Human Resources Manager

LORI K. WALTERS

PO Box **** Demopolis, AL ***** 205-***-**** ****@****.****.***

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Statistics, May 2009

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

GPA: 3.7

Certificate in Data Mining, May 2009

Texas A&M University/SAS

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Foreign Language (Spanish), December 2006

Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi

GPA: 3.3

Language Study Abroad

- Malaga Instituto, Malaga, Spain, May – June 2004

- Enforex, Salamanca, Spain, May – June 2005

EXAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS

SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner 5, May 2009

SAS Certified BASE Programmer for SAS9, November 2008

Society of Actuaries Exam P/ Casualty Actuarial Society Course 1, November 2008

EXPERIENCE

Technology Teaching Assistant, August 2007 – May 2009

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

- Audio and video record multiple graduate-level statistics courses for the Director of Online Learning

for the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M.

- Edit course recordings using Camtasia software: adjust audio levels, create tables of contents, and

filter background noise from recordings.

- Produce course recordings in Flash format for student downloading and streaming

- Publish Flash files to DoStat, the Department of Statistics Distance Learning website, for local and

distance students’ use.

- Set up and mediate weekly meetings between professors and distance students using Centra web

conferencing software.

- Write and code homework questions for an undergraduate statistics course using a combination of

HTML and WebAssign software.

- STAT 630: Overview of Mathematical Statistics teaching assistant, summer 2008 semester.

Statistical Consulting Center, May-August 2008, January-May2009

Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

- Provide statistical advice to Texas A&M graduate students.

Human Resources Manager, December 2006-May 2007

Helping Hands of Alabama, Demopolis, Alabama

- Create and update spreadsheets containing budgetary information.

- Process employee payroll and client billing.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Statistical Software: JMP, R, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner, SPSS, STATA

Programming and Scripting Languages: C, Ruby

Other: Linux, Microsoft Office suite, LaTeX, HTML

LORI K. WALTERS

PO Box 1294 Demopolis, AL 36732 205-***-**** ****@****.****.***

PROJECTS

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

- Competent in conducting simulation studies and empirical studies as demonstrated by Master’s

Project, An Application of Neural Networks to the Pricing and Hedging of Equity Options. Project

investigates whether Neural Networks are capable of estimating the Black-Scholes option pricing

formula. Also, it compares the performance of Neural Networks to the Black-Scholes formula using

historical data from options on the S&P 500 index.

- Served as team leader for a team of graduate students working to solve a data mining problem for the

SAS Data Mining Shootout competition in October 2009. Project used weather and soil data to build

models to predict crop production. The results are used to make decisions about where to build an

ethanol plant in the United States.

- Experienced in statistical consulting as a member of the Department of Statistics Consulting Center.

Assisted with an assortment of Texas A&M University graduate students’ research projects:

designed experiments and surveys, decided on necessary statistical analysis, ran and coded

statistical tests in R, SAS, SPSS, and STATA, and interpreted statistical results.

ACTIVITIES

Kappa Delta Sorority, Mississippi State University

- Member, 2002-2006

- Philanthropy Chairman, 2004-2005

Girl Scouts of America, Starkville, Mississippi

- Volunteer, 2002-2006

- Troop Leader, 2004-2005

Sally Kate Winters Children’s Home, West Point, Mississippi

- Volunteer/Tutor, 2002-2006

REFERENCES

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