SUMMARY
Organizational Change and Leadership | Author | Data/People Analyst | EdTech | GTM | Learning and Development | Operations | Researcher | Storytelling | Strategic Partnerships | 2x Co-founder
Process-oriented analyst with a background in Python, SQL, and Tableau. Experienced in research and utilizing data to furnish analytics, insights, and business intelligence. Skilled at data exploration and presenting visualizations for technical and non-technical audiences. Currently, seeking Data Analytics opportunities as a Data/People Analyst.
SKILLS
Languages: Python (Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-Learn) SQL
Data Collection: CSV, JSON, Web-Scraping
Data Visualization: Excel, Matplot Lib, Plotly, Power BI, Tableau
Business: People/Project Management, Operations, Research, Strategy
CERTIFICATIONS
Springboard, Data Analytics Certification (Industry-leading, Intensive, 400 hours Data Analytics Course) – 2020 - 2022
CareerFoundry, Full-Stack Web Development Immersion Certification – 2019 - 2020
PROJECTS
People Analytics Case Study – Proposed strategies to decrease attrition through training and compensation
• Used Adaboostclassifier; Decision-Tree Classifier; Logistic Regression; Random-Forest Generator; Seaborn; Sklearn to analyze employee satisfaction, tenure, and performance
Global PISA Scores – Benchmarked top-nations as a basis for increasing global equity and education standards • Univariate data analysis of 2012 OECD PISA rankings with visualizations (executive, technical and non-technical)
RECENT BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Head of Career Services, October 2023 - June 2024 Coding Temple | Remote to Chicago, Illinois
Stabilized; rebuilt and expanded the Careers’ Organization.
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In 2023, coached Xplus students land gainful jobs in Technology-roles with an average salary increase of $70K.
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In 2024, coached Yplus students land gainful jobs in Technology-roles with an average salary increase of $59K.
In parallel, my responsibilities also involved (list not all-inclusive) -
Managing / recruiting a team of part and full-time Behavioral / Technical Coaches and Reverse-Recruiters focused on providing world-class, end-to-end, Career Services and Support.
Planning and organizing Partnership Management, e.g., Google and Fireside Chats (Alumni-spotlight talks sharing their successful transitions into Tech-fields);
Example, Course Report, “9 AI Tools to Use in Your Tech Job Search in 2024”- https://t.ly/H2AGp
Creating customized course content;
Community-building; and,
Curating customized and targeted job-leads.
Career Coach, September 2022 – October 2023 Mimo | Remote to Vienna, Austria and internationally
• Global leader in technical learning design and implementation with over a decade of experience (including my tenure in Higher Education). • Plan, lead, and administer digital educational opportunities within the global technology and innovation space. • Draft and implement complex, data-based learning systems in an environment of continuous improvement.
Working 100%-remotely incorporating research and my international and professional expertise - Career Services provided range from conceptualizing and crafting, individualized, career narratives to systematic job-search strategies and planning for successfully completing a career transition into tech-related roles.
Brought on to establish the firm’s Career Services organization -
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Devised and built a holistic Career Change Guide for (early-career) end-to-end or modular (mid-career onward), post-Front End Web Development bootcamp, job-search readiness.
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Delivered ongoing support for Mimo’s, worldwide, learning-community with group webinars and 1:1 Career Coaching Calls, etc.
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Mimo's graduates have accepted a range of opportunities from established firms to Start-up organizations across the globe.
(Germany) App Magazine’s 2022 App of the Year.
Career Coach, January 2021 – March 2025 CareerFoundry | Remote to Berlin, Germany and internationally
Career coach for UI/UX design, Web Development, and Data Analytics/Science students.
Duties include –
• Partner with students to create customized job search plans and strategies (concept to job-acceptance) • Advise an international student roster in a variety of time zones around the world
Career Note: Executive roles, e.g., Manager., Sr. Manager., Director, VP, in Silicon Valley Mar. 2000 – Dec. 2011
PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor March 2018 – March 2021 Temple University Japan | Tokyo, Japan
Worked with undergraduate students (on-campus/virtually); courses included business, communication, creativity, critical thinking, and presentation and academic research. Guest lectured at Hosei University (in Tokyo).
• Developed and executed education strategy by adapting curriculum to implement applied-based pedagogical frameworks—encouraged students to embrace shift in thinking from Confucian thinking to Socratic questioning
Career Note: Held various Assistant Professor positions in South Korea and Vietnam Mar. 2011 – Dec. 2017
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Change and Leadership | University of Southern California
Dissertation: Access, Agency and Ascent: A Case Study of How South Korean Students Navigate Their Educational Choices for Advancing Their Career Development
Coursework (included): Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Human Resources Management, Organizational Change, Crisis Management and Leadership, Systems Analysis
Master of Arts, Teaching | University of Southern California
Analytical, Organizational Change and Leadership | Guiding resourceful humans with integrity and strategic-management | Lifelong Learner
Colleagues would describe me as a curious, dedicated, empathetic, team-player or individual contributor with an optimistic and proactive drive to face any challenge head-on. Currently, seeking a gainful, 100%-remote role with a global company in any of these areas a) People Analytics; b) Human Resources Management; c) Data Analytics.
As a lifelong learner, my passion is creating greater accessibility and inclusion through decentralization across cultures and diverse communities – committed to being and celebrating 'resourceful humans' by embracing a leader-servant mindset embodied in mentorship to address and solve real-world challenges.
𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏;
The technology phase of my career began with an interview ending with "Can you start tomorrow?" from a visionary who thereafter become a mentor.
𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔;
A deep-appreciation for receiving mentorship and demonstrated business expertise spawned a parallel career track manifested in a passion higher education and life-long learning; specifically, the importance of fostering 'resourceful humans' versus traditional, e.g., topdown, people-management.
𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒
𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 –
• Writing my dissertation illuminated data science's practicality in research; the importance of coding and sparked my current career transition including up-skilling in Data Analytics
• Completed an Ed.D. Organizational Change and Leadership, an MA in Teaching, and an MBA in International Business
• 10+ years teaching students and developing curriculum for undergraduate and graduate-level business, entrepreneurship, and communications courses
𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 –
• Generated millions of dollars in revenue by expanding IT companies' products/services across America; the EU and Asia-Pacific
• Co-founded a mobile phone application company - concept to commercialization - including raising $5 million in Venture Capital
• Set-up; trained and hired a Back Office staff of 50 in Hyderabad, India