J UAN JOSE HERRERA
* *** * ** * ve, N ew York City, 10028
( 585) 455 - 9421
j ************@*****.***
O VERVIEW
A r ecent college graduate from the University of Rochester, up and coming financial economist and
s tatistics professional. Highly motivated and hard w orking with an international background. Areas of
s trength include :
S tatistical Analysis A ttention to Detail
P roblem S olving R esearch Abilities
O rganizational Skills T ranslation S kills
P rogramming Experience T eam P rojects
E DUCATION
B achelor of Arts: F inancial Economics and Statistics M ay 2 013
U niversity of Rochester, Rochester, NY
G PA: 3.13
V arsity Squash (Most Improved Player 2012 - 2013) .
S KILLS
N ative f luency in Spanish and English .
M icrosoft O ffice .
J MP, R, Stata, SAS, Minitab, Matlab, CAD .
C onversational French .
P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIE NCE
T each ing A ssistant for Applied Statistics S ept. 2012 – D ec. 2012
U niversity of Rochester, R ochester, NY
S upported professor b y g rading homework and tests i n statistics course .
S erved as extra help to s tudents by holding office hours and recitations .
M arket Research Intern J une 2012 – A ug. 2012
K imberly - Clark Corporation, S an Luis Opico, El Salvador
I ndividually n etworked a nd researched statistics about international r emittances in C entral A merica;
n ecessary information for future projects.
S crutinized price variations between sales branches along with competition discounts and
p romotions.
Q uality Control Intern J une 2010 – A ug. 2010
A rtes Graficas Publicitarias (AGP), S oyapango, El Salvador
C ommercial printing and lithography firm in El Salvador, one of the country’s top exporter s .
A uthorized prices and specifications for job order s b efore going t o production.
R eported to H ead of International Accounts and Production M anager.
T ra nslated English to Spanish documents w hen needed.
E CONOMICS AND STATIS TICS PROJECTS
E ngineered regression that estimates body fat using body measurements and body density.
R eplica ted s tock trading strategy with p revious financial data u sing the philosophy of investing
t hrough momentum .
C ritiqued econometric paper by Kathryn Graddy on variations of fast - food chains price b y
d emographic areas.
E xecuted observational study in online shopp ing habits for males and females between the ages of
1 8 - 35.
C OURSES
I nvestments, Econometrics, International Economics, Statistical Programming, Linear Models, Sampling
T echniques, Pricing Strategy, Managerial Accounting.