Data Analyst

Tian (Alex) Xia

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EDUCATION

Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Jan. 2017

Master of Arts in Statistics GPA: 3.67 / 4.00

University of Science & Technology, Beijing (USTB), Beijing, China Jun. 2015 Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics GPA: 3.71 / 4.00 SKILLS & ABILITIES

Generalized Linear Model, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, A/B Testing, Data Visualization

Python, R, Matlab, SAS, SPSS, STATA, SQL, Excel, VBA, Tableau, AWS RESEARCH PROJECTS

Machine Learning Applied in Stock Prices Prediction and Investment Decision Strategy May 2016 – Nov. 2016

Wrote a web scraping program in Python to automatically extract data from Yahoo Finance

Applied machine learning models (ANN, SVM, RF, NB) to accurately predict the future trend of stock prices

Assessed the AUC, accuracy, and the return rates of the models to recommend different investment strategies against S&P500 index; Achieved optimization with the Random Forest Model Twitter Message Activity Analysis and Visualization Sep. 2016 – Dec. 2016

Visualized the data interactively with google map in shinny application and conducted text mining, clustering and sentiment analysis in the twitter text to figure out the most frequent groups of words

Built a general point process model to determine and predict specific networks or groups of users who mostly communicate between themselves and summarized the geographic region pattern of users Study on the Influence of Weather Conditions on Gas Prices in China May 2015 – Jun. 2015

Evaluated automotive and industrial gas usage under various weather conditions to develop ARIMA model with R, which is able to achieve 85% accuracy in back tests using 2009-2012 data

Analyzed relationship and trend based on the index, and researched possible applications of the findings in determining best gas importing time from other countries PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scitics Inc. Boston, MA, USA

Data Analyst Intern Dec. 2016 – Feb. 2017

Performed logistic regression and random forest models to predict whether the people would renew the membership in the next 6 months based on AMA (American Marketing Association) membership data

Determined the best way to increase the probability of renewal for different kinds of people Newday Management Consulting Co., Ltd Zhejiang, China Summer Consultant Intern, Marketing Department Jun. 2015 – Jul. 2015 Worked on a consulting project for a local school uniform manufacturer client:

Conducted extensive market research and performed comprehensive analysis on the company’s operating data

Drafted recommendations on market expansion strategy: working with local schools directly to create customized design and adding new services, which were highly praised by the client and were implemented within 2 months Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Zhejiang, China Summer Analyst Intern, Corporate Banking Department Jul. 2013 – Aug. 2013

Proposed investment recommendations to several high-net-worth clients based on their financial situation and specific needs and successfully sold CNY10million (USD $1.5million) in total financial products LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Founder, USTB Youth Entrepreneurship Club Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2015 Invited senior managers from the largest technology companies, such as Baidu and Sina, to talk to students on campus; successfully raised CNY 20,000 sponsorship for the club Founder, USTB Mathematics Club Mar. 2012– Dec. 2014 Organized the USTB Math Cultural Festival; initiated the peer to peer math assistance program

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