Actuarial Analyst

June 2019 - present

Medicaid (with a sprinkle of Medicare) centered actuarial analysis with tasks including:

- Preparing detailed health claims revenue Excel reports∗Creating, maintaining, and deriving actionable insights from Excel-based reserving models for health insurance plans

- Assisting in the creation of Medicaid capitation rates via projects surrounding the completion of California states’ Rate Development Template

- Developing prices for health claims under the MS-DRG structure

- Assisting in successful completion of miscellaneous data-driven consultations by health insurance plans

Specific achievements include:

- Developed SAS software which imports and analyzes 834, 820, and 837 claims file types from theirraw form

- Implemented office-wide project management tools via Microsoft Teams

Mathematics Faculty/Data Science Consultant

Aug. 2018 - Present

Instructor of record for Grand Canyon University’s MAT144 and MAT154 in both online and in-person modalities. On top of this, I constructed GCU’s upcoming courses in advanced probability and regression analysis as part of their M.S program in data science.

Mathematics Faculty

Aug. 2017 - Present

Instructor of record for a variety of courses at Mesa Community College including trigonometry, calculus, and algebra. Emphasis was placed on adult learning strategies and practical/personal use mathematics.

Software Intern

Summer 2017

Conduct literature survey of modern target tracking methods to design and implement an optimal radar tracking software for a speci fic military application in accordance with Massachusett Institute of Technology: LL’s goal of national defense . Language of use was MATLAB with application to C++.

Mathematics Teaching Associate

Aug. 2015 - May 2018

Instructor of record for engineering calculus, grader for upper division mathematics courses, and recitation leader for other various undergraduate courses while earning my graduate degree in mathematics. One-on-one tutoring as well as classroom instruction was often required as well as software language instruction in MATLAB, R, and SAS.


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Education

M.A Applied and Computational Mathematics (2015 - 2018) 

Advanced training in numerical PDEs, approximation theory, and scientific computing. Adviser: Dr. Rodrigo Platte

B.S Mathematics (2012 - 2015) 


Actuarial Credentials

Exam P (Probability): Passed Nov. 2019

Exam FM (Financial Mathematics): Passed Apr. 2021

Exam SRM (Statistics for Risk Modeling): Passed Jan. 2022

Exam PA (Predictive Analytics): Passed Oct. 2022


Books I have Enjoyed More or Less Recently

  • See You Again in Pyongyang - Travis Jeppesen

  • Naked Statistics - Charles Wheelan

  • Artemis - Andy Weir

  • How to American: An Immigrants’ Guide to Dissapointing Your Parents - Jimmy O’Yang

  • Churchill: A Walk with Destiny - Andrew Roberts

  • Ten Great Ideas about Chance - Persi Diaconis & Brian Skyrms

  • The Spy and the Traitor - Ben MacIntyre

  • Infinite - Jeremy Robinson

  • Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal - Ben MacIntyre

  • Napoleon: A Life - Andrew Roberts

  • A Guide to the Good Life - William Irvine

  • Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World - Matt Parker

  • How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie

  • Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • Exhalation: Stories - Ted Chiang

  • The Storm of War - Andrew Roberts