Overview
Work History
Education
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Owen Stefanko

Troy,NY

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Intern - Underwriting Department

NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE FUND
06.2024 - 06.2025
  • Assisted underwriters with daily tasks such as updating account information
  • Assisted customers by addressing issues with their workers' compensation policy
  • Analyzed and evaluated applications for workers' compensation insurance policies
  • Participated in a project filing insurance data into the claims system

Intern - Underwriting Department

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES
06.2023 - 09.2023
  • Assisted in evaluation of workers' compensation insurance policies to assess risk and determine appropriate coverage.
  • Conducted analysis of client financial data, identifying key risk factors for the underwriting team.
  • Contributed to the development of underwriting guidelines and procedures, streamlining processes and improving efficiency.
  • Participated in training sessions and workshops to enhance understanding of underwriting principles and industry regulations.

Student-Athlete, Team Captain, Graduate Student-Assistant Coach

NCAA DIVISION 1 MEN'S LACROSSE - LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Greenvale, USA
01.2020 - 12.2025
  • Team Captain for 2025 season
  • NEC Offensive Player of the week, March 2024
  • MAAC All-Academic Team
  • Spring 2022 NEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Mentor to underclassmen athletes

Education

MS - Data Analytics & Strategic Business Intelligence

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY - POST
12.2025

B.A. - Business Administration

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY - POST
05.2024

Capstone Projects

Predictive Modeling Project: Worked collaboratively with a project team to develop, test, and evaluate deep learning models (LSTM, GRU, Transformer) to forecast monthly product orders for Mansfield Plumbing by integrating macroeconomic data and key market indicators. Designed and built a Streamlit dashboard for data visualization and real-time forecast tracking, supporting efficient collaboration and the on-time delivery of insights for both technical and non-technical business stakeholders.

Stock Market Sentiment Analysis & Price Prediction: Developed a machine learning platform to predict short-term stock price movements by analyzing financial news and social media sentiment from sources like Twitter and Reddit. Integrated real-time sentiment data with historical stock data to train predictive models and presented a final report demonstrating the correlation between news sentiment and stock volatility for enhanced investment strategies.

Coursework

  • Data Science with R and Python
  • Data Management and Mining
  • Data-driven Decision-making and Business Intelligence
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Developing financial and economic literacy
  • Communication and strategic negotiation
  • Analysis, marketing and business law
  • Collaborative Team-Based Capstone Projects

Timeline

Intern - Underwriting Department

NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE FUND
06.2024 - 06.2025

Intern - Underwriting Department

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES
06.2023 - 09.2023

Student-Athlete, Team Captain, Graduate Student-Assistant Coach

NCAA DIVISION 1 MEN'S LACROSSE - LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
01.2020 - 12.2025

MS - Data Analytics & Strategic Business Intelligence

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY - POST

B.A. - Business Administration

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY - POST
Owen Stefanko