Matthew Bobea PHD Student, Researcher, Data Analytics Specialist and Project Manager. 10 years of experience in Fintech with a M.S. from The University of Liverpool and a B.S. from New York University. Certified in: ITIL, PMP, and Six Sigma - Green Belt. Contact me

Education:

University of Liverpool | M.S. Business Analytics | GPA: 3.5/4.00 | May 2021

New York University - Tandon School of Engineering| B.S. Business and Technology Management (Concentration: Finance) | Dec 2010

Research:

Bobea et al. “Can We Apply Traditional Forecasting Models to Predicting Bitcoin?” – in process with Financial Innovations

• Researched model optimization strategies regarding cryptocurrency.
• Forecasted Bitcoin prices using Logistic Regression, ARIMA, and R programming.

Shinyu, Bobea, Shu. “Predicting Opinion Targets for Comments Involving Interactive Entities in Chinese Microblogs – in process with Expert Systems with Applications

• Developed new methods for enhancing text mining algorithms through cluster analysis and machine learning

Experience:

IT Project Manager, New York City - School Construction Authority, USA | Jan 2019 – Jun 2019

• Managed the implementation of cyber security software (Splunk, Veracode, ect.. ) company wide
• Project managed the updating of the following IT infrastructure services: windows servers, network firewall, content servers, and more
• Managed ad-hoc IT projects upon request

Carrier Relations Analyst, Mitel (previously Shoretel), USA | Mar 2013 – Dec 2017

• Establish relationships with vendors while negotiating product rates.
• Conducted data analysis while creating and distributing reports through Tableau on our product KPI’s, Gross Profit Margins, sales, and project statuses.
• Built financial models in Excel for profitability analysis on cost savings projects.

Cost Assurance & Pricing Analyst, MetTel, USA | May 2011 – Mar 2013

• Perform GPM evaluations and profitability analysis while constructing pricing documents for sales managers and businesses
• Automated the cost assurance process reducing the cycle time and resource cost by 70%
• Created cost reports and recovered lost capital

Programing:

Python: used for simple data analysis and simple application programming

SQL Programming: 2 years’ experience using SQL Server/ My SQL including: joins, aggregates, and C.R.U.D.

R Programming: 1-year experience including: regression, social network analysis, clustering, and data modeling

HTML+CSS: used to develop this website

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