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Summary

Accomplished: Substantial work experience in business research, analysis and modeling.
Self Directed: Accustomed to unstructured tasks and limited supervision.
Self-Taught: Qualitative Data Analysis, Advanced Excel, reading speed 1200 w.p.m.

Work History

Independent Contractor

Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
Jul 2008 - Present
Spreadsheet Analysis & Web Design 

Clients include The DPV Group, a management consulting company founded by a McKinsey alumnus, and GIS Invest, a UK-based rail-infrastructure investment company.

Grocery Power (Internet Startup)

Santa Rosa, CA, United States
May 2008 - Aug 2008
Analyst 
  • Developed and tested techniques for the automatic processing of unstructured product information.
  • Built proof-of-concept process in Excel for statistical linguistic tests.
  • Specified workflow for classification of products.
  • Formulated methodology to identify and handle problem data.
  • Researched patentability of core technology.

EWS Railway

London, Other, United Kingdom
Nov 2005 - Jul 2006
Analyst 
  • Analyzed the transportation market for bottled water in the UK and identified significant growth opportunities for rail.
  • Modeled and mapped shipments from all European production sources to all distribution centers for the top six supermarkets.
  • Built model solely from market data obtained through extensive Internet and online database (e.g. ProQuest, Infotrac) research.
  • Other tasks included writing joint profile of EWS and partner for major client and creating slides for use in presentation to CEO.

Education

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY, United States
Aug 2006 - Present
Epistemology of the Social Sciences
  • Dean’s List Highest Honors; GPA 3.7/4.0.
  • Approved for Self-Determined Major (1 of ~10 out of ~600).
  • The Major (Epistemology of the Social Sciences) examines the attributes and limitations of knowledge in Economics, Psychology and Sociology, addressing the implications of these limitations on both decision-making and how knowledge should be acquired.

Montgomery High School

Santa Rosa, CA, United States
Jun 2005
High School
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma (1 of 7 out of 450).
  • 6 AP exams; AP Scholar with Distinction; GPA 4.2/4.0.
  • SAT score 1540 out of 1600.

Interests

Interests and activities include debate, ethics, philosophy, technology, extensive extracurricular reading, and other reading including blogs.

Files and Projects

My Resume for 2009

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Epistemology of the Social Sciences

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This document is my (self-determined) major application, approved November 2008. It describes my vision for the major, my reasons for studying it, and a brief description of what the major entails.

Letter of Recommendation

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This document is a letter of recommendation from Tim Robinson, the EWS Railway executive who employed me 2005-2006.