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ADITI POUDEL

Brookings,South Dakota

Summary

Detail-focused Data Analyst with knowledge in data warehousing, process validation and business needs analysis. Proven to understand customer requirements and translate into actionable project plans. Dedicated and hard-working with passion for Big Data.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance and Budget Internship

South Dakota State University Finance and Budget
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • Contributed to a project by assisting the team in implementing time series analysis to predict 2025-2030 student enrollment and conducting sensitivity analysis for budget allocation
  • Analyzed and verified an average of 20 daily invoices spanning across 15 departments, employing data-driven methods to ensure precision, accuracy, and completeness

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota State University
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Spearheaded a project funded by the Economic Research Service (ERC) to develop innovative rebate programs for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplements
  • Conducted data analysis and quality control using advanced statistical methods and software tools such as Excel and R programming to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the collected data
  • Prepared a report to summarize the findings of the research project

Head of Administration/ Project Team Leader

Avant Grande Solutions
07.2019 - 12.2021
  • Led data preprocessing, hypothesis testing, and model evaluation to optimize data quality, assess relationships within datasets, and identify best-performing machine learning models
  • Utilized Excel for research, including a project funded by the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and managed project identification, scope development, and budgeting

Education

Master of Science in Data Science -

South Dakota State University
05.2024

Master of Science in Economics -

South Dakota State University
05.2024

Bachelor’s in Business Administration -

Pokhara University
09.2019

Skills

  • R programming
  • Stata
  • SAS
  • Python
  • SPSS
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Tableau
  • Data Visualization
  • Power BI
  • Project Management
  • Data Exploratory
  • Data cleaning
  • Statistical Data Analytics

Leadership Experience

  • Graduate Assistant Housing & Residence Life, 07/2023, 05/2024, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, Managed a team of 15 Community Assistants responsible for over 400 resident rooms., Addressed an average of 20 resident concerns per month to ensure a positive living experience., Regularly updated resident information in the database, ensuring data accuracy for over 3000 residents., Utilized predictive analytics to forecast next semester occupancy, optimizing room allocation strategies.
  • Ex-Officio International Relation Council, SDSU, 08/2022, 05/2023, Responsible for representing International Relations Council at Students’ Association (SA) meetings and to develop agendas related to international students., Brookings, South Dakota, Organized and led International Night 2023, an event that celebrated the diversity and cultural richness of the campus community, with over 500 attendees participating in the event.

Awards

  • Master’s degrees in economics and data science, fully funded through research and graduate assistantships.
  • Excellent Academic Performance Award for achieving the highest GPA at Pokhara University in 2019.
  • Best Employee Award 2020, Avant Garde Solutions.

References

  • Joseph Santos, Director of Graduate Programs, Ness School of Management and Economics, South Dakota State University, Joseph.Santos@sdstate.edu
  • David Davis, Coordinator of Graduate Programs, Ness School of Management and Economics, South Dakota State University, David.Davis@sdstate.edu
  • Nacasius Ujah, Associate Professor of Corporate Finance, Ness School of Management and Economics, South Dakota State University, Nacasius.Ujah@sdstate.edu

Timeline

Finance and Budget Internship

South Dakota State University Finance and Budget
05.2023 - 07.2023

Graduate Research Assistant

South Dakota State University
08.2022 - 05.2023

Head of Administration/ Project Team Leader

Avant Grande Solutions
07.2019 - 12.2021

Master of Science in Data Science -

South Dakota State University

Master of Science in Economics -

South Dakota State University

Bachelor’s in Business Administration -

Pokhara University
ADITI POUDEL