Yajun Zhao

*** ***** *****, ***** *****, CA *****

865-***-**** abnwuf@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

• Combined academic background in Statistics and operation management

• Strong analytical skills. 4+ years of hands-on data analyst experience

• SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9 SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9

SKILLS

Statistical software: BASE/SAS, SAS/SQL, SAS/MACRO, SAS/STAT, SAS ODS, SAS/GRAPH,

SAS/ENTERPRISE GUIDE, SAS/ENTERPRISE MINER, SPSS, JMP

Statistical skills: Data Mining, Predictive modeling, Regression models, Logistic Regression, Decision

trees, Neural networks, Cluster analysis, Factor Analysis, Model assessment, Data

preparation

Programming: Matlab, VB, C, ASP

Office: Access, Excel (VBA), Word, PowerPoint

Language: English and Chinese (Mandarin)

EXPERIENCE

Jun. 08 Aug.08

Data Analyst – Sunny BioDiscovery Internship Santa Paula, CA

Responsible for writing statistical analysis report on experimental data

Designed five experimental medicine studies aimed at testing medicine efficacy

Oct. 07 May 08

Business Analyst – U.S. Air Force Knoxville, TN

Wrote SAS programs (SAS/SQL, SAS/STAT) to extract and analyze large amount of MRO data

Reduced MRO cycle time based on Theory of Constraints and provided management report

Mar. 08 May 08

Data Modeling – Department of Statistics, UT Knoxville, TN

Developed a credit scoring model to provide recommendation for rejection

Used decision trees and regression models with SAS Enterprise Miner

Financial consultant – 2008 MBA Finance HUB case competition Knoxville, TN Apr. 08

Evaluated strategic alternatives for Borders Group along with the projected financial impacts

Presented recommendations with teammates and won the competition

Jan. 08 Mar. 08

Business Intelligence – Department of Statistics, UT Knoxville, TN

Created a purchase propensity model for a direct-mail marketing department to target customers

Applied supervised classification techniques including neural networks and regression models

Mar. 06 Aug. 06

Demonstration Research – Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China

Designed questionnaires concerning different kinds of customer loyalty programs

Collected data and tested between-subject effects using SPSS

EDUCATION

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville May 09

Master of Science in Management Science, Department of Statistics GPA: 3.88/4.0

Beijing Institute of Technology Sep. 03- Jul. 07

Bachelor of Science in Management Information System GPA: 3.85/4.0

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