Mingcan Lyu
781-***-**** **********@********.*** www.linkedin.com/in/mingcan-lyu
SUMMARY
Seeking full-time data driven analytical position
Hands-on experience of data analysis in fin-tech company and credit risk data analysis in commercial banking
Solid knowledge of statistics, programming and data visualization
Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Computer Skills
Python, R, SQL, Excel VBA, SAS, Tableau, Microsoft Office, Bloomberg, Capital IQ
Models
Regression Model, Time Series Analysis, Machine Learning
Certifications
Passed FRM Part II, CFA Level III Candidate
EDUCATION
Brandeis University, International Business School
Waltham, MA
Master of Science in Financial Mathematics, Risk Management (STEM) GPA: 3.62/4.00
08/2018 – 12/2019
Coursework: Analyzing Big Data, Machine Learning, Information Visualization, Financial Risk Management, Computer Simulations and Risk Assessment, Portfolio Financial Modeling, Options and Derivatives, Fixed Income Securities
Xiamen University
Xiamen, China
Bachelor of Science in Marketing GPA: 3.88/4.00 (Top 5%)
08/2014 – 06/2018
EXPERIENCE
ForwardLane Inc.
New York, NY
Data Analyst
07/2019 – 09/2019
Implemented project management on multiple Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning projects
Maintained and expanded training dataset for Named Entity Recognition (NER) project by scraping and labeling financial and economic related articles from morningstar.com and reuters.com
Validated model of NER project and tracked performance of each entity; redefined entities with poor performance
Collaborated with Director of Data Science and Product Manager cross-functionally to brainstorm the search algorithm for Keyword Aggregation project; created and updated project status report and project documentation
Scrapped potential customers’ data from multiple sources to construct keyword database; wrote SQL queries to search articles containing exact keywords and scored relevancy of the articles manually
China Minsheng Bank
Shanghai, China
Credit Risk Data Analyst
01/2018 – 03/2018
Assessed current market conditions by gathering macroeconomic data and related government policies to support decision of underwriting commercial mortgage loan (50 million CNY)
Cleansed and visualized market data and forecasted market trend utilizing EWMA and GARCH model in Python
Audited applicant’s feasibility report and analyzed the profitability and operating capacity of the expansion project
Evaluated property value based on third-party appraisal report and calculated ratios to assess risk quantitatively
Identified potential risks of the project, including market risk, mortgage risk, construction process risk and future sales risk, and proposed corresponding risk management measures
Completed 10+ pages loan evaluation report in a team of four and presented the report during monthly meeting
ACADEMIC TEAM PROJECT
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Credit Risk Modeling by Analyzing Big Data in R and SAS
10/2019 – 12/2019
Collected 50,000 records of U.S. residential mortgage data, including macroeconomic variables, loan variables and borrower profile variables, at origination and observation time
Wrangled and preprocessed data to handle missing values and outliers; performed exploratory data analysis in SAS
Built predictive models for loan status based on machine learning algorithms (logistic regression, KNN, SVM, decision tree and random forest model) in R and compared accuracy and interpretability of different models
Drove business insights from the result and applied the models to detect early signals for troubled loan
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Portfolio Construction and Stress Testing in Python
03/2019 – 05/2019
Constructed portfolio including diversified assets based on tracking error minimization and risk-parity strategy
Fitted linear regression model between macroeconomic variables and portfolio return; performed stress testing by loading in macroeconomic data under adverse and severely adverse scenarios from Federal Reserve's CCAR files
Calculated portfolio VaR and CVaR under different scenarios to testify its ability to absorb potential risk