Alec L. Evan
** **** ***** **** ***********, NY *2211
adcz15@r.postjobfree.com 518-***-****
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
oGraduate, M.S.E. September 2017 to April 2018
College of Engineering, Major: Industrial & Operations Engineering
Concentration: Financial Engineering
GPA: 3.87/4.00
oUndergraduate, B.S.E. September 2013 to April 2017
College of Engineering, Major: Industrial & Operations Engineering
GPA: 3.34/4.00 Major GPA: 3.84/4.00
James B Angell Scholar, Dean’s List: Spring 2015, Winter 2015, 2016, 2017, Fall 2015, 2016
oRelevant Coursework
Financial Engineering I, Financial Economics, Financial Derivatives in Corporate Finance, Derivative Instruments, Data Processing, Advanced Optimization Methods, Simulation, Linear Statistical Models
EXPERIENCE
Wayfair Boston, MA - Associate Product Manager October 2018 to February 2020
oDesigned and led the development of a merchandising tool that increased the efficiency of a work flow performed by site merchandisers by 90%, which created improved customer experiences in over 600 product classes that led to a 3.2% increase in conversation rate and a 1.8% increase in add to cart rate
oDefined the logic for and led the implementation of automated globalization and translation processes which fixed thousands of language errors across multiple websites and eliminated the possibility of future errors
oCreated automated dashboards with SQL scripts to measure the efficiency and productivity of scrum teams, as well as developed SQL scripts to provide data driven prioritization for roadmap line items
Hamilton News Glenmont, NY - Route Optimization Analyst June 2017 to August 2017
oLearned all aspects of operations of the largest newspaper wholesaler and package delivery company in Upstate NY/New England in order to determine operational inefficiencies and bottlenecks
oConducted newspaper delivery route optimization analysis for two divisions resulting in the consolidation of delivery routes yielding in excess of $100,000 in annual cost savings
oAssisted in developing two pricing models for a driver incentive program to be used during peak season for the package delivery division to minimize the amount of seasonal employees that need to be hired
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Ann Arbor, MI - Student Engineering Team Leader Jan 2017 to April 2017
oUtilized macros and pivot tables in Excel to analyze six months of call data to discover daily and weekly trends and to determine if call abandonment rate and average speed of answer met specified criteria
oCreated value stream maps and conducted time studies for call types encountered at the Ophthalmology Call Center and Operators Dispatch Center to approximate call length and percentage non-value added
oDeveloped a regression model and a simulation model of the Ophthalmology Call Center to determine the extent to which recommendations will reduce call abandonment rate and average speed of answer
GCOM Software Albany, NY – Operations and Quality Assurance Analyst June 2016 to August 2016
oPerformed quality assurance on code and web design for two major applications and trained new full-time employees, as well as, delegated tasks amongst the QA team, ensuring project deadlines were met
oAssessed the profitability of 16 state contracts by calculating WIPs and performing NPW analyses
Major Automobile Company Case Study – Student Team Member April 2016
oAnalyzed data from over 1 million cases and over 300,000 customers to determine significant factors that influenced customers to escalate their complaints to legal proceedings against the company
oFormed a binary logistic regression model to predict whether customers were likely to seek litigation against the company and developed a contingency table to determine the correctness of the model
All Mats Co., Ltd Taicang, China – Quality Control Engineer / Mat Designer July 2015 to August 2015
oModified the alignment procedure of the mat production process, helping reduce PVC waste by 15%
oOversaw mat design and production in the JIT sector, making sure mats met customer specifications
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Skills
oBig Data Analytics, Linear Programming, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Minitab, ProModel, R, A/B Testing, Agile
oLanguages: fluent in Hebrew, moderate proficiency in Spanish
Interests
oPassionate about and active in many sports including basketball, tennis, squash, skiing, and water-skiing
oEnjoy keeping up with latest automobile news