VIET T. LE
**************@*****.*** • 864-***-**** • New York, NY
EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY, THE FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Master of Science in Quantitative Management: Business Analytics, Strategy Track (STEM degree) GMAT: 750, Merit Scholarship Recipient. Fuqua Public Speaking Club. Data Science Coursework: Applied Probability & Statistics, Data Infrastructure, Data Science for Business, Data Visualization, Decision Analytics & Modeling, Advanced Data Analytics & Applications Domain Coursework: Empirical Economic Analysis, Financial Reporting Foundation, Operations Analytics, Pricing, Strategic Management, Market Intelligence, Operation & Informational Risk Durham, NC
May 2018
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
GPA: 3.96, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Leadership: Co-founder and elected Treasurer of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Co-founder of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Investment Club Greenville, SC
2017
TECHNICAL PROJECT
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM: Data Analysis Capstone Project
• Improved Duke Surgery’s operating time by 15% and daily cases processed by 10%. Used visualization, regularized regression, and cross validation in Python and Tableau to identify key delays factors of operations and predict future real operating time.
• Achieved 90% accuracy compared to a baseline of 35%, using a dataset of 220k rows and 144 variables.
• Presented key insights to Duke Health with custom visualizations in Tableau, leading to enthusiastic adoption of our model.
• Delivered the project one week earlier than projected. Led team of five, delegated tasks, and managed project timeline. EXPERIENCE
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
Researcher, Department of Business and Accounting
• Discovered the counterintuitive correlation between stock buybacks and optimal investment levels, providing support for companies’ buyback activities which reached $560 billions per year in 2017.
• Analyzed data of 2000+ companies over 20 years using Stata, Bloomberg Terminal and Excel.
• Presented research results to 50+ people at 2017 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, raising interests among researchers about stock buyback’s impacts on investment’s productivity. Greenville, SC
Summer 2016
EURONEXT
A leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers worth €3.6 trillion Analyst Intern, Government Affairs Department
• Analyzed political trends on new financial laws such as MiFID II/MiFIR to prepare for new legislation.
• Coordinated with an international team to draft eight Activity Reports for Management Board; wrote reports on Parliament’s meetings and presented to leadership.
• Developed list of 25 Members of European Parliament for lobbying purposes, enabling Euronext to rally political support and level the playing field against other competitors.
• Researched and presented insight into current European Union and Chinese law framework. Brussels, Belgium
Fall 2015
VIET CAPITAL BANK
A large private bank offering comprehensive commercial and consumer financial services Analyst Intern, Customer Relations Office
• Originated 10 new bank accounts and managed portfolio of personal borrowings valued at $120k.
• Worked on team of three to manage personal bank accounts and loans of 15 customers worth $400k.
• Increased cold call success rate by 10%. Tracked team sales targets and implemented best practices. Hanoi, Vietnam
Summer 2015
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Software: Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Advanced Excel, SAS, Stata, Bloomberg Terminal, Word, PowerPoint Methods: Regressions (OLS, Instrumental Variable, Lasso, Ridge, Elastic-Net), Classification (Decision Tree, Logistic Regression), Time Series Forecasting, Clustering (k-means), Principal Component Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulation, A/B Testing ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hanoi Red Cross Society. Die-hard Duke Blue Devil basketball team and A.C. Milan fan. Ki Aikido practitioner. Traveled to 25 countries. Use Technical Analysis to trade stocks during free time, achieving 30% return.