Wen-Ling (Jade) Ku
Data Science Consultant at Carlson Analytics Lab- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Carlson Analytics Lab
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United States
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Science Consultant
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Jul 2022 - Present
Client: Top US Health Insurance Company • Improved client's original model accuracy by 10% through developing tree-based classification models using Python on 1.6M claims records, successfully identifying an increased 25% of patients at risk for Long COVID • Identified 7 critical risk factors for Long COVID and provided recommendation for members through ETL on 2M+ claims data in SQL and Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in Python, contributing to a 15% reduction in related healthcare costs Client: Leading Global Educational Testing Organization - Root Cause Analysis • Performed linear regression and clustering analysis on 3M+ records to uncover drivers of academic testing performance disparities via Python, and provided actionable insights to enhance candidate retention rates • Designed interactive Tableau dashboards for dynamic data exploration and enabled cross collaboration across jurisdictions in different geographical regions Client: Second Harvest Heartland - Data Mining and Exploratory Data Analysis • Identified an additional 30% in donation sources through predictive analytics and machine learning, which guided data-driven decision making and business strategy • Provided recommendations to business stakeholders on the media channels and resources with the biggest opportunities to attract more donations by defining and monitoring KPIs within a Tableau dashboard Side Projects • Feature engineered 800+ variables and developed LightGBM classification model to capture more than 85% of default on the loan • Estimated effect of sponsored search ads on website traffic; Measured 245% increase of ROI in sponsored ads over the organic ads by implementing difference-in-differences technique • Identified high-value fliers based on 1M+ flight records by clustering customers into 3 distinct groups using K-prototype; Presented actionable next steps targeting high-value fliers through a Tableau dashboard Show less
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Cathay Securities Investment Trust 國泰投信
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Taiwan
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Analyst
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Jun 2019 - Jun 2020
• Built weekly reports for the Sales team that captured key performance metrics of investments using SQL and Python • Reduced manual efforts by 85% through automating report generation and optimizing complex queries using SQL and R • Identified 20+ equities, bonds and funds with stable and high return over a 10-year period using statistical analysis, leading to a ~5% increase in return within 6 months • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to formulate product strategies for new and existing funds, resulting in $3 million in sales opportunities and a 40% increase in assets under management (AUM) • Defined key opportunities for investment funding by analyzing 90K+ customer demographic and behavior data in R and executing data mining to identify market trends and investor needs, generating $3M in revenue and 5% YOY increase in sales Show less
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Jupiter Asset Management
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United Kingdom
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Investment Management
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Analyst
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Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
• Reduced 80% processing time by revamping performance dashboards for 2k+ funds using Bloomberg and Tableau • Enhanced data quality of research reports on East-Asian companies by designing and creating data quality rules to detect data inconsistencies, errors and outliers • Reduced 80% processing time by revamping performance dashboards for 2k+ funds using Bloomberg and Tableau • Enhanced data quality of research reports on East-Asian companies by designing and creating data quality rules to detect data inconsistencies, errors and outliers
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Shanghai Futures Exchange
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Analyst
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Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
• Streamlined reports via data automation and dashboards to ensure transparency of daily commodity transactions • Integrated pricing matrices consistent with real-time commodity values to mitigate risk of transaction anomalies • Streamlined reports via data automation and dashboards to ensure transparency of daily commodity transactions • Integrated pricing matrices consistent with real-time commodity values to mitigate risk of transaction anomalies
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
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China
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Corporate Banking Analyst
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Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
• Audited financial reports and performed risk assessment for 10+ commercial loans • Generated credit reports by analyzing clients' financial performance • Audited financial reports and performed risk assessment for 10+ commercial loans • Generated credit reports by analyzing clients' financial performance
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Education
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University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
Master of Science - MS, Business Analytics -
King's College London
Master of Science - MS, Finance (Asset Pricing) -
National Chengchi University
Bachelor's degree, Economics