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Amelia Helland, M.S.

Amelia Helland, M.S.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Solutions Engineering at Sigma Computing

  • Education

    • Uplimit

      2023 - 2023
      Analytics Engineering with dbt

    • Master-Level Course by PropertyQuants: Applying Data Science and Machine Learning to Real Estate

      2020 - 2020

      • Practiced web scraping, price indexation, automated valuation, forecasting, clustering.• Produced visualizations and statistical analyses using geographic real estate data in QGIS.

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      2022 - 2022
      Data Science and Machine Learning Certification Course Exceptional

    • Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics

      2017 - 2019
      Master's degree Management Information Systems, General

      While in full-time coursework, I held several part-time jobs to pay for living expenses.

    • University of California, Davis

      2011 - 2016
      Bachelor of Science Statistics

      Activities and Societies: Associated Students at University of California Davis (ASUCD) While taking full-time coursework:• Graded homework for statistics classes.• Took class notes for the Student Disability Center.• Pursued independent studies in the Department of Statistics: survey design with Dr. Chris Drake, combination forecasting with Dr. Alex Aue, machine learning with Dr. Xiaodong Li.• Initiated group studies of fundamental statistical learning concepts with Dr. Erin Melcon.• Helped create video learning materials for a Linear Algebra e-book by Dr.… Show more While taking full-time coursework:• Graded homework for statistics classes.• Took class notes for the Student Disability Center.• Pursued independent studies in the Department of Statistics: survey design with Dr. Chris Drake, combination forecasting with Dr. Alex Aue, machine learning with Dr. Xiaodong Li.• Initiated group studies of fundamental statistical learning concepts with Dr. Erin Melcon.• Helped create video learning materials for a Linear Algebra e-book by Dr. David Cherney.After graduation, I took a graduate-level Introduction to Statistical Programming course with Dr. Thomas Lee through UCD Extension. In this course, I applied the following statistical algorithms in R: Newton Raphson, Fisher Scoring, Monte Carlo testing, genetic algorithms, Expectation Maximization, kernel density estimation, inverse transform simulations, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, permutation testing, Metropolis-Hastings, least-squares, bootstrapping. Show less

  • Experience

    • Associated Students of UC Davis

      Mar 2014 - Mar 2015
      Senator

      - Spearheaded data-driven decision making by designing and conducting a popular campus-wide stakeholder survey to inform budget allocations.- Collaborated with campus leaders to establish policies, processes, and resources that support the survivors of Sexual Violence / Sexual Assault.- Coordinated with campus administrators to develop sustainable Sexual Violence / Sexual Assault awareness and prevention programs.- Deliberated and voted upon legislation, some personally authored, to improve quality of life for all students.- Supervised operations and planning of three business units: KDVS, Whole Earth Festival, and the Bike Barn. Show less

    • University of California, Davis

      Mar 2014 - Sept 2014
      Research Aide

      - Entered post-graduate survey data into SPSS after completing the CITI ethical research training.- Distributed a campus-wide survey to gauge awareness of ASUCD and understand budget priorities; wrote compelling emails / subject lines to gain 80+% response rate.

    • Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics

      Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
      Graduate Teaching Assistant

      - Created Hands-On Labs and quizzes for graduate course: Forecasting for Analytical Decision Making.

    • TenantBase

      Jul 2019 - Jun 2021
      Data Scientist

      - Gathered, prepared, researched, modeled, and visualized data for knowledge discovery and product development.- Productionized a matching model (in Python) for a recommended buildings carousel that boosted site click through rates by 10+%.- Developed a price estimation system to increase transparency for commercial lease searches and negotiations.- Automated live demand reporting, in a Python/Django/React stack, to help brokers gauge tenant interest.- Delivered visuals and written analyses to justify or explain model design, results, and impact to the company.- Made Looker projects to support analytics and inform engineers, managers, executives, investors accurately.- Led a Journal Club; regularly proposed and presented new papers to review; facilitated group discussions.- Proactively organized virtual team-building activities during the pandemic to improve company morale. Show less

    • SoterOne Inc

      Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
      Data Researcher

      - Researched a privacy-protected federated learning model with features from multiple data owners.- Produced marketing material around understanding blockchain technologies and their applications.

    • Sigma Computing

      Jul 2022 - now

      - Provided white-glove support for customers solving analytical problems and troubleshooting technical issues, maintaining a customer satisfaction score of 4.88/5 over 3500+ chats.- Led cross-functional projects to improve resources for customers and internal engineering teams.- Collaborated with engineering, content, and education teams as a subject-matter expert for customer trends, product friction, and technical topics like embedding; delivered analyses and written material.- Created workbooks and conditionally scheduled exports to support the infrastructure of cross-functional initiatives such as TSE shadowing; raised awareness of such programs internally.- Established and led a weekly Community content release schedule and marketing program to drive Community site traffic; increased monthly pageviews by 11X over the year-long duration of the series.- Wrote technical function documentation and Community articles on how to do things in Sigma. Show less

      • Associate Solutions Engineer

        Apr 2024 - now

      • Technical Support Engineer

        Jul 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Amelia Helland, M.S.
      Departmental Citation for Outstanding Service UC Davis Statistics Department May 2016 This award is granted to senior students who have made considerable contributions to the Department of Statistics or its students.
    • Awarded to Amelia Helland, M.S.
      Honorable Mention - National Young Woman of Distinction 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Aug 2012 Thanks in part to the Kappa Delta Sorority, Girl Scouts of the USA selected five Young Women of Distinction Honorable Mentions to be among the finalists for the Young Women of Distinction title, for demonstrating exceptional leadership through each of their Gold Award projects.
    • Awarded to Amelia Helland, M.S.
      Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony Award University of Rochester May 2010 • Demonstrated commitment to understanding and addressing difficult social issues• Leadership and dedication to community action• Strong grades in rigorous courses taken in the humanities and social sciences

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Troop Leader

      Issued by Girl Scouts of the USA on Aug 2014
      Girl Scouts of the USAAssociated with Amelia Helland, M.S.

    • External Affairs Commission member

      Issued by Associated Students at the University of California, Davis on Mar 2012
      Associated Students at the University of California, DavisAssociated with Amelia Helland, M.S.