Allan Porter

347-***-**** adgui7@r.postjobfree.com Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

New York University - MS, Computer Science 2018- 2020 GPA: 3.97

CUNY Queens College - BA, Neuroscience 2013- 2017

GPA: 3.90

Phi Beta Kappa honors society inductee

SKILLS

• Data Mining/Visualization/Modeling in Python

• Data Mining/Visualization/Modeling in R

• Scientific Writing for Publications

• Geospatial Data Wrangling/Modeling in R

• Machine Learning Pipeline in Python and R

• Tableau

• Web Development with Django/Laravel/Node.Js

• Frontend Web development - HTML/CSS/JS/REACT

• Wordpress Web Development

• Natural Language Processing

• Apache Spark (Pyspark)

• Microsoft Excel/Powerpoint/Word

• Latex Document Editor

• JAVA/C++

• Git / Version Control

• Technical/Scientific Writing

• Social Media Marketing

• Search Engine Optimization

• SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU, Data Scientist / Researcher

(Study for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) 2019-Present

• Studies relationships between vaccination coverage and various geospatial indicators in developing countries

• Explores, mines and formats spatial and non spatial datasets in R

• Develops, leverages and optimizes various predictive models in order to forecast future vaccination coverage rates.

• Develops visualizations for large geospatial datasets in R using ggmap, ggplot and other libraries Porter Medium LLC, Co-Founder 2017-2019

• Supervises growth of social media conglomerate consisting of multiple popular Twitter accounts including PMBreakingNews(@pmbreakingnews - 200k+ followers) and Porter Medium (@portermedium - 48K followers).

• Tweets picked up and featured by: Yahoo, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Heavy.Com, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, Daily Telegraph, CBS San Francisco. Freelance Web Developer and Consultant 2017-2019

• Develops custom websites using Laravel, PHP and Wordpress for clients

• Provides web and SEO consultation.

• Managed Rotoden.com until June 2018, a sports website which accumulated over 1 million views; oversaw more than 500 published articles and generated ad based revenue. Lifespan Development Lab - CUNY Queens College, Research Assistant 2015-2017

• Studied the role of processing speed deficits in chronic depression and applied chess therapy in the treatment of childhood ADHD.

• Conducted neuropsychological examinations, consultations and helped review FMRI data.

• Published thesis paper on the role of processing speed deficits in chronic depression.

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