Ellen Walsh

Ellen Walsh

Master’s of Business Analytics Student

University of California, San Diego

About Me

Ellen Walsh is a MSBA student at the University of California, San Diego with a background in marketing and strong interest in health and fitness. Through this program she has developed skills in SQL, R, Python, Tableau, and Microsoft to effectively collect, strategically analyze, visualize, report, and explain data. She is currently seeking a Business / Digital Analyst role.

Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Recommendation Systems
  • Earned Media
  • Data Visualization
  • Health, Wellness & Fitness

Education

  • MS in Business Analytics, 2020

    University of California, San Diego

  • BS in Marketing & Business Analytics, 2019

    University of Kansas

Skills

R

Statistics

Python

Certified Yoga Instructor

Microsoft Office

Shiny Dashboards

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

President & Co-Founder

Rady Data Collabortive

Nov 2019 – Present La Jolla, CA
The Rady Data Collaborative delivers value to both companies and students by facilitating industry projects. Our goal is to provide sustained and measurable impact on the San Diego business community through data-driven insights and collaboration, and simultaneously administering industry experience to Rady’s MSBA students.
 
 
 
 
 

Marketing & Operations Intern

The Advanced Technology Group

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 St. Louis, MO
Responsibilities Included:

  • Analyzed company-wide social media use via Bonfyre’s platform and enhanced engagement throughout the US
  • Created and executed a business plan to amplify the junior candidate pipeline
  • Conducted market research to visualize the company’s KPIs and retention rates compared to the industry
  • Performed lead generation, compiled potential leads, and presented them to the VP of Marketing, CEO, and Sales Reps
  • Compiled and prioritized information for the sitemap of ATG’s new website
 
 
 
 
 

Sales Support Intern

DST Systems

May 2017 – Aug 2017 Kansas City, MO
Responsibilities Included:

  • Edited RFPs sent in by new and returning clients for various products
  • Conducted research on young talent retention and presented to the Financial Services Department
  • “Team Lead” for the Intern Accountability Group training on agile fundamentals
  • Organized and routed the Sales Team’s accounts, leads, and opportunities in Salesforce
 
 
 
 
 

Writing Coach & Communication Specialist

University of Kansas Business School

Aug 2016 – May 2019 Lawrence, KS
I coached students on written assignments, both technical and non-technical, assigned through the KU Business School. I focused heavily on proper grammar, concise yet meaningful explanations, and clearly outlining only imperative information. I further developed and enhanced the writing skills of English as a second language (ESL) students. I helped both individuals and groups, on their reports and presentations.

Accomplish­ments

Extreme Gradient Boosting with XGBoost

Gradient boosting is currently one of the most popular techniques for efficient modeling of tabular datasets of all sizes. XGboost is a very fast, scalable implementation of gradient boosting, with models using XGBoost regularly winning online data science competitions and being used at scale across different industries.
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Building Dashboards with shinydashboard

Dashboards, a common data science deliverable, are pages that collate information, often tracking metrics from a live-updating data source. This course allows you to gain more expertise using shiny while learning to build and design these dynamic dashboards. In the process, you’ll pick up tips to optimize performance as well as best practices to create a visually appealing product.
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Projects

Textcraft

User-Defined Real Time Text Mining Automation Tool

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