Avigail Vantu Data Scientist
************@*****.*** • 929-***-**** • New York, NY • www.avigailvantu.com Mar 2020 - Present
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October - Dec 2019
New York, NY
WORK EXPERIENCE
Blue Conduit, Data and Spatial Analyst (Independent Contractor)
● Conduct spatial joins, data cleaning and curation of large scale administrative data to understand lead pipeline presence. Produced one of the most comprehensive and accurate datasets in the field.
● Produce a web-based interactive map to display residential lead pipelines in the state of New Jersey.
● Developed data workflow used to streamline and standardize the company’s data warehousing. Jan - May 2020
New York, NY
New York University Tandon School of Engineering,Adjunct Professor
● Developed and taught a 4 credit course titled “Computing for Sustainable Urban Environments”.
● Instructed lectures and lab sessions on data acquisition, data analysis, and data visualizations.
● Mentored students during data analysis internship and job search.
● Rated 92% in overall instructor evaluation, and 96% in mastery of course materials in an anonymous course evaluation administered by NYU.
Aug 2016 - Aug 2019
New York, NY
New York University School of Global Public Health,Data Scientist
● Led effort to automate data workflow for an NIH grant funded project.
● Created metrics to improve user onboarding through education and brand awareness.
● Conducted data analysis and initiated workflow changes to verify data and eliminate fraud.
● Led the transformation of the team reliance on outside contractors to in-house capacity and team building through recruitment and training of new team members.
● Conducted statistical analysis on geolocated and administrative data. Summer 2016
New York, NY
New York City Department of City Planning Brooklyn Borough Office,Intern
● Conducted data analysis and produced maps for a Crown Heights industrial zone study. 2016
New York, NY
2012
Jerusalem, Israel
EDUCATION
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Social Sciences BA in Economics & Political Science (double major) SKILLS
Technical
Python3
SQL
R
AWS
Programs
ArcGIS/QGIS
Adobe CS
Google Analytics
Tableau
Statistical & Data
Data mining
Causal inference
Probability
Data modelling
Languages
English (fluent)
Hebrew (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
French (intermediate
2015
Tel Aviv, Israel
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: marketing, journalism, technology Optimove, Marketing Manager
● Coordinated the company's marketing and sales conferences. 2013 - 2014
Tel Aviv, Israel
Corrigon (acquired by eBay),Data Tagger
● Conducted research and data tagging to train an e-commerce computer vision model. 2003 - 2012
Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem, Israel
Maariv Lanoar, Pi HaAton and Timeout Jerusalem, Independent Journalist
● Conducted interviews and produced approximately 40 articles on political and current events for leading Israeli publications from age of 15.
2006 - 2008
Tel Aviv, Israel
Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corps,Satellite Mission Planner
● Used internal programs to optimize imagery coverage.
● Managed shifts of 5-8 planners. Trained new team members.