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ANNA SEN

Austin,TX

Summary

Experienced data scientist with graduate-level academic training in econometrics, seeks a senior data scientist opportunity to collaborate with business stakeholders and generate actionable insights using data and machine learning. Excited to resume a career in machine learning after a hiatus for family reasons, particularly during a time when the field is increasingly vital for informed business decision-making.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager - Data Science

MarketShare
04.2011 - 09.2013
  • Built Media Mix Modeling to help clients optimize their media budgets across different media channels and geographies
  • Established strong relationships with clients to understand their marketing challenges and provided actionable insights for improving Media ROI.
  • Partnered with clients to provide ongoing support to optimize and measure the effectiveness of their different media strategies based on MMO models
  • Built complex Machine Learning models based on panel data and ran periodic simulations
  • Mentored junior staff members for skill development

Manager - Advanced Analytics

Charles Schwab
04.2007 - 04.2011
  • Conducted rigorous statistical analysis and built Machine Language (ML) models based on regression, clustering and classification techniques to generate actionable business insights. Gained expertise in both supervised and unsupervised modeling frameworks using structured data.
  • Built ML models to measure the effectiveness of various marketing programs using the principles of A/B testing
  • Built ML models for targeting marketing campaigns
  • Conducted statistical cohort analysis to understand Schwab's customer behavior over time.
  • Built time series models to forecast new customers for Schwab.
  • Developed in-depth understanding of Schwab client data and sound awareness of the business issues
  • Collaborated with cross-functional data engineering and business teams to understand and frame business questions. Provided constructive advice based on ML models to help design product and marketing strategies
  • Mentored junior staff members for skill development

Analyst

NERA Economic Consulting
05.2005 - 04.2007
  • Designed and built quantitative models to estimate damages incurred in Anti-trust and IP legal cases
  • Built regression models for testing business hypothesis related to estimated damages
  • Analyzed industry trends and developed domain knowledge as relevant to building the regression models
  • Created trial exhibits, helped write expert reports, and participated in client meetings

Education

MA - Economics

Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
12.2004

MA - Economics

Delhi School of Economics
New Delhi, India
08-2002

Skills

  • ML modeling using both cross sectional and time series data
  • Logistic regression, Decision Trees, Clustering algorithms
  • A/B testing
  • Python for Data Science - using sklearn library
  • Bagging, Random Forest and Boosting ML models using Python
  • SQL to gather data from company's database
  • Presentation skills
  • Communication skills

Work Authorization

US Citizen

Work Accomplishments

  • Built ML media mix optimization models (MMO) to shape the overall retail media strategy for MarketShare's consulting business
  • Built ML predictive models for Charles Schwab's direct mail campaigns by identifying clients who are most likely to generate business. The direct mail campaigns generated statistically significant 'lift' in client response.
  • Built ML predictive models for alert-response optimization. The alert-response optimization generates greater efficiency for Charles Schwab's sales team.
  • Built ML time-series forecasting models to guide the overall retail corporate planning at Charles Schwab.
  • Conducted statistical evaluation of business programs. These are customer response analyses for testing the business impact of product launches/strategy. These analyses are used to determine the continuity of business programs at Charles Schwab.
  • Built client segmentation models using ML clustering techniques. These models determine the signal from the noise in client behavior, and generated actionable insights to help design business strategy at Charles Schwab.

Certification

Currently pursuing Post Graduate Program for ML and AI from University of Texas, Austin

Timeline

Senior Manager - Data Science

MarketShare
04.2011 - 09.2013

Manager - Advanced Analytics

Charles Schwab
04.2007 - 04.2011

Analyst

NERA Economic Consulting
05.2005 - 04.2007

MA - Economics

Indiana University

MA - Economics

Delhi School of Economics
ANNA SEN