732-995-3638

Elyse Grossman elysegrossman@gmail.com

91 Fox Chase Court Freehold, NJ

Junior at The Pennsylvania State University double majoring in Information Sciences and Technology, and
Economics. Looking for a career where I can further develop my skills and knowledge in data sciences,
econometrics, and machine learning. I am also looking forward to effectually contributing to a team within the
workforce.

Education
The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences and Technology (Integration and Application) Expected May 2018
GPA: 3.8
Paterno Fellow/Schreyer Scholar Spring 2016 Present
Deans List Fall 2014 Present

Experience
The Penn State Economics Department (Funded by Bates White LLC) University Park, PA
Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2016 Present
- Working with Dr. Michael Gechter on two existing research projects dealing with development economics in India
- Using machine learning and satellite imagery to learn about the attributes surrounding slums
- Crawling websites to find data on the fertilizer market in India
Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI
Information Technology Intern May 2016 August 2016
- Worked with the Information Architecture team to enhance Big Data profiling capabilities
- Created QlikView dashboards, and templates for future use by the IA team and other architecture teams within Ford
- Increased data analytics efficiency by creating enterprise-wide data dictionary standards
- Eliminated data commonality and fragmentation

Leadership and Activities

Captain on THON Finance (Commonwealth Campus Liaison) Fall 2016 Spring 2017
Responsible for the coordination and collection of all funds raised by each of the 23 Commonwealth Campuses
Communicating with individual chairs at each campus, and keeping track of their progress towards the total
Depositing all money raised by commonwealth campuses
Working with a team of captains to be sure that all of THONs total is accounted for and deposited in an organized fashion
Committee Member on THON Finance Fall 2014 Spring 2016
Developed a passion towards fighting pediatric cancer
Worked tirelessly batching checks, counting and raising money for the kids
Member of Springfield (a special interest organization to raise money for THON) Fall 2014 Present
Connected to a support community for the THON Four Diamonds families
Raising money in creative and effective ways

Skills
- Data visualization: Qlikview, Tableau - Basic statistics and calculus foundations
- Data manipulation: Stata, RStudio, Alteryx - Basic programming: Java, C++, R, Python, SQL