Manager Assistant

Yi Wu

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Objective

To obtain a full-time position at a firm that will encourage professional

development of my actuarial and financial skills.

Education

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California Expected June 2010

B.S., Applied Computational Mathematics GPA in Major: 3.4/4.0

B.S., Business Economics and Management GPA in Major: 3.5/4.0

Cumulative GPA: 3.3/4.0

Actuarial Exams

Passed exam P/1 (Probability) by the COS/CAS/CIA.

Passed exam FM (Financial Mathematics) by the COS/CAS/CIA.

Work Experience

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California July 2009 -

September 2009

Research Assistant, Advisor: Assistant Professor Ali Lashgari

-Improved and appended additional code to an optimization algorithm for

noisy data using the BFGS method.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA, Pasadena, California June 2008 - August

2008

Undergraduate Research Fellow, Atmospheric Radar Science and Engineering

department

-Conducted principal component analysis on 120 months of Tropical Rainfall

Measuring Mission data using Matlab.

-Analyzed the first principal component of world rainfall anomalies and

juxtaposed the correlations to the patterns shown in the El Nino

phenomenon.

Leadership Experience

Ruddock House, Pasadena, California March 2008 - Present

Upper Class Counselor

-Counseled and advised students regarding personal and academic

difficulties.

-Solved interpersonal problems, roommate disputes, and interpreted

policies.

-Created a supportive community atmosphere through social programs, event

planning, and discussions.

Ruddock House, Pasadena, California March 2007 - February 2008

Executive Committee and Athletics Manager

-Worked with other elected members to formulate and enforce House rules and

policies.

-Ensured the participation of the House in Interhouse and Intrahouse

athletics and organized and promoted athletic activities for the House.

Skills

-Programming (in order of proficiency): MatLab, C, R

-Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, UNIX

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