Assistant Social Media

Yvonne Ma

****A Beacon Street Pittsburgh, PA ****7 *****@****.*** 770-***-****

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Expected Graduation: May 2020 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Economics. GPA: 3.6/4.0 (Dean’s List) Select coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, Abstract Algebra, Probability, Economics of Corporate Finance EXPERIENCE

GT Entrepreneur Pittsburgh, PA

Private Equity Analyst Intern January 2018 – present

• The firm seeks to acquire lower middle market businesses whose owners are looking to sell and transition their companies

• Identified potential acquisition targets through online market research and networking Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Undergraduate Teaching Assistant August 2018 – December 2018

• Undergraduate teaching for Calculus 1 course with 70 students. Responsible for course design of the “flip classroom” method, improving student performance and providing feedback

• Analyzed performance by sampling student groups and tagging questions to identify teaching areas for improvement

• Grouped students based on individual performance and major, compared results to develop effective pedagogy in and outside of classrooms, which resulted in a 4% class average improvement compared to “traditional classroom” methods Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Research Assistant May 2018 – August 2018

• Worked in collaboration with a team of Graduate students to build a new web application, MAO, for Chinese classes at CMU for over 150 people. The program helps improve second language acquisition based on research of these cognitive processes

• Designed new participant recruiting processes and successfully reduced data collection period by 110%

• Optimized user interface test procedures by analyzing behaviors during experiments, generating a 10% lift in model accuracy Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Research Assistant January 2018 – March 2018

• Studied promotions and demotions of Chinese government officials in collaboration with an international team of scholars

• Examined and extracted reports from local news, personal blogs, political campaigns on Baidu and Google

• Organized a master spreadsheet of 50,000+ data points, fact-checking and updating information as required

• Research results were presented at an international conference in Hong Kong in October 2018 CASE CHALLENGE

Deloitte Pittsburgh, PA

StartUp Pitt Case Challenge, Team Leader March 2018

• Identified that Hunt Library resources on campus were underutilized. Designed an app which integrates navigation and social media components aiming to improve library usage and students’ interests in reading at Pitt

• Managed team of 4 to envision and incorporate intelligent features to automate the library workflow

• Presented the formal proposal of the app’s marketing, P&L, and technical aspects to associates and managers at Deloitte in 3 days, and received praise for the idea’s novelty

LEADERSHIPS

Pitt Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) August 2016 – present Vice President of Executive Branch, previously Representative of the Administration Department August 2017 – present

• Established new relationships with major sponsor businesses to benefit the organization and brought in approximately $3,000

• Planned 5 major annual events including “The Voice 2017,” and Chinese New Year, hosting a total of over 2,000 people CMU Ballroom Dance Team

Instructor and Mentor August 2016 – present

• Taught classes of 25 – 40 students per week and mentored 5 new team members each semester

• Coached students and helped them placed in top 7 at their first dance competitions SKILLS AND INTERESTS

• Technical Training: Java, Latex, Photoshop, Illustrator

• Languages: Mandarin (native), English (fluent), French (conversational), German (Basic)

• Interests: Linguistics, Travel and Food Video Project, Fashion Psychology, Baking, Chinese Medicine, Musical Theater

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