Actuarial, Finance, Quantitative, analytical

Lu Wang

818-***-**** ******@********.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luwang2628

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY Sept. 2015 – Dec. 2016 Master of Statistics, GPA 3.80/4.00; Top 10%

Relevant Coursework: Theory of Interest, Time Series, Stochastic Process, Probability & Statistics Inference, Advanced Data Analysis, Financial Risk Management

California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2014 Bachelor of Mathematics, GPA 3.93/4.00; Top 1%

Relevant Coursework: Mathematical Statistics, Financial Management, Price Theory, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Advanced Calculus, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Honors: 8 times Dean’s List (Spring 2011-Fall 2014); Summa Cum Laude Honors at Graduation (2015) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vertana Group LLC

New York, NY, Business Analyst Intern Oct. 2016 – Jan. 2017

Applied SQL and Excel to analyze revenue and expense accounts with significant variance and adjust budget

Applied data science techniques to understand and segment our customer behavior and products

Utilized R to develop a customer rating and preference model to indicate collinearity between each factor Financial Risk Management Risk Measure System Project New York, NY, Project Leader Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016

Supervised a project team of 3 to develop a risk calculation system for stocks and options

Applied R, Excel, and Bloomberg to build a system to perform variance analysis on VaR and expected shortfall

Backtested in VaR to gauge its accuracy and effectiveness by comparison of the calculated VaR to the actual losses Xiao Suan Pan Industrial Limited Company (P2P Lending Company) Hangzhou, China, Credit Risk Management Intern May 2016 – Jul. 2016

Performed client balance sheet credit profile analysis in profitability, liquidity, operational capacity, and growth

Applied Excel to review and evaluate clients' liquidity performance level

Recommended utilizing expected shortfall and VaR to organization's reserve California State University, Northridge

Los Angeles, CA, Research Assistant Apr. 2014 – Aug. 2015

Collaborated with Dr. Ramin Vakilian and 5 team members to build vector simulation model to lower malaria disease risk by 20% with fixed budget

Utilized Python to establish malaria disease regression analysis of 6 critical risk factors

Employed Mathematica to optimize 6 malaria disease risk factor combination for best disease control result

Reviewed and compiled a 20-pg comparison summary of 9 malaria disease models and key risk factors LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Chinese Student and Scholar Association

Los Angeles, CA, Vice President Sept. 2013 – May. 2014

Assisted President in delegating tasks and managing 300+ members

Cooperated with 8 executive board members to coordinate 10 events with $2500 total budget

Took charge in organizing marketing campaigns via social media TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technical Skills: Excel, VBA, R, SAS(SAS Base Certification), Matlab, Python, Mathematica, Minitab, Access, SQL Professional Exam: Passed Actuarial Exam P, Exam FM, Exam MFE; Fulfilled VEE in Applied Statistics & Economics

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