Kaiea Ly-Au Young
Seattle,WA
Summary
Early-career consultant with strong analytical and project-leadership experience in both academic and industry settings. Delivered a strategic roadmap for Pennsylvania-based accelerator AlphaLab by leading market research, benchmarking, and gap analysis as the sole undergraduate on a multidisciplinary team. Directed a consulting engagement with Allegheny County’s Department of Health and Human Services, using Excel, R, and survey tools to identify and reduce user drop-off in the GO Program. Eager to apply data-driven problem solving and stakeholder communication skills to help the organization achieve measurable impact.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Management Consultant
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Evaluated and optimized investment structure and strategic positioning for AlphaLab, a startup accelerator, enhancing its operational effectiveness.
- Collaborated as sole undergraduate on four-person consulting team, contributing to Robotics Systems Development with master’s students.
- Conducted market research and benchmarking of national accelerators, analyzing investment terms and founder value propositions to inform strategic recommendations.
- Conducted a comprehensive gap analysis and delivered insights on funding flexibility, communication strategy, and operational implementation, contributing to a final client-facing report and strategic roadmap.
Consulting Capstone Team Leader
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
08.2024 - 12.2024
- Led consulting team with Allegheny County’s Department of Health and Human Services to analyze factors contributing to low user uptake and application drop-off in the Allegheny GO Program, facilitating targeted improvements.
- Developed and organized project workflows encompassing problem framing, intervention development, survey design, data visualization, data analysis, and client communication, ensuring timely and quality deliverables.
- Utilized Excel and R to conduct thorough data analysis for project insights.
Research Assistant
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Collaborated with Postdoctoral Fellow Kara Kedrick and Professor Russell Golman to design and analyze survey data on explanation generation, enhancing understanding of how people arrive at answers.
- Translated tens of thousands of participant data points into actionable insights by coding thought processes, quantifying conceptual elements, and identifying implicit relationships within responses.
- Diagnosed algorithm performance issues by identifying unique answers, over-merging, and inconsistent cluster patterns, contributing to improved algorithm accuracy.
- Prepared detailed reports summarizing cluster deficiencies and key recommendations for algorithm refinement, facilitating informed decision-making for further development.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Behavioral Economics
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania05.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Decision Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania05.2025
Skills
- Market research
- Strategic development
- Data analysis and visualization
- Survey design and implementation
- Regression analysis
- A/B testing
- Programming in R, Python, and SQL
- Tableau expertise
- R, Python, SQL
- Project management
- Process mapping
- Microsoft Office Suite
Languages
- R
- Stata
- Python
- SQL
Timeline
Management Consultant
Carnegie Mellon University
01.2025 - 05.2025
Consulting Capstone Team Leader
Carnegie Mellon University
08.2024 - 12.2024
Research Assistant
Carnegie Mellon University
01.2024 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Behavioral Economics
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Arts - Decision Science
Carnegie Mellon University