Alfred Torsu

Lansing, MI *****

517-***-**** / adzhdo@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Arts-Public Policy Analysis, 2023

Michigan State University

Cloud Computing Fellowship and Data engineering, 2023

Michigan State University Institute of Cyber-Enabled Research

Introduced fellows to diverse cloud resources. Personal project in machine learning with unstructured data.

Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate, 2023

On hands training in advance analytics with large datasets and building machine learning models.

Cyber Security Certification 2023

CompTIA Security+ certified professional with a strong foundation in cybersecurity principles, practices, and risk management.

Public Policy Management Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), 2019

Ghana Institutes of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Computer Science, Statistics Minor 2017

University of Ghana

Michigan State University 2020 – To Date

Michigan State University’s political science department houses, Afrobarometer, a non-profit pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society. It is the world’s leading source of high-quality data on what Africans are thinking. I

Data Analyst

Leveraged Excel, Tableau, R, and SQL to provide timely data for donor Agencies like Mastercard Foundation, United Nations, United States Institute of Peace,and Hewlett Foundation on democracy indicators, climate change threats, and gender equality.

Used excel text analytics tools to analyse student valuations of courses and lecturers as a result doubled course satisfaction within a period of one academic year.

Leveraged Azure Stream Analytics and Event hubs to harvest tweets from Twitter(X) gauge public sentiments on vaccine hesitancy to and curated public campaigns that increased vaccination within students by 300%.

Utilized Azure Stream Analytics and Event Hubs to effectively collect real-time Twitter data (X) and analyze public sentiment towards a range of policies. This data-driven approach provided valuable insights into public perception and trends, contributing to informed decision-making processes.

Leveraged SQL to extract enrollment data from the university database, performed data cleaning and validation using Excel power query, and then conducted in-depth statistical analysis such as A/B testing with Tableau to identify key factors influencing student retention KPIs and visualize results with Tableau.

Westlion Ltd 2017 – 2020

Westlion Company Ltd is deal facilitating company that helped African companies raise capital from USA, Europe, Middles East, and Asia.

Data and Business Analyst

Lead the design and development of interactive dashboards leveraging Excel, SQL and Tableau, effectively visualising key business KPIs such as Operating Expenses,Loan Processing Cost, Return on Assets (ROA, Return on Equity(ROE) for our microfinance client .

Conducted comprehensive data analysis within CRM systems to identify trends and forecast customer credit needs. Collaborated with clients branch marketing teams to devise strategies that led to a remarkable 50% sales/clients increase in a dormant market within just 4 months. Tools used: Tableau, Excel (VBA/Macros/Vlookups/Pivot Tables), CRM, MySQL, MS PowerPoint.

Employed a blend of Tableau, Excel, Power Pivot, CRM, MySQL, and MS PowerPoint to perform data-driven tasks. Demonstrated proficiency in managing and extracting insights from large datasets, producing actionable reports and presentations for informed decision-making.

Collaborated closely with a cross-functional team of Investment Analysts, integrating their research and feedback into investment opportunity assessments. Ensured alignment with investor requirements, leading to the identification of high-return investment options.

Built an Investor Target list to connect potential investors to pre-qualified investment opportunities globally resulting in clients raising funds.This strategic initiative led to our clients successfully securing a substantial fundraise of $2 million USD from investor companies based in Dubai..

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming: R, SQL, Jupyter Notebook, VBA, MS Access. Data Visualizations: Excel, Tableau, Power BI.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Program coordinator, Child-To-School STEM among girls in Ghana

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