Data Enthusiast

Nathan Fritter

******.*******@*****.*** • 925-***-**** • 613 Catalina Drive Livermore, CA 94550

UCSB graduate motivated by problem solving and sound application of statistical modeling and data mining techniques to draw conclusions and make business recommendations.

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

Bachelor of Science, Statistical Science, major GPA: 3.44

6/2017

Courses: Regression Analysis, Advanced Statistical Models (GLM & non-parametric models), Data Mining (Exploratory Analysis & Predictive Modeling), Time Series, Stochastic Processes, Design of Experiments

Skills: Python, R Studio, Linux, Git, MySQL, Spark, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, AWS, Scala/Java, Hadoop

Projects:

Natural Language Processing for Sentiment Analysis of tweets from presidential candidates in Python

Automated compilation process of classes to advertise Data Science @ UCSB

o Scraped the UCSB course catalog using Python’s requests and BeautifulSoup modules

Mined Reddit comment data using AWS, SQL & PySpark to extract key insights across subreddits

Modeled student grades as a function of key characteristics using Data Mining techniques in R

Queried wine quality data and analyzed the differences between wine types using Python & SQL

Constructed Time Series model to forecast Walmart sales in R

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Milliman & UCSB

Santa Barbara, CA

Research Assistant

4/2017 – 6/2017

Analyzed & predicted policyholder behavior for actuarial consulting company Milliman

oCleaned data, applied transformations, feature extraction & machine learning methods in R

oExtracted key findings on significant covariates and turned into actionable insights

oPresented insights to the Data Analytics/Predictive Modeling team in Seattle

Acksin

San Francisco, CA

Data Analyst Intern

6/2016 – 9/2016

Ran predictive models and developed self-learning DevOps tools for founder/CEO

oRegression of spot instance bid prices on AWS (Tensorflow)

oClassifying Trello cards using NLP (Scikit Learn)

oApplied transformations and feature extraction for both

Frequently utilized Github and project management tools like Slack and Trello

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Data Science @ UCSB

Santa Barbara, CA

Officer, Server Manager

1/2016 – 6/2017

Led group sessions & projects on exploratory analysis, predictive models, SQL, and publishing reports

Took part in developing objectives & direction for club membership, retention, and quarterly events

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