resume

Experience

  • 12/21 - Present
    Financial Institution Examiner
    Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services
    • Conduct in-depth analysis of financial performance, operational risks, and balance sheet trends for state-chartered banks, ranging from small community banks to complex multi-branch institutions
    • Deliver comprehensive, professional assessments of examination findings, synthesizing key insights to inform team decision-making and regulatory recommendations
    • Lead strategic discussions with bank management to address critical examination concerns and promote compliance improvements
  • 08/21 - 12/21
    Banking, Credit and Operational Risk Intern
    Federal Reserve Board
    • Selected to continue part-time work beyond initial summer internship timeline; extended through remainder of undergraduate education upon supervisor request
    • Constructed network maps using causal graphing methods and liquidity data to provide visual summary insights
    • Evaluated partner platforms and utilized SQL to extract market data for economic research
  • 05/21 - 08/21
    Banking, Credit and Operational Risk Summer Intern
    Federal Reserve Board
    • Developed and deployed an interactive R-Shiny web app, enhancing Federal Reserve Analysts' supervision of systemically important banking entities
    • Delivered a compelling R-Shiny case study to the Policy Analytics group, catalyzing wider adoption of the technology within the Division of Supervision and Regulation
    • Strengthened finance and data literacy through targeted workshops and events hosted by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • 10/20 - 05/21
    Strategic Support Associate
    Jackson National Life Insurance Company
    • Designed a process to generate weekly and monthly reports for escalated IT tickets
    • Performed analysis on the timeliness and effectiveness of IT solutions
    • Supported overall operations by completing daily work for the broker management business unit
  • 08/19 - 10/20
    Research Assistant
    National Science Foundations BEACON Center
    • Conducted neural network research under the supervision of Dr. Charles Ofria and graduate student Jose Guadalupe Hernandez
    • Collaborated with graduate students to create the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life workshop for the 2020 Artificial Life conference
    • Attended weekly lab meetings and presented the research I conducted to an audience with a diverse background
  • 05/19 - 08/19
    Summer Research Assistant
    Michigan State University Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
    • Collaborated with a team of graduate students under the supervision of Dr. Charles Ofria to produce high quality evolutionary computation research
    • Contributed to a publication in the Genetic Programming Theory and Practice Workshop XVII (2020) “Characterizing the Effects of Random Subsampling on Lexicase Selection”
    • Presented my research at the Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research (MID-SURE) at the end of my summer research experience in 2019

Education

  • 2021
    Bachelor of Arts, Finance
    Michigan State University
    • Cumulative GPA 3.81/4.00
    • Dean's List 7/7 Semesters

Pulbications & Presentations

  • Austin J. Ferguson, Jose Guadalupe Hernandez, Daniel Junghans, Alexander Lalejini, Emily Dolson, and Charles Ofria. “Characterizing the Effects of Random Subsampling on Lexicase Selection.” In Banzhaf W., Goodman E., Sheneman L., Trujillo L., Worzel B. (eds) Genetic Programming Theory and Practice XVII (2020).

Activities & Skills

  • MSU Student Investment Association, Co-Portfolio Manager (08/20 - 05/21)
  • Programming Languages
    - R
    - Python
    - SQL
  • Software
    - Microsoft Excel
    - Tableau
    - Power BI