Matthew A. Riebel
Address
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Phone: 1-708-***-****
Objective: To pursue a full-time data analysis position that utilizes a college degree in statistics.
Education: Earned Master of Science in statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2007. (GPA=3.94/4.00)
Earned Bachelor of Science in statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in December 2005. Graduated with honors of Magna Cum Laude and Highest Distinction in Statistics. (GPA=3.91/4.00)
Phi Beta Kappa honor society (May 2006-present)
Related Activities and Honors:
Golden Key honor society (October 2005-present)
National Dean’s List award for academic achievement (Summer 2005)
Tau Sigma honor society (February 2005-December 2005), for transfer students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a sufficiently high GPA
Work Experience:
Teaching Assistant (in Champaign, IL) for University of Illinois from January 2006-May 2007. Graded weekly homework assignments for an advanced undergraduate statistics class, and had office hours during which students could see me for help.
Worked for State Farm Insurance (in Champaign, IL) from May 2006-May 2007.
Worked in the Systems department from May-December 2006, analyzing data on computer network performance and trying to predict when the workload will overflow and find patterns in outliers for certain variables. Worked in the Strategic Resources department from January-May 2007, analyzing differences in households’ characteristics between different largest US cities, and between households with and without State Farm auto insurance in each city.
Skills:
Knowledge of many advanced statistical methods
Excellent mathematics skills
Computer skills
Typed about 80 words per minute since Fall 1998
SAS Certified Base Programmer. Also learned R, C++, MATLAB, and SQL.
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)