RANDY K. LAO
Do you feel like you’re falling behind in the data science revolution? I solve this.
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door" - Milton Berle
Focused. High-energy. Motivated.
College graduate with a strong computer science background and experience in exploratory data analysis, machine learning, and statistics. Passionate about learning new topics in data science, visualizing data, and doing research. I like sharing valuable insights and making an impact that helps others learn through code, visualizations, and narratives. Frequent competitor at Kaggle competitions.
I'm always open for discussions, so feel free to ask any questions or concerns. I will do the same!
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AREAS OF PRACTICE
DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGY
Skilled in using data, analysis and a flare for storytelling to influence the decision making process towards strategies that deliver value.
FEATURIZATION & MODELLING
Collaborate with domain experts and apply their knowledge on data featurization & machine learning model development delivering more relevant results and conclusions quickly.
ANALYSIS & ALGORITHMS
Discover patterns, formulate and test hypotheses, translate results into strategies which drive growth resulting in increased revenues and customer satisfaction.
DATA STORYTELLING
Experienced in presenting in an accessible way to executive-level stakeholders and colleagues alike to gain their support for data-driven initiatives and strategies.
SKILLS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MACHINE LEARNING
Classification, Clustering, Feature Engineering, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Random Forests, K-Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, Gradient Boosting Machine
STATISTICAL METHODS
Hypothesis Testing, ANOVA, Confidence Interval, Regression Analysis, Dimensionality Reduction
DATA ANALYSIS & VISUALIZATION
Analysis Libraries: pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, xgboost
Visualizations: Tablaeu, Matplotlib, Seaborn
PROGRAMMING
Python, R, Java, SQL
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PROJECTS
MACHINE LEARNING & DATA ANALYSIS PROJECTS
Reasons Why Employees Quit | Human Resources Analytics
• Employee Turnover Prediction: The challenge was to determine the factors affecting employee turnover on a simulated company using various exploratory data analysis techniques and statistical testing. Implemented logistic regression, random forest, decision tree, and gradient boosting machine models for predictions.
• Deduced from extensive data mining that employee satisfaction, average monthly hours, and project count were leading factors in turnover.
Housing Price Prediction | Advanced Regression Techniques
• House Pricing Prediction: Imputed data according to the distribution of graphs. Applied a correlation matrix to test for high feature collinearity. Used Boruta/RandomForest package for feature importance and Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM) for predictive modeling.
• Platform - Kaggle - Rank - Leaderboard - Top 20% across the globe.
Titanic Survival Prediction | Machine Learning From Disaster
• Survival Prediction: Analyzed survival ratio of people who were in titanic. Applied feature engineering, data imputation, data exploration, R programming, and machine learning classification algorithm to predict which passengers survived the tragedy.
• Platform - Kaggle - Rank - Leaderboard - Top 10% across the globe.
My Blog
Read up.
Machine Learning | What's Inside the Box
August 16, 2017
Just like opening a box of chocolates, you shouldn't be afraid of knowing what is inside a #machinelearning algorithm. They're harmless, trust me.
Life of Data | Data Science is OSEMN
August 16, 2017
Believe it or not, you are no different than Data. Put yourself into data's shoes and you'll see why. Understanding the general concept on what the data science pipeline is like is crucial to manage a data science based project. This article will give you a high-level overview on how this "life cycle" works.
the quote.
"Don't be afraid of being different. Be afraid of being the same as everyone else."
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
California State University - Long Beach
September 2012 - May 2017
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
JOB EXPERIENCE
Affiliated Physicians IPA
Data Analytics Teacher Assistant
November 2017 - Present
Teacher Assistant for the Data Analytics and Visualization Bootcamp at University of Southern California
Claims Assistant
June 2015-August 2017
• Trained 3 new hires to use the MSO claim software
• Reviewed over 300 claims for quality and compliance.
• Provided excellent customer support.
CONTACT
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