Data Analyst

CONSTANZA BARAHONA MIRA

*** **** ****** *** *, El Segundo CA 424-***-****

****************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-barahonamira/

A graduate of Data Science Certificate Program at UCLA Extension, seeking to use my proven data analysis, research analysis, problem-solving and communication skills in a challenging position.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPORTS DATA ANALYST, Second Spectrum Inc. SEPTEMBER 2020- PRESENT

Completed QA work on all games in real time using in-house software.

•Evaluated tracking performance.

•Communicated with Game Manager if issues arise.

•Participated in post-game meetings to provide feedback to supervisors to identify problems.

FIELD ANALYST, Buenos Aires City Government SEPTEMBER 2018- MARCH 2019

Collected and analyzed data for the DMV of Buenos Aires to improve processing of registration and minimize issuing time of driver licenses. The analysis was performed by collecting the data from the different DMV offices across the city.

Collected, analyzed, and evaluated data for the Lower Court of the City of Buenos Aires to improve processing time and overall efficiency of the judicial system.

Collected, analyzed, and evaluated data for the City Hall of Buenos Aires to optimize the different services offered and improve processing of registration in district offices throughout the city.

Used Excel CVS doc to capture and clean data to enable analysis and visualization in reports.

Created reports in Word and PowerPoint to visualize data and present results to the various departments of city government. Applied statistical and logical analysis to describe, illustrate, consolidate, summarize, and evaluate data in Excel.

Worked on various projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and accomplishing goals.

RESEARCH ANALYST MARCH 2018 – DECEMBER 2018

•Conducted face-to-face quantitative surveys for a public opinion research project focused on university students.

• Examined large databases to generate meaningful outputs.

• Used Excel to capture and clean data. The analysis results were visualized and described in different reporting formats.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Municipal Court of The City of La Costa. DECEMBER 2016-MARCH 2017

Interfaced with public via face-to face interaction, email, and phone.

Inputted data/information into the Court database.

Created and managed court files, and other related tasks.

EDUCATION

DATA SCIENCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles CA. SEPTEMBER 2019- JUNE 2020

OVERALL GPA: 3.89

Theoretical and practical knowledge of different aspects of data science. Conducted several academic projects utilizing:

- Forecast/prediction - Machine Learning - Linear regression/logical regression

- Big Data - Data Visualization - Decision trees/ random forests/ nearest neighbor/ Naive Bayes

- Other supervised/Unsupervised models

BA, POLITICAL SCIENCE, UBA (University of Buenos Aires). MARCH 2013- MARCH 2018

OVERALL GPA: 3.0

SKILLS

Programing Skills (Python and R)

Scientific computing and analysis packages (NumPy, Pandas, ggplot2)

Qualitative/quantitative research

EDA (Matplotlib Pyplot, ggplot2)

ETL

Machine Learning Techniques

Survey design

SPSS Microsoft Office Suite Package

RStudio Statistical Techniques

Tableau Advanced Excel

QA

Bilingual Spanish & English

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Slack/ Trello

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

UCLA CAMPUS WORK STUDY PROGRAM, February 2020- July 2020.

DATA SCIENCE MEETUP GROUP, March 2020- Present. UCLAxDigital Technology.

UBA CyT PROJECT, “The agenda of the porteños.” Politics and media consumption. 2018-2019 / Work Plan 20020170200005BA

RESEARCH GROUP “@AGENDAS”, Public Opinion & Media. December 2015- March 2019. Faculty of Social Sciences, Political Science UBA.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH ''Agenda Setting and Contingent Conditions. CABA 2015-2017'' Co-writer.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH ''The Agenda Effect in the Buenos Aires Public: An Analysis of the Agenda Setting Theory'' Co-writer.

XIII NATIONAL CONGRESS AND VI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DEMOCRACY. September 2018 in Rosario, Santa Fe (ARG). Exhibitor

AWARD “Quarantine Challenge- FIUBATON 2020” Mar 2020. Honor issued by the University of Buenos Aires Engineering School Consulting Club. First prize in the category: Education and Jobs.

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