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About Me

Hi! I'm currently a consultant with McKinsey & Co, specializing in Operations, Data Science, and Marketing and Sales. Avid about innovation, design, and data-driven decision-making, I'm open to talking about any opportunties or ideas.

  • Name: Bob Ni
  • Location: Baltimore, MD / DC Metro Area
  • Email: bobni94@gmail.com
  • Pronouns: He, Him, His

Education

2012-2016

Bachelor of Arts in Economics / Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Chicago

With Honors

Studied a variety of courses, including Machine Learning, Databases, Financial Economics, Public Finance, Computational Linguistics, Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms.

Student Activities: Chicago Society, Built @UChicago, Globemed, Doc Films

Experience

2016-Present

Specialist

McKinsey & Company

Developed inventory and distribution strategy to drive an uplift in sales potential at an international retailer, built demand forecasting model

Supported multi-year digital marketing and strategy plan at multinational clothing retailer, including coordinating technical and marketing teams, building and presenting comprehensive weekly status report to CMO and CEO, and building predictive customer models in SAS to reduce churn and promote favorable customer behavior.

Identified cost-cutting opportunities and developed implementation plan for savings at international parts distributor

Partnered with marketing leaders and stakeholders at state-owned enterprise to scale-up digital marketing and technological capabilities

Structured P&L model for merging companies in retail sector to forecast financial impact and synergies

Analyzed and advised on loyalty program strategy at an international diversified hospitality company to maximize program value creation

Promoted from Senior Analytics Fellow in 2019

2016

Analyst

Analytics Operations Engineering

Analytics Operations Engineering (or 'AOE') was a boutique consulting firm based in Boston. With over 20 years of experience in operations research, data science, and industry knowledge, the firm was acquired by McKinsey & Company in 2016.

2015

Summer Analyst

Goldman Sachs

Developed and back-tested quantitative models in pricing financial assets to minimize risk exposure of desk

Implemented mathematical and empirical strategies to automate hedging calculations using statistical models

Assessed new technological solutions for feasibility within the Securities Division to improve technological edge

2014

Technical Business Analyst Intern

Principal Financial Group

Translated business needs into technical requirements by facilitating communication between different business units and software development teams in order to design and develop new software solutions and applications in Agile

Analyzed data and organized information on new product development around user experience and sales generation

Awarded the 2014 Valued Internship Program Scholarship Award for contributions to the program and company

2014-2016

TA/Grader

University of Chicago

Evaluated submitted assignments and returned feedback for CMSC 15400: Introduction to Computer Systems, CMSC 12100: Computer Science with Applications, and CMSC 15100: Introduction to Computer Science

Skills

Python

Advanced

SQL

Advanced

Alteryx

Advanced

Git

Advanced

Excel

Advanced

Tableau

Advanced

Java

Proficient

R

Proficient

C

Proficient

Tableau

Proficient

SAS

Intermediate

Awards

2014

Intern Scholarship Winner

Principal Financial Group

Awared to two interns in each 100+ internship class to individuals who made significant contributions to team, company, and communtiy.

2014

College New Venture Challenge Semi-Finalist

University of Chicago

College-wide start-up pitch competition.