Adric Peccarelli
Statistician/ Data Scientist
DeKalb, IL 60115
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Professional Summary
Mathematical Statistician with an interest in researching the applications of Information Theory to statistical methods and machine learning.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
AI Analyst
GlobalLogic-Austin, TX
March 2024 to February 2025
• Train LLM AI Chatbot
• Test prompt response accuracy
• On behalf of a Fortune Tech 10 company (Google)
Skills: Google Suite, Hazelnut, Salesforce, Python Night Manager
American Liquors-DeKalb, IL
July 2011 to December 2023
• Lead a team of up to four employees
• Train new employees
• Ensure monetary accuracy and create nightly deposits
• Evaluate product inventory
Accomplishment:
Introduced and maintained a highly desirable craft beer section for the business that increase sales and brought in new customers
Skills: Team Leadership, Decision Making, Problem Solving Statistical Consultant
Northern Illinois University-DeKalb, IL
August 2017 to May 2023
• Provide research assistance and statistical analysis to students, faculty, and outside clients, including Chicago's medical and public transportation networks
• Lead client meetings to answer questions and present results
• Write client reports, both in simplified and technical forms Skills: R, SAS, Jupyter Notebook, SPSS, Excel, SQL Graduate Teaching Assistant
Northern Illinois University-DeKalb, IL
August 2015 to May 2023
• Lead recitation sections and cover homework questions and study groups for undergraduate statistics course
• Grade and track homework and quizzes for undergraduate and graduate courses
• Proctor examinations
Accomplishments:
Lead two semesters of undergrad applied statistics lectures with the highest student passing and evaluation rating in the department.
Skills: Excel, R, PowerPoint
Lead Data Analyst
NIU Nursing School-DeKalb, IL
September 2019 to August 2021
• Lead statistician on a NIH funded research project on depression and mental health in Latin American countries
• The goal was to develop a mental health reporting app to alleviate the social stigma around seeking help
• Congregate datasets from multiple sources to analyze the outcomes of medical interventions Skills: R, Python, SPSS, Jupyter Notebook, SQL, Nonparametric analysis Education
PhD in Mathematics
Northern Illinois University-DeKalb, IL
August 2017 to Present
MS in Statistics
Northern Illinois University-DeKalb, IL
August 2015 to August 2017
BS in Psychology; Minors in Japanese Studies and Statistics Northern Illinois University-DeKalb, IL
August 2008 to August 2013
Skills
• R (10+ years)
• Quantitative research (10+ years)
• Python (8 years)
• Machine learning (8 years)
• Spss (10+ years)
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• AI (3 years)
• Julia Language and Jupyter Notebook (8 years)
• SQL (8 years)
• Statistical Analysis (10+ years)
• SAS (10+ years)
• Data mining (10+ years)
• Linux (10+ years)
• Clinical research (10+ years)
Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adric-peccarelli/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adric-Peccarelli Certifications and Licenses
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
August 2019 to Present
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
May 2019 to Present
Groups
Graduate School Council
August 2017 to May 2019
Served as the NIU graduate student voting member on the council made up of department heads that discussed issues and voted on solutions that impacted the graduate school and student body. Publications
A Comparison of Renyi's Entropy and Variance with Application to Machine Learning
https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/197*******.html?FMT=ABS August 2017
A parametric and nonparametric comparison of variance and Renyi's entropy with the development of a entropy-based variable selection method for supervised machine learning.