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YAWO EKLOU

Charlotte,NC

Summary

Recent Master's graduate with a strong foundation in quantitative analytics and model validation. Skilled in providing leadership, governance, and oversight for climate-related economic, loss, balance, and revenue forecasting. Proficient in quantitative techniques, including logistic regression, time series modeling, machine learning, and hazard modeling. Well-versed in programming with SAS, Python, and R. Adept at engaging diverse stakeholders and ensuring compliance with model risk management policies and regulatory guidance. Eager to contribute expertise and reduce model risk while adhering to industry best practices.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

NLP Data Scientist

Data Glacier, Inc.
07.2023 - Current
  • Develop and implement NLP algorithms and models to extract insights from large-scale semi-unstructured text data of more than 30000 records using Python.
  • Collaborate with team of 3 NLP interns and mentors to preprocess and analyze diverse text datasets, fostering collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.
  • Conduct experiments to fine-tune and optimize NLP models, continually evaluating their performance against industry-standard metrics.
  • Create comprehensive documentation and detailed reports on progress and findings of NLP projects, ensuring knowledge transfer and transparency.
  • Perform Business analysis on large-scale messy dataset of more than 10000000 records.

Summer Math Teacher/Counselor

Transformation Educational Services, Inc.
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • Designed and executed engaging and interactive math curriculum for diverse group of 15 campers, ranging from elementary to high school age.
  • Utilized creative and hands-on teaching methods to make math concepts accessible and enjoyable, ensuring that campers developed positive attitude towards mathematics.
  • Served as mentor and counselor, helping campers navigate challenges and providing guidance on building problem-solving skills and boosting self-confidence.
  • Organized math-related games, contests, and projects to make learning fun and exciting, promoting active participation and teamwork among campers.

Quantitative Analytics Intern

Wells Fargo
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Gained hands-on experience in advanced data analytics and Python programming, contributing to enhancement of existing models and strategies.
  • Collaborated closely with senior quantitative analytic specialists to conduct in-depth research on model performance calibration.
  • Utilized Python to analyze large datasets of more than 30.000 records, including comprehensive mortgage dataset, to identify patterns and areas for improvement.
  • Conducted extensive data preprocessing to ensure data quality and consistency, contributing to more accurate model calibration.
  • Gained valuable insights into mortgage risk modeling, mortgage-backed securities, and financial analytics.

Data Science Intern

Data Glacier, Inc.
07.2022 - 08.2022
  • Gained hands-on experience with both cloud-based and web application development, expanding skills in full-stack data science and cloud computing
  • Implemented big data analysis and data modeling using Python
  • Developed and deployed ML models in Cloud and Flask App
  • Created data visualization graphics, translating complex data sets into comprehensive visual representations.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends in complex data sets of more than 10000000 records using supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science And Business Analytics

University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
08.2023

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
12.2020

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Science And Mathematics

Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC
12.2018

Skills

  • Data Engineering
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Stochastic Modeling
  • Model Optimization
  • Model Simulation
  • Business Analytics
  • Machine Learning Algorithm
  • Deep Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Statistics
  • Data Analytics and Visualization
  • Python
  • SAS
  • R
  • STATA
  • SQL
  • MATLAB
  • Java
  • C
  • C
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • NoSQL
  • Hadoop
  • Spark
  • Pandas
  • Linux/ Unix OS
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Excel

Timeline

NLP Data Scientist

Data Glacier, Inc.
07.2023 - Current

Summer Math Teacher/Counselor

Transformation Educational Services, Inc.
07.2023 - 08.2023

Quantitative Analytics Intern

Wells Fargo
10.2022 - 03.2023

Data Science Intern

Data Glacier, Inc.
07.2022 - 08.2022

Master of Science - Data Science And Business Analytics

University of North Carolina At Charlotte

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of North Carolina At Charlotte

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Science And Mathematics

Central Piedmont Community College
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