Rebecca Badner
Multilingual gregarious data scientist experienced in international education with a passion for Natural Language Processing, Python and predictive modeling
Experience
International educator turned data scientist,
bridging my analytics experience with my love for language
Walgreens Co.
Speech Science Analyst
Jan 2019 - present
Responsibilities
- Produce daily analytics reporting for various IVR applications using PowerBI and Tableau interfaces
- Data science projects for the natural language interactive voice response(IVR) systems for inbound calls
- Implement statistical language models, computational frameworks to process data using Python
- Analyze, tune, and optimize performance of speech recognition applications and develop speech grammars
- Work with Voice User Interface (VUI) designers and engineers to improve customer experience of IVR applications.
- Helped launch the new natural language application for all of Walgreens inbound calls, approximately ~47 million calls per year, including collecting and analyzing feedback from customers across the country
mcgarrybowen
Associate Data Analyst, Strategic Planning
May - August 2018
Responsibilities
- Interpret, document and present/communicate analytical results from Google and Adobe Analytics to multiple business disciplines, providing conclusions and recommendations based on customer-centric data
- Take analytical objectives and define data requirements for internal data projects. Extract, clean and transform large scale client data for the purposes of analysis, segmentation and reporting.
PAX-Program of Academic Exchange
Regional Support Specialist
June 2016 - August 2017
Responsibilities
- Build and maintained tracking spreadsheets to monitor the SEVIS paperwork for both J-1 and F-1 students
- Monitor supervision issues for over 300 students per year, ensuring emotional and social success in American schools and homes
Update and maintain records for U.S. Department of State J-1 Student Exchange programs, such as the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) and Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES)
Promoted to Regional Support Specialist after six months (hired as Team Assistant from June-December 2016)
Sprintax
Customer Insight & Data Analyst
June 2016 - October 2016
Responsibilities
- Analyze international student reports for patterns of behavior and reactions to the system to enhance customer experience
- Transform qualitative data into quantitative analysis of international student behavior
- Create reports on 7,500 entires of non-resident tax data from over 130 countries
- Build spreadsheets and charts to present information to universities in all 50 states, top clients including Ivy League Universities such as Cornell, Columbia, Stamford and University of Pennsylvania
- Work independently and remotely
LicenseLogix, LLC
Research Analyst
Sept 2015 - June 2016
Responsibilities
- Created and managed research database of over 650 businesses and over 1,000 international jurisdictions
- Facilitated research partnerships with a variety of businesses, as go - to employee for phone communications
- Given expanded responsibility in client relations, clients including Walmart, CVS Pharmacy, and Francesca's Clothing
- Conducted multiple high priority senior level research projects
- Wrote training manual for incoming research analysts after my research methods proved to be the most effective.
- Mentor, train and advise new research analysts on analytical procedures
French Morning
Market Research Analyst
Oct 2015 – June 2016
Responsibilities
- Launch market research analysis for Americans wishing to attend university abroad, requiring inquiries to European partners and international education research facilities
- Create and manage spreadsheets for freelance writers, seasonal programs and research projects
- Hire a team of international interns and freelance writers (based primarily in France)
- Expand social media presence of English Edition of French expatriate magazine
Teaching Assistantship Program in France (TAPIF)
English Teaching Assistant
Oct 2014 – May 2015
Responsibilities
- Acted as cultural attaché for American culture in France
- Planned and led ESL classes and organized group activities for over 200 French high school students, exploring American culture, history and relevant vernacular
- Managed student attendance database of over 200 students
Skills
Coding Languages
- Python
- SQL (mySQL)
- Git
- HTML
Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing (vaderSentiment, spacy, nltk, etc.)
- Predictive modeling (regression and classification, supervised and unsupervised) - webscraping (BeautifulSoup, XML)
Software
- Google Analytics Certified
- Tableau
- CrimsonHexagon
- NetBase
- Adobe Analytics
Microsoft Office Suite
Proficient in Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, etc.
French
Level C1
Italian
Level B2/C1
German
Level B1
Spanish
Level A2
Education & Training
General Assembly - Data Science Immersive
November 2017 - February 2018
The program covers skills including: Git, SQL, UNIX, Python, machine learning, data modeling techniques. Exploring the differences between supervised and unsupervised machine learning through the application of various modeling techniques such as classification, regression, and clustering. Create reproducible presentations and reports and use data visualization tools to present your findings to key stakeholders.
https://generalassemb.ly/education/data-science-immersive
IES Abroad
Semester Abroad- Siena
August - December 2012
Courses on art, history and sociology conducted in Italian while residing with an Italian family. Attained internship with the international office of student affairs at the local university. Participated actively in the local ERASMUS program and related cultural activities.
University of Rochester
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
2014
Crafted a multi disciplinary curriculum focusing on a minor in statistics and mathematics, international exchange and culture, including courses from international relations, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and French, German and Italian languages.
Projects
Projects designed, created and led
GitHub Portfolio (Data Science)
Data science portfolio of projects
Projects conducted while at the Data Science Immersive course at General Assembly. Projects include data science, predictive modeling, structured and unstructured data modeling, exploratory data analysis(EDA). Projects conducted using SQL and Python 2.7 (including packages such as numpy, scipy, pandas, sklearn).
Licensure Compliance
Built Database
License Research Packet Database, created for organizing and storing licensure information for all incoming clients beginning in December 2015. Includes state, county and local level licensing for all 50 states and parts of Canada in a variety of industries including pharmacies, IT, construction, trucking, restaurants/cafes, etc.
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