MICHAEL J MCLAUGHLIN

Address Contact
Pittsburgh, PA 15237 michael.mclaughlin17@gmail.com
http://michaeljamesmclaughlin.weebly.com (717) 515 - 0712
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljamesmclaughlin

WORK EXPERIENCE
PNC Financial Services, Pittsburgh, PA
Balance Sheet Specialist, ALM Finance - Data Science 2018-Present
• Prototype new analytics tools and data models relating to defaults and prepayments for balance sheet
management resulting in improved assumptions for forecasting
• Designed browser-based automated statistical modeling tool that stores results in database and initiated
development of statistical testing and computational functionality in Python on a unix server
• Managed team of three computer science students prototyping full stack (Python, SQL, JavaScript) modeling
tool
• Developed and maintained BlackRock Net Income forecasting model
• Perform ad-hoc quantitative analysis
Balance Sheet Associate, ALM Finance 2016-2018
• Managed change management and performance monitoring of PPNR models for implementation, controls, and
reporting purposes
• Owned several econometrics forecasting models including: Asset Management, Overdraft, Merchant Services,
and Brokerage Fees

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

Graduate Assistant 2014-2016
• Researched generation of multivariate data from non-normal distributions
• Assisted professors with course design and implementation

Air Force Research Laboratory, RIE-A Branch, Rome, NY

Image Processing Researcher Summer 2015
• Conducted research in the areas of Deep Learning, Metric Validation, and Image Registration
• Compared numerous image fusion methods in search of wavelet alternatives
• Analyzed fusion methods using factor effects modeling
• Explored novel transformation methods for post-process aerial image registration
• Presented research at conferences and for the Air Force branch Chief, Colonel, and Technology Advisor

EDUCATION
Master of Science, Applied Mathematics GPA: 3.9/4.0
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Indiana, PA Graduation Date: May, 2016

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Physics Minor

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA Graduation Date: May, 2012

RELEVANT CLASS EXPERIENCE

• Programmed the Rayleigh-Ritz method for estimating eigenpairs of symmetric Hermitian matrices
• Conducted machine learning research training classifiers for breast cancer relapse
• Collaborated on numerical simulations of sinusoidal undulation swimming models
• Simulated rocket launch that calculated course correction with randomized weather conditions
• Generated Fourier Series coefficients for a given piecewise continuous function and bounds
• Used cubic spline interpolation for data fitting and Gaussian quadrature for numerical integration
PUBLICATIONS
NAECON 2015, Sponsored by IEEE, June 16-19, Dayton, OH:
Using ROC Curves and AUC to Evaluate Performance of No-Reference Image Fusion Metrics
Bandelet Denoising in Image Processing
SPIE DSS 2015, April 21-24, Baltimore MD:
Information Fusion Performance Evaluation for Motion Imagery Data using Mutual Information
AIPR 2014, Sponsored by IEEE, October 14-16, Washington DC:
Modified Deconvolution using Wavelet Image Fusion
Multi-Resolution Deblurring
Medical Image Segmentation using Multi-Scale and Super-Resolution Method Extension of No-Reference Deblurring
Methods through Image Fusion

CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

Passed CFA Level I Exam
Certified completion of D-WAVE Quantum Computing Workshop
Voted Team Captain of Gettysburg College Tennis Team, 2012

SKILLS
Mathematics: Linear and Multiple Linear Regression, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling and
Simulation, Wavelets, Time Series Analysis, Operations Research, Real Analysis, Differential Equations,
Discrete Fluid Dynamics with Numerical Simulation, Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Linear and
Abstract Algebra, Statistics Distributions, and Logic.
Programming Languages: Python, R, Matlab/Octave, SAS, Bash, ToQ, Mathematica
Software: Microsoft Office, SQL, Git, Unix, LaTeX, SharePoint, Arena Simulation, ExpertFit, GeoGebra