Hi, I’m
David K. Ackuaku
Data Analyst
Summary
Highly motivated and dedicated Data Analysis Professional with 5+ years of experience in analytics and statistical modeling. Highly skilled in data wrangling, cleaning, exploration, visualization, model building, and data reporting. Adept in data management, querying databases, and utilizing tools such as SAS, R, and STATA.
Overview
7
years of professional experience
Work History
University of MichiganAnn Arbor
Research Area Specialist (Statistician)
08.2021 - 04.2024
Job overview
- Company Overview: Institute for Social Research - ISR
- Analyzed complex data for projects (HRS, CARE, PSID) and presented reports for staff and clients
- Performed complex data management and query database to monitor project operations (Para data analysis)
- Collaborated on creating a mapping tool to monitor samples and interviewers
- Developed shiny apps to disseminate results for various projects
- Extracted variables needed to create a sampling frame for sponsored projects
- Wrote codes to monitor internal activities on a daily basis
- Created a field map project to gather address information for a new project to create an address sampling frame
- Enhanced projects oversight through data management techniques and querying databases, improving project tracking accuracy
- Institute for Social Research - ISR
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw
Shaw Industries Analytics Project
01.2021 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Company Overview: Academic Project
- Developed models to mathematically define the life cycle of Shaw’s products using product characteristics
- Applied the models to predict the life cycle stages to improve profitability and price evaluation
- Academic Project
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw
Binary Classification (using logistic regression to build credit scores)
01.2021 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Company Overview: Academic Project
- Built a credit scoring model to identify defaulters using logistic regression for over 1.2 million customers
- Applied the model to determine the optimal default rate cutoff point to maximize profit
- Academic Project
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw
Data Analyst (Graduate Research Assistant)
01.2019 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Company Overview: Division of Student Affairs
- Cleaned, tested, and modeled student and faculty event participation data using SAS
- Generated actionable insights by cleansing, validating and modeling data utilizing SAS, leading to development to 2+ comprehensive reports
- Developed Tableau dashboards to disseminate results
- Division of Student Affairs
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw
Nicor Gas (Southern Company) Analytics Project
09.2019 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Company Overview: Academic Project
- Developed a predictive model (multiple linear regression) to estimate natural gas consumption and predicted leakages for 2.2 million customers
- Used the model to determine usual gas usage patterns (leakage, meter theft, vacant property)
- Academic Project
Central Michigan UniversityMt Pleasant
Graduate Assistant/Tutor
01.2017 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Conducted weekly tutorials, graded assignments, and assisted professors with grant-funded economic research
- Assisted students with their mathematics, statistics, and economics assignments
- Estimation of Income-Health Gradient of Ghanaian Workers
- Developed a two-stage regression model to estimate the effect of income on health using GLSS5 and GLSS6 datasets
- Used Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) as an instrument to determine the effect of increased income on the health of Public Sector workers
Education
Kennesaw State University
Master of Science (MSc) from Applied Statistics and Analytics
Central Michigan University
Master of Arts (MA) from Economics
University Overview
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Health Economics
University of Ghana
Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Statistics & Economics
Skills
- SAS
- R(R Shiny Efficient)
- SQL
- SPSS
- Minitab
- Tableau/Power BI
- Python
- Data Analysis
- Data Modeling
- Visualization
- Statistics
- Data Management and Reporting
- Attention to Detail
- Time Management
Awards
- College of Computing and Software Engineering’s 4.0 Club Member, Kennesaw State University
- First Prize Winner - Nicor Gas (Southern Company) Analytics Project, Kennesaw State University
- Habib A Zuberi Scholarship for Economics, Central Michigan University
- Sadhu Vaswani Scholarship for Statistics and Economics, University of Ghana
Timeline
Research Area Specialist (Statistician)
University of Michigan
08.2021 - 04.2024
Shaw Industries Analytics Project
Kennesaw State University
01.2021 - 05.2021
Binary Classification (using logistic regression to build credit scores)
Kennesaw State University
01.2021 - 05.2021
Nicor Gas (Southern Company) Analytics Project
Kennesaw State University
09.2019 - 12.2019
Data Analyst (Graduate Research Assistant)
Kennesaw State University
01.2019 - 01.2021
Graduate Assistant/Tutor
Central Michigan University
01.2017 - 01.2019
Kennesaw State University
Master of Science (MSc) from Applied Statistics and Analytics
Central Michigan University
Master of Arts (MA) from Economics
University of Ghana
Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Statistics & Economics
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