Michael
A.
Aker
Road
Hartsdale,
New
York
10530
(914)
400- 6416
****.*******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/michaelaaker
EDUCATION
BARUCH
COLLEGE,
ZICKLIN
SCHOOL
OF
BUSINESS New
York,
NY Master
of
Science
in
Statistics
Candidate December
2016 George
Washington
University Washington,
DC Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Journalism December
2002
• Member
of
The
Phi
Eta
Sigma
National
Honor
Society
and
The
National
Society
of
Collegiate
Scholars
• Double
Minor:
Statistics
and
History
• Graduated
in
3.5
Years
PROFFESIONAL
SUMMARY
• Over
six
years
of
data
analysis
and
reporting
using
such
programs
as
Qlikview,
Excel,
SharePoint,
and
Oracle
to create
and
modify
reports
for
stakeholders
• Partners
with
business
experts
in
Information
Technology,
Programmers,
Financial
Analysts,
and
other
sectors
to produce
time
sensitive
data
and
presentations
• Leads
team
in
predicting
profits,
budgets,
and
spending
on
future
asset
backed
security
portfolios
and
potential bulk
purchases
• Began
working
as
an
hourly
employee
on
data
entry
assignments
in
2004
and
was
promoted
to
Supervisor
in 2005.
Position
was
expanded
in
2009
to
work
closer
with
other
departments
in
addition
to
assigning
data
entry, administrative
functions,
and
micro
database
queries
to
Associate
level
staff EXPERIENCE
CAVALRY
PORTFOLIO
SERVICES,
LLC
Valhalla,
NY
2004-
Present Supervisor,
Media
and
Client
Relations
• Create
written
reports
and
PowerPoint
presentations
for
external
business
partners
and
stakeholders concerning
financial
and
acquisition
statistics
• Regularly
monitor
and
write
reports
on
the
performance
of
over
seven
hundred
asset- backed
securities
• Manage
the
production
of
weekly
financial
reporting
for
internal
Financial
Analysts
• Under
the
direction
of
the
CFO
–
lead
cost
cutting
analysis
and
projected
savings
forecasts
• Partner
with
programmers
and
business
analysts
to
write
reports
on
preventing
databases
errors,
data
quality goals,
and
increase
individual
and
departmental
production
• Support
Regulatory
Counsel
and
Chief
Compliance
Officer
in
researching
and
responding
to
Attorney
General
• Project
manage
special
requests
from
senior
management
and
create
company- wide
outlines
and
updates
• Create
and
regularly
update
departmental
manual
of
policies
and
procedures
• Work
with
Compliance
Department
to
drive
the
investigation
of
potential
client
data
breaches
• Partner
with
the
Litigation
Department
in
researching
claims,
counterclaims,
and
discovery
requests
• Perform
departmental
audits
to
ensure
compliance
of
the
Fair
Debt
Collection
Practices
Act
• Manage
employee
salary
discussions,
career
development
performance
review
cycles
and
talent
identification
• Develop
and
mentor
an
award- winning
team
of
five
FTE Village
Copier,
New
York,
NY
2003- 2004 Special
Project
Liaison/Production
Assistant
• Conducted
onsite
visits
to
professional
service
firms
such
as
Ernst
and
Young
and
Deloitte
and
Touche
for estimated
production
amounts
and
costs
of
financial
reports
and
training
manuals ABC
News,
New
York,
NY
2002
News
Radio
Intern
• Researched
backgrounds
for
news
segments
aired
on
the
primary
news
network
and
satellite
affiliates
(e.g.,
The New
York
City
September
11th
Tragedy
Anniversary)
• Conducted
interviews
for
broadcast
with
New
York
City
residents
on
political,
economic,
and
social
issues SKILLS
Technology:
SAS,
SPSS,
Basic
SQL
Queries
and
Coding,
Qlikview
Business
Analytics,
Microsoft
Excel
(Pivot
Tables,
Visual Basic),
Microsoft
PowerPoint,
Microsoft
Access,
Microsoft
Outlook,
familiar
with
R,
familiar
with
Tableau,
familiar
with Maple,
Microsoft
SharePoint,
PGP
Encryption,
Final
Cut
Pro Other:
Taught
electric
bass
guitar,
music
theory,
and
musical
education
to
adolescents
(2003- 2008),
Frequent
Guest Blogger
on
Rangers
Report
http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/
(2009- Present),
Co- Executive
Producer
of
Feature
Film
“Jonny’s
Sweet
Revenge”
(2014)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3773210/