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BRIAN ROCHFORD

*** **** **** **, *** #*E, New York, New York 10019 516-***-**** *********@*******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/brianrochford17 https://github.com/rochfordAnalyst?tab=repositories EDUCATION

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS New York, NY MS, Business Analytics, Cumulative GPA: 4.0 2021-2022

• Completed Coursework: Programming with Python, Data Mining for Business, Database Management (Relational Databases/ SQL and NoSQL/manipulating non-relational databases), Web Analytics, Text Analytics, Big Data Analytics (Google Big Query, Google Cloud Storage, Apache Spark, AWS S3 and Redshift, Linux), Data Visualization (Tableau, D3.js), Business Analytics for Managers

• Extracurricular: Graduate Research Assistant for the Center for Research in Contemporary Finance, Fordham Business Analytics Society, Fordham Digital Business Society OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH

Bachelor of Science in Economics, Cumulative GPA: 3.5 2019-2021

• Relevant Coursework: Econometrics 1 and Econometrics 2, Computer Programming, Software Components I, Econometric methods using R, Labor Economics, Calculus based Statistical analysis, Calculus based Intermediate Macroeconomics, Calculus, Statistics I

• Extracurricular: Member of Sports Analytics Association, Chair member for Budget planning for social fraternity COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Columbus, OH

Associate of Arts Degree 2016-2018

EXPERIENCE

CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY FINANCE New York, New York Graduate Research Assistant 2021-Present

• Utilizing Recursion Co.'s HDMA Analyzer to collect and analyze mortgage data based on various social and newly created political dimensions for each applicant’s state and county location over time

• Slicing data further with SQL, Python, and R to answer questions needed for research topic at hand

• Utilized Tableau and D3.js to effectively interpret the sequence of the project, and compress all the information into an index page that is now hosted on the live cloud server in the link below

• Creating and presenting several pieces of the larger project and clearly presenting data with visualizations built in Tableau and D3.js

• https://fordhamrecursionreactmast68669.gatsbyjs.io/ WALLS WHARF Bayville, NY

Head Busser, Catering Waiter 2015-2016

• High Volume, High-end Waterfront restaurant, demanded a fast pace, a need for organization, strong multitasking capabilities

• Facilitated and organized high budget beach front weddings, demanded optimal efficiency and strategy PROJECTS

• Deloitte March Data Crunch Madness Competition 2022 – My team developed predictive models that outputted the percentage chance a team had of winning against ever possible opponent they could face at any point in the bracket

• Text Analytics Capstone Project – My group analyzed a wine review dataset for wine bottles that came from wineries located in different regions across the world. We used various machine learning algorithms to predict what region a wine bottle came from based on the review, price, and rating of the bottle. We also developed a model that attempted to predict a bottles price based on the processing of the textual content and resulting compound sentiment score for a given bottles summation of reviews. ADDITIONAL

• Mathematical and quantitative fluency, able to adapt quickly to any environment, situation, or software

• Creating regressions and linear probability models with large data sets to find relationships, Ability to convey relationships with data visualization tools in Eclipse, R studio, VSCode, Anaconda,

• Proficient in Python, R, SQL, Excel, Tableau Javascript, GoogleCloud, Amazon Redshift, AWS SQLWorkbenchJ, D3.js

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