Data Scientist
Resume:
Shirin Yavari
Irvine, CA *****
*******.******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE Seeking a promising and challenging data scientist position to apply my education and experience.
EXPERIENCE Data Scientist June 2015 - Present
Automobile Club of Southern California, Costa Mesa, CA
Lead the project in automating a predictive modeling which identi es high potential abusers of the Emergency Roadside Assistance Service (ERS) in order to assist the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) in their e orts to either cancel or warn those abusive members.
De ned project requirements and built a table in hive by extracting relevant metrics from historical data in SQL server and Teradata databases.
Saved company money and time by providing the SIU team with a predictive modeling with 86% e ciency in catching abusers using a combination of random forest and logistic regression in R.
Designed and deployed data visualizations using Tableau and completed multiple projects for Human Resources department to assist them with their training modeling, sta ng, and hiring process.
Worked on the development of Dashboard reports for the Key Performance Indicators for the top management.
Teaching Associate Aug 2013 - May 2015
California State University, Fullerton, CA
Prepared and delivered lectures that engage students and encourage learning.
Created classwork assignments, quizzes and exams to challenge students and to increase understanding of course material.
Utilized the online programs WileyPlus and MyMathLab to create and assign homework assignments.
Held o ce hours to assist students outside of classroom. Process Development Engineer Jun 2012 - Jan 2013
Abbott Vascular, Temecula, CA
Developed nished goods manufacturing process to mount the stent on a balloon catheter.
Carried characterization studies which included, study plan including design of experiments (DOEs), protocol writing, creating build packets, supervising manufacturing lines, supervising testing, analyzing data, and writing reports.
Carried process optimization studies which included DOE.
Created manufacturing process documents for production operators and technicians.
Quality Engineer/ Chemist Aug 2010 - Mar 2012
TowerJazz Semiconductor, Newport Beach, CA
Performed routine instrumental analytical methods on wafers including Vapor Phase Decomposition - Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
(VPD-ICPMS) analysis and Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) analysis.
Participated in analytical team challenges to develop and validate new analysis methods in support of wafer manufacturing needs.
Practiced basic laboratory techniques including acid-base titration, pH measurement, speci c gravity measurement, percent solid measurement, particle size distribution measurement, and laboratory safety. Research Engineer Jul 2009 - May 2010
Alcon Laboratories, Irvine, CA
Designed, executed, and wrote reports on laboratory/clinical experiments and generated technical manuscripts in support of vitreo-retinal surgical products.
Designed and performed mechanical experiments and applied knowledge of data acquisition,
uidics/ hydraulics, and video editing to compare and contrast the pressure drop along Alcon infusion cannulas against competitive o erings. EDUCATION Master of Science
California State University, Fullerton, CA, August 2013 - May 2015 Major: Statistics
Master of Science
University of California, Irvine, CA, Sep 2007 - Jun 2008 Major: Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Science
University of California, Irvine, CA, Sep 2004 - Dec 2006 Major: Biomedical Engineering/ Premedical
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
Statistical Techniques: Linear and Generalized Linear Modeling, Optimization Techniques, Numerical Integration, Dimensionality Reduction, Parameter Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, Classi cation, Clustering, Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, Cross-Validation Techniques. Languages & Software: R, SAS, Tableau, WinBUGS, Microsoft O ce Suite, LaTeX, SQL, Teradata, Hive, GitHub.
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