Hi, I am Connor

Connor Putnam

Data Analyst and Statistics Instructor

I am passionate for learning new things about the world around me through data. I enjoy working on visualizations as well as modeling projects.

Communication
Teamwork
Adaptability
Organized
Fast Learner
Problem Solving

Skills

Experiences

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Instructor
Oregon State University

December 2022 - Present, Remote

A large Public University located in the Pacfic Northwest.

Responsibilities:
  • Teach students statistics fundamentals
  • Communicate with students to make sure individual needs are being met
  • Hold office hours and maintain a gradebook
  • Answer student questions and address student concerns

Data Analyst II
IXIS Digital

Februray 2022 - September 2022, Remote

Web analystics consulting.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage and analyzed data from internet tagging.
  • Built and automated reports using R and PowerPoint.
  • Pulled in data through APIs using SQL and AWS.
  • Performed customer requested analyses in Adobe Analytics as well as R.
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Data Analyst II
ADM Associates

April 2021 - Februray 2022, Remote

An energy research and evaluation company.

Responsibilities:
  • Managed and analyzed large data sets.
  • Performed inital EDA and data cleaning.
  • Built energy models with a focus in home energy and renewables.
  • Organized work and deadlines with coworkers.

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Oregon State University

September 2019 - March 2021, Corvallis, Oregon

A large Public University located in the Pacfic Northwest.

Responsibilities:
  • Conducted labs for serval courses, covering undergraduate topics in statistical methods and R programming
  • Held office hours and maintained a gradebook
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Data Analyst Intern
EVmatch

September 2020 - Janurary 2021, Remote

EVmatch is a peer to peer electric car charging platform.

Responsibilities:
  • Identified and analyzed data sets to inform product development.
  • Developed data-driven customer engagement tools.
  • Performed statistical analyses to identify customer characteristics.
  • Created several static as well as dynamic visualizations.

Math Educator
Santa Cruz City Schools

August 2017 - Jun 2019, Scotts Valley, California

Public school system loctaed in the Bay Area.

Responsibilities:
  • Maintained a productive classroom work environment
  • Taught high school level Algebra and Geometry
  • Maintained a gradebook
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Bank Teller
Chase

October 2016 - Jun 2017, Oakland, California

Nationwide customer bank

Responsibilities:
  • Customer service.
  • Managed several hundred thousands dollars as a time.
  • Operated and maintained an ATM.

Education

M.S. Statistics
Taken Courses
  • Data Visualization
  • Probability, Computation, and Simulation
  • Data Science Tools & Programming
  • Linear Models
  • Generalized Linear Models (GLM)
  • Experimental Design
  • Statistical Theory
  • Methods of Big Data
  • Time Series
  • Sampling Methods
  • Statistical Consulting
B.A. Economics
Taken Courses
  • Calculus
  • Analysis of Economic Data
  • Intermidate Mirco & Macro Economics
  • Financial Economics
B.A. History
Taken Courses
  • Various Courses in European and Middle Eastern History

Projects

Election Analysis and Visualization
Election Analysis and Visualization
Creater April 2020 - June 2020

This project breaks down the 2017 French Presidential election by economics and voting results. The project has been deployed as a shiny app. The visualizations were done utilizing the ggplot2 package and the data was wrangled using the R programming language

Star
Using Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression to Model the Number of Bombs Dropped in WW2
Using Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression to Model the Number of Bombs Dropped in WW2
Creator September 2020 - December 2020

Data was sourced from Kaggle.com and it contains thousands of observations of single bombing missions between May 15, 1940 - May 2, 1945. The purpose of the project was to explore count regression models that accurate explain the data.

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Capturing Insights from Charging Data
Capturing Insights from Charging Data
Creater September 2020 - January 2021

This project involved writing API calls from EV chargers and using SQL commands to access company databases in order to acquire the desired customer data. Once this data was acquired various visualizations and calculations using R were made and presented in a dynamic report that can be used to inform decision making company wide.

Georgia  Senate Runoff Simulation
Georgia Senate Runoff Simulation
Creater September 2020 - January 2021

The goal of this project is to simulate and obtain probabilities for the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Election between incumbent Republican Senator David Purdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff.

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Modeling the 2019 UK Parliamentary Election using Random Forests
Modeling the 2019 UK Parliamentary Election using Random Forests
Creater March 2021 - June 2021

The goal of this project is to accurately model the results the United Kingdom Parliamentary General Election that took place on December 12th, 2019.

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Demand Response Modeling using Regressions and Propensity Score Matching
Demand Response Modeling using Regressions and Propensity Score Matching
Creater April 2021 - February 2020

Conducted Demand Response analyses for several power utility companies across the country. Focusing mostly on home smart thermostat programs. Goal being to optimize energy usage during peak times to maximize financial saving and energy grid management.

E-Bike Mapping
E-Bike Mapping
Creater April 2021 - February 2020

A California based unities provided data that tracked a group of E-bike users during there daily rides. My role in the project was to create visualizations that mapped out where the user went and then cross reference this with potential variables that might influence movement. Such as weather or time of day.

Automating Client Reporting
Automating Client Reporting
Creater April 2022 - August 2022

Took an outdated manually made reporting system and automated it. Did so by moving data to cloud-based storage systems such as AWS and Google Sheets. Write code that was robust to future needs and created a new monthly PowerPoint in minutes. Then every month made a presentation regarding the finding in the report to a major international car company.

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