Diane Lesley-Neuman Data Analyst Chicago, IL
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-lesley-neuman/ Portfolios: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10zQGTCPNEoKCMxzFMVIXNUJgOkTsp3aQ?usp=sharing https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/diane.lesley.neuman/viz/SnapProgramTrendsandFutureProspects/SNAPProgramTrendsandF utureProspects
Summary
Bilingual (Spanish) Data Analytics professional with background in Supply Chain Management, Finance, International Business Development, Credit, Banking, and Scientific Research. Area knowledge: USA, Europe, Latin America, Africa. Tools and Skills
Microsoft Suite Descriptive Statistics Teamwork
SQL Inferential Statistics Salesforce
Tableau A/B Testing Bank Negotiation
Python Data Visualization Customer Outreach
Recent Projects
Correlations for Commodities Trading
• Analysis of correlates to the pricing of agricultural commodities for crafting trading strategies. (In Progress) Tools: Python, Tableau, Excel
SNAP Program Trends and Future Prospects
• Analyzed SNAP Program 2005-2021 by state and region in terms of Costs per Person and per Household, correlations with Cost-of-Living Index (COLI), proposing changes to improve effectiveness of social assistance:
• Percentage increases and uniform rules changes to accommodate needs of homeless and severely marginalized to allow purchase of hot food service at supermarkets and other POS. Such changes increase ROI.
• Alignment of the COLI and Total Costs for every region nationally through National policy execution. Tools: Tableau, Microsoft Excel
Fleet Optimization for Revenue Enhancement: Lariat Rent-A-Car.
● Analyzed vehicle performance data and proposed strategies for revenue optimization for an overall net revenue increase of
$13.2M (37.4%) annually. Strategies included:
• Culling fleet by percentile rank performance and by model year.
• Maintenance package optimization plan. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint Revenue Enhancement Strategies: The Basis for Continuous Improvement.
• Analyzed HR workforce and compensation policies to craft a revenue enhancement strategy with a potential increase in net revenue of $340.3M (64.3%) over baseline. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint Southern Water Company: Maintenance Recommendations, Plant Efficiencies, and Price Elasticity.
• Minimized revenue impact of scheduled quarterly maintenance, while comparing differential plant efficiencies.
• Demonstrated economies of scale at production facilities, and product price elasticities. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint Selected Experience
OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Analytics Consultant. 2021-Present
• Diverse projects for local business and government in the following areas: Inventory Analysis, Public Benefits, Supply Chain, HR Compensation Strategies.
SPRINGBOARD
Data Analytics Fellow (Remote projects ). 2020-2022
• Economic and financial analysis procedures and methods: problem statements, issue/value trees, HDEIP.
• 400+ hours, 1:1 mentoring, capstone projects, stakeholder relations and presentation techniques.
• Database querying, report writing, data visualization, programming in languages essential to business. TST EXPEDITE/GO TO LOGISTICS
Billing Analyst Temporary, River Grove, IL 2021
• Ensuring documentation for shipping, delivery, billing. Training in dispatch and tracking.
• Recovery of $600 to $1200 hourly from unbilled and underbilled accounts. 1.
IMPL PROJECT
Enumerator, Analytics and Community Outreach. Chicago, IL 2019-2020
• Advised regarding data mapping, terrain, analytics, logistics for survey work regarding social issues affecting neighborhoods.
• Carried out intensive face-to-face survey work with diverse populations facing security challenges. MASTER CAPITAL SOLUTIONS
Client Business Development Specialist. 2016-2019.
● Underwriting of client business financial data to vet suitability for credit applications. Implementing KYC requirements.
● Financial research, portfolio presentations, bank negotiation, authoring letters of credit to back credit applications.
● Business development in international logistics, transportation and farming enterprises. INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL GENETICS-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Data Analyst Research Assistant. 2005-2007.
● Demonstrated a significant correlation between caloric restriction and longevity in cohorts of mice under experimental conditions, but with clear patterns of genetic variation. Methods and tools: Microsoft Excel, Pearson's correlation coefficient, scatter plots, general descriptive statistics. Insights utilized in published research: Education
UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE
2022-2024 Master in Business Administration
SPRINGBOARD
2021 Data Analytics Immersion Career Track
NETHERLANDS GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS
2010-2013. Researcher with coursework at Leiden University, Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
2007-2010
PhD Candidate, Linguistics & African Studies GPA: 3.89 ABD. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
MA Linguistics, 2007 GPA 3.70
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
BA Spanish
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Swahili, some Mandinka.