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Current Address Jian Yang Permanent

Address

**D Gaslight Village *****@*******.***

*** ****** *****

Ithaca, NY 14850

Toronto, ON M2H 2W4 607-***-****

416-***-****

OBJECTIVE To obtain an actuarial position using my statistical and

analytical skills.

EDUCATION Cornell University, Computer Information and Science,

Ithaca, NY May 2010

Candidate Master of Professional Studies in

Applied Statistics

University of Toronto, College of Arts and

Science, Toronto, ON, Canada May 2009

Bachelor of Science in Actuarial

Science and Statistics

SOA EXAMS Exam C (May 2009), Exam MFE (November 2008), Exam MLC (May

2008)

Exam P (February 2008) Exam FM, (November

2007)

COMPUTER Visual Basic, HTML, Minitab, SAS, SPSS, STATA, JMP

SKILLS Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

WORK Actuarial Assistant, China Pacific Insurance Co. Ltd

Summer 2008

EXPERIENCE

. Analyzed probability of fire occurrence in HuNan Province

using insurance data, efficiently managed issues within a

short time frame.

. Managed health insurance issues like prepare scheduling,

promoted reports to production and addressed issues and

problems

. Interfaced with clients in a friendly manner to review

issues, and implemented effective solutions

Project Time-Series Analysis Project

Spring 2008

Experience

. Analyzed the ARIMA model including model fit, model

estimation and diagnostic test of the model.

. Forecasted future trend of time series graphs and performed

model selection using Akaike's criterion

. Fit GARCH(1,1) model to the daily close prices of the main

index in Shanghai Stock Market from July 2006 to March 2007

by graphing the data, estimating model parameter using MLE

criterion and testing the conditional volatility

NYS Farm to School Project

Spring 2010

. Processed raw data including cleaning missing data,

splitting data and transforming data with SAS software

. Applied cluster analysis to select variable and remove

variable collinearity, performed logistic regression

analysis to see what factors are associated with the

purchasing of local food for school meals

TUTORING Tutoring Program

Spring 2009

EXPERIENCE

Diversity Programs in Arts and Science, University of

Toronto, Toronto, ON

. Tutored first and second year college students on some

introductory math and statistics courses. Assisted with

homework and exam preparation.

ACTIVITIES Vice-President, University of Toronto Actuarial Science

Club Fall 2008

. Planned and supervised all social activities, including

events with faculties and alumni.

. Formed study group to help students preparing for SOA

Exams.

. Organized club participation in campus events such as

career fair and job info session.

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