Cathy Kam

Data Scientist / Senior Data Analyst

Boston, Massachusetts • adwtfl@r.postjobfree.com • +1-857-***-**** • Portfolio website: https://nancykam2006.wixsite.com/mysite Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathykam/ SUMMARY

As a goal-oriented problem solver with a passion in data analysis, I have helped my school to maintain their band 1 status during the most treacherous COVID-19 period. In combination with my previous experience as an entrepreneur and a full-time teacher, I have developed a growth mindset that allows me to execute data analysis (EDA) and predictive modeling effectively for companies to achieve their objectives. SKILLS

Expertise: Bias-Variance Tradeoff, Linear Regression, Correlation Analysis, Bivariate Analysis, Chi-square Test, ANOVA, T-test, Random Forest Skills: Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, Numpy, Scikit Learn, Flask, NLTK, Seaborn, Plotly, SQL, Tensorflow, Kera, PySpark, Scala Technologies: AWS, Jupyter Notebook, DataBricks, Adobe Premiere Pro, Google GSuite, Microsoft Office, Google Colab, Tableau, Flourish Languages: English (Native), Cantonese (Native), Mandarin (Fluent), German A1.2 Legal Status: U.S. Citizen

EMPLOYMENT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Boston, United States

Data Science Practitioner Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

● Identified the top 10 most common buzzwords related to Pokemon and Pokemontrade subreddits; classified unseen Reddit posts with over 95% accuracy by using CountVectorizer + Term frequency Inverse document frequency (TFIDF) + MultinomialNB respectively

● Ran time series analysis and ridge regression to debunk the vaccination trend and predict the number of people who completed the vaccination rate with 99% testing accuracy

● Developed a convolutional network that classifies retinal images and displays disease risk with 79% testing accuracy Highlighted projects:

● “Improving Ads Campaigns Based on Keywords and Users' Interest” Reddit Sentiment Analysis + NLP Classification (link)

● “Are Covid-19 vaccines still in high demand? '' U.S. Vaccination Analysis and Prediction (link)

● Capstone Project ‘Iluminado’ - Deep Learning for Retinal Image Classification (link) THE TECH TOOLBOX Boston, United States

Co-Founder / Product Manager Jan 2020 - Oct 2022

● Spearheaded a 3-person cross-functional team to develop an online business; Built online presence and gathered over 700 followers on Instagram using video marketing strategies and enhanced SEO features

● Made a 15% grow in revenue by tracking product popularity rate using Google Analytics and social marketing strategies

● Improved stocking efficiency by 10% in less than 1 year; collaborated with different reliable suppliers and sourcing partners

ST. MARGARET CO-EDUCATIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL Hong Kong, China High School Language Teacher / IT Analyst Aug 2019 - Oct 2022

● Conducted robust data analysis with 500 mark entries per year to assess students’ exam performances and generated reports for stakeholders using Google Sheets and Excel ; Drove redevelopment of internal reading scheme in use by 10 co-workers, resulting in 30% increase of interactivity and reduction of 20% grading time

● Designed training and peer-mentoring programs for school events targeted at teachers and parents; led training and EdTech initiatives that were attended by over 300 audiences in 1 year EDUCATION

EASTERN UNIVERSITY St. Davids, PA

Master of Data Science 2022 - 2023

UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Hong Kong, China

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Double Degree) Grade: First Class Honor 2014 - 2019