QI GUO

Richmond, VA 626-***-**** ac9v9h@r.postjobfree.com

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara Sept 2015 – Jun 2019 Bachelor of Science: Statistical Science with an emphasis in applied statistics Overall GPA: 3.36

Relevant Coursework: Statistical Machine Learning, SAS Base Program, Time Series, Regression Analysis, Survival Analysis, Design and Analysis Experiments, Mathematics of Fixed Income Market, Applied Stochastic Process, Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Mathematical Finance Projects

Machine Learning: 2016 Election Prediction [R] Jan 2019 – Mar 2019

• Cleansed and provided modeling analyses of 2016 election census data to predict voter behavior

• Created visual cartographic representations of election winners, resulted in 20 blue states

• Conducted decision tree, which conveyed factors such as ‘minority’, ‘professional’, and ‘public transit users’ led to Hilary Clinton’s success in certain states and counties

• Obtained best training and test errors using decision tree, lasso, logistic regression, and bagged tree; the bagged tree method performed best with 94.7% accuracy Time Series: Residential Construction Costs [R] Sept 2018 – Dec 2018

• Collaborated with a partner to forecast residential costs in the U.S. using time series

• Transformed the data using Box-Cox, obtained exponent value to raise the data

• Proceed to de-seasonalized and detrend the transformed data using differencing

• Analyzed ACF and PACF plots to determine the best fitting model to predict the following 10 months

• Predicted values are within 95% confidence limit and extremely close to the actual observed data Skills

Highly skilled and proficient in: R, SAS, SQL, MS Office, MS Excel, Google Docs, 10 key Experience, Project management, Data modeling,

Proficient: Python

Language: Chinese Mandarin (native), Chinese Cantonese(conversational) Soft skills: Communication, problem solving, attention to detail, teamwork, efficiency, time management, problem solving,

Experience

Itsuki Restaurant Santa Barbara, CA

Supervisor Jun 2017 – Jun 2019

• Executed daily data-entry responsibilities for fast-paced restaurant. Entered over 200 orders and checks per day.

• Maintained 99% accuracy in all 10 Key data entry tasks. Received employee of the month for attention to detail and strong accuracy.

• Managed monthly work schedules using Microsoft Excel, kept transparent communication with team members

• Monitored stock and placed inventory orders weekly into computer system. Frequently commended by management for catching errors