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Richard Kipphorn

Actuarial candidate seeking a position in risk management and data analysis

**** *. ********* **. #****, Phoenix, AZ 85044

503-***-****, ********@*****.***

Education

Completed Society of Actuary/Casualty Society of Actuary Exams: Exam P/1: November 2010

GRE Scores: 790 Quantitative, 580 Verbal, 5.0 Written

M.S., Cornell University, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2008

B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, Astrophysics, 2006, Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, Physics

Professional Characteristics Strong analytical background and experience with complex data sets Proven written communication and public speaking skills Expertise in creating and communicating solutions to complex problems

Analytic Experience

Hackman Research Scholar, Franklin and Marshall College, 2003-2006 Modeled physical properties of a pulsar from time-series radio emission data. Constrained model parameters by how much they reduced the RMS of timing residuals Assessed model fitness by the chi-square statistic

Post-Graduate Summer Research, ATNF-CSIRO Australia, 2006 Designed procedures to download, organize and plot physical parameters for the entire pulsar population Modeled the gravitational radiation emission for each pulsar to identify ideal candidates for observation

Graduate Researcher and National Science Foundation REU, Cornell University, 2005-2008 Wrote software to identify new pulsars using modeled parameters from among over 2 million candidate signals. Software included a scheme to simply and elegantly visually correlate model parameters.

Post-Graduate Experience

Lecturer of Physics, Wells College, 2009-2010

Lecturer for undergraduate physics and astronomy courses. Wrote and presented lectures for four full-semester courses. Instruction experience includes one-on-one, classroom lectures and laboratory lectures. Excellent student reviews, available upon request.

Production Engineer, MiTeGen, LLC, 2008-2010

Improved production processes for a small biotech company. Responsible for streamlining production, improving product offerings, and developing user surveys. Assembled microscopic tools for use in x-ray crystallography.

Programming Languages and Software

MS Office, VBA, C, IDL, Python, Mathematica, Bash, SQL, Quickbooks, SuperMongo, Adobe Photoshop

Publications

Andrea N. Lommen, Richard A. Kipphorn, and 3 others. The Parallax and Proper Motion of PSR J0030+0451. The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 642, pp. 1012-1017 (2006).

Awards and Honors

Physics Honor Society, Michael J. Mumma Physics prize, John Marshall Academic Scholarship, Krauss Scholar in Physics (2x).

References available upon request

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