Lee Schmalz -- **** Kramer Rd, Mound, MN, ***** 612-***-**** ade41f@r.postjobfree.com

Technical Skills

Software and Programming Languages: Python object-oriented and scripting experience, R (statistical simulation), Oracle SQL, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Mathematica, LaTex. See github page for skills portfolio. Data Visualization: Python: Deep understanding of matplotlib's object oriented architecture for building custom visualizations, along with seaborn's fast and efficient production of standard data plots. Further experience building interactive visualizations with plotly python module. Tableau: Experience integrating multiple data sources, such as SQL queries and Excel sheets, into concise, interactive Tableau dashboards.

ETL: Experience demonstrating technical ETL skills such as database querying (Oracle SQL), data cleansing, grouping/joining, query optimization, Excel Pivot Tables, Python csv/xslx manipulation (pandas), etc. Machine Learning: Statistical and applied knowledge of scikit-learn methods like KNN, regression, random forest, SVM, PCA, etc. Experience building dense/conv./recurrent neural networks and optimizing through cloud based services like Amazon Web Services. Experience building deep reinforcement learning agents to navigate complex environments such as the Gym from OpenAI as well as custom environments such as financial portfolio data. Work Experience

IT Analytics Intern

TDS Telecom, Madison, WI / May 2020 – Aug 2020

Network Operations team intern using Oracle SQL, Python, Excel, and Tableau for data gathering, processing, visualization, and reporting. Performed statistical analyses in Python, such as regularized linear models, and worked closely with field managers to unveil data trends over local and regional markets that allow understanding of problem areas to help optimize the efficiency of field services.

Captain

Al and Alma's Charter Cruises, Mound, MN / May 2016 – Aug 2019 Clean, maintain, and drive 59-73 ft charter yachts on Lake Minnetonka. Responsible for ensuring the safety and order of up to 60 passengers at a given time, entertaining these groups, showing them a tour of Lake Minnetonka, and making sure they are receiving 5 star customer service throughout the cruise. Greatly solidified public speaking skills regarding clear communication to large groups of people.

Portfolio Links

Medium Author - I recently started writing about data science for the Towards Data Science Medium publication in my free time. Check out my latest projects:

https://towardsdatascience.com/@leeschmalz

Capstone Project Publication

Finding Eigenvalues/Eigenvectors of Octonionic Matrices General Project Portfolio

https://github.com/leeschmalz

Education - Winona State University – (Fall 2016 – Spring 2020) BS Mathematics, GPA 3.94 and BS Cell and Molecular Biology,GPA 3.94