Yichen Wang

Reliable Manager demonstrating high level of ownership and initiative. Possessing exceptional work ethic and desire to go above and beyond to exceed company expectations. Offering knack for building productive working relationships. Successful in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, managing goals and team development. History of thriving in team-oriented environments.

• Ittonken Restaurant Financial & Operations Performance Analysis, Independent-work Excel Project, Champaign, IL, January 2026 - December 2026(expected), Working on this project independently, Clean and analyze 9,000+ Ittonken POS transactions, consolidating transaction-level records into daily and monthly performance metrics., Maintain an Excel financial model combining actual sales data with clearly labeled estimated costs to calculate COGS, gross margin, prime cost, operating profit, and operating margin., Develop a dynamic dashboard to track revenue trends, average order value, weekday performance, and monthly profitability, supporting data-driven staffing and cost-control decisions., Update the analysis monthly through December 2026 to produce a full-year assessment of the restaurant's financial and operational performance., Strengthen practical skills in data cleaning, financial analysis, Excel modeling, and translating operational data into actionable business insights., View project
• Data Dive Project(Illinois Data Science club), Team manager, Champaign, IL, September 2024 - December 2024, Led and coordinated a student team developing a housing rental recommendation and price-analysis project using a dataset of 200,000+ observations., Organized team responsibilities, monitored project progress, and helped integrate individual members work into a cohesive final analysis., Responsible for collecting and cleaning data, make first draft of code and help finalized, Learned to apply Random Forest and Linear Regression models to predict rental prices and evaluate the importance of housing characteristics., Interpreted model results and worked with team members to translate technical findings into understandable conclusions about rental-market patterns., Presented the teams findings at a campus-wide event, gaining experience in team leadership, quantitative analysis, project coordination, and communicating analytical results to a broader audience., Presented findings at a campus-wide event. (Github Link to project)
• Econ 302 James Scholar Honor Project, Student participant, Champaign, IL, September 2024 - November 2024, Completed an independent honors project under the supervision of Professor Dilanni, applying intermediate microeconomic theory to contemporary economic issues., Analyzed four topicsoil supply, price controls, diminishing returns, and AI specializationby connecting economic models and concepts to real-world examples., Evaluated how economic incentives, resource constraints, and market forces influence decisions and outcomes across different scenarios., Produced a final written analysis synthesizing economic theory with real-world evidence and clearly communicating the reasoning behind each conclusion., Strengthened skills in economic analysis, evidence-based reasoning, independent research, and written communication.