals from community boards, City Planning Commission, Board of Directors, Borough Presidents, City Council, and Mayor’s Office.

● Mentored junior staff members on financial analysis, real estate development, land disposition, and public approvals.

PASSION PROJECTS

● Building fall detection app using machine learning classification algorithms on accelerometer data from phones.

● Creating web app that can predict keystrokes from phones using natural language processing algorithms.

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