Alec Howard
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Credentials
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Bystander CPR/AED/First Aid
Santa Cruz County EMS AgencyOct, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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NZXT, Inc.
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United States
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Computer Hardware Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Lead Analytics Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Present
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Data Scientist
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Jan 2020 - Apr 2022
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Business Intelligence Specialist
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Apr 2019 - Jan 2020
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Beyond the Summit
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Engineer
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Jul 2018 - Jul 2020
The overall goal of this role is to increase the company's insight into their data so that team leaders can make more informed business decisions as well as help prove the company's value to third party clients. To do this, the role has taken on many responsibilities, some of which are highlighted below: - Handle and optimize past, present, and future company data - Build pipelines to create a better system of collecting data - Increase granular insight into event statistics (i.e. viewership data by the minute) and find other statistics that can be used to prove value to sponsors/partners - Support and provide meaningful data for departments across the company, with an emphasis on sales as they need and use data on a regular basis - Increase accuracy of collected metrics and recognize/highlight areas of growth, stagnation, and decline - Maintain company’s already existing data tools and look for opportunities to create more pipelines to reduce company costs in several forms, such as manual labor and direct cash Show less
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Genentech
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Business System Analyst
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Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
Manage company’s Master Data Management system, analyzing data with SQL and Python and improving data quality with Informatica. Build tools to help improve company efficiency, such as a Python script that automates extracting and importing data to Google Sheets. Work with various team members to help recommend company paths to take, using packages like pandas and scikit learn. Help create and manage team’s Github page, helping to preserve SQL and Python code. Manage company’s Master Data Management system, analyzing data with SQL and Python and improving data quality with Informatica. Build tools to help improve company efficiency, such as a Python script that automates extracting and importing data to Google Sheets. Work with various team members to help recommend company paths to take, using packages like pandas and scikit learn. Help create and manage team’s Github page, helping to preserve SQL and Python code.
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General Assembly
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Science Graduate
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Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Completed daily labs and weekly projects that consisted of the following: - Scraped, cleaned, and munged data using tools like Scrapy, XPath, MySQL, and Pandas. - Built and applied machine learning algorithms such as Logistic Regression, kNN Classifier, and Random Forest. - Created visualizations of data/models with Tableau, Seaborn, and Matplotlib. - Learned basics of big data ranging from AWS to Spark and Hadoop. Completed daily labs and weekly projects that consisted of the following: - Scraped, cleaned, and munged data using tools like Scrapy, XPath, MySQL, and Pandas. - Built and applied machine learning algorithms such as Logistic Regression, kNN Classifier, and Random Forest. - Created visualizations of data/models with Tableau, Seaborn, and Matplotlib. - Learned basics of big data ranging from AWS to Spark and Hadoop.
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Hearthlytics
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San Francisco Bay Area
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General Manager
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Jul 2015 - Jun 2016
Provided statistical analysis tools to help the Hearthlytics team perform better at tournaments. Supported players and team to gain exposure in the scene. Promoted brand across various avenues. Provided statistical analysis tools to help the Hearthlytics team perform better at tournaments. Supported players and team to gain exposure in the scene. Promoted brand across various avenues.
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Discovia
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Search Analyst
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Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Interviewed with consulting department to understand how best to use search tool in order to assist clients. Used SQL based search tool to gather, clean, and analyze data in order to make recommendations to the client on how to move forward. Interviewed with consulting department to understand how best to use search tool in order to assist clients. Used SQL based search tool to gather, clean, and analyze data in order to make recommendations to the client on how to move forward.
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Mathematics tutor
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
Introduced numerous strategies to students, such as test preparation and study habits, which improved student test scores by an average of 10 percent. Introduced numerous strategies to students, such as test preparation and study habits, which improved student test scores by an average of 10 percent.
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KZSC Santa Cruz
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Station Manager
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
Managed over 100 staff members, ranging from new students to veteran community members. Oversaw Executive Committee and held meetings with Governing Board members. Promoted station by organizing and holding community events both on and off campus. Maintained and helped grow presence on social media.
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Loud Rock Director
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Jun 2011 - Dec 2013
Maintained public relations with record labels, artist, and promoters in loud rock. Interviewed and published said interviews with artists on various loud rock websites. Promoted new releases and upcoming events/concerts.
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Resident Assistant
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Maintaining the safety and security of the individuals nestled in the relevant community is the overall goal of a Resident Assistant. This is accomplished in a number of ways, from walking around the college with a coworker while noting what we see, to taking disciplinary actions if a certain situation calls for it. In addition to this, Resident Assistants meet weekly with the Coordinator for Residential Education to brainstorm ideas on how to improve the living of those in the community. Maintaining the safety and security of the individuals nestled in the relevant community is the overall goal of a Resident Assistant. This is accomplished in a number of ways, from walking around the college with a coworker while noting what we see, to taking disciplinary actions if a certain situation calls for it. In addition to this, Resident Assistants meet weekly with the Coordinator for Residential Education to brainstorm ideas on how to improve the living of those in the community.
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Education
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General Assembly
Data Science -
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics -
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology