Teddy Lu

Experience

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  Connexus

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Affiliate Marketing Intern

  - Persuaded 10-15 merchants to accept our company into their affiliate marketing program after initial rejection

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  VideoLantern

  Aug 2008 - Aug 2008

  Digital Media Intern

  - Utilized emerging technologies to decrease video file upload times by 85-90%- Collected, compared, and analyzed video-upload time data across various leading online video portals- Researched content companies and created a list of potential clients for client acquisition

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  New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU)

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Foreign Teacher

  - Independently developed classroom curriculums and activities for 4 intensive 8-day English-language and cultural immersion camps- Led and directed over 50 middle-school students to publicly perform various cultural activities in the English language- Successfully re-recruited former students to enroll in additional school programs

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  Cornell University

  Sept 2009 - May 2010

  Student Attendant

  - Attention to detail; adaptable to change; media cart runs and newspaper in-processing- Provided patron assistance

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  Alternatives Federal Credit Union

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2010

  Tax Preparer

  - Assisted clients in recovering an average of $1,850 in tax refunds for every hour worked

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  Heights Real Estate Company

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

  Manager's Assistant

  - Applied financial modeling techniques to analyze the financial viability of a potential property acquisition and development project - Created 2 property investment plan/proposal reports containing real estate valuation and pro forma financial and investment analysis (including NOI returns, cash flow projections, internal rate of return, and net present value/discounted cash flow)- Researched real estate market, economic, and demographic information via brokers, appraisal reports, and online real estate servicesKey Achievements:- Increased commercial and residential prospect leads by 60% and 50% respectively through effective marketing management - Contributed to an increase of about 21% in signed commercial leases for the calendar year 2011- Helped to reduce company New York City residential unit vacancies by about 60% in a span of 9 months- Utilized search engine optimization (SEO) to bump the company website to #1 and a company product website to top 10 on Google’s search listingsOther Key Tasks:- Coordinated and managed 2 property development projects worth over $1,000,000, including ground-up commercial construction- Analyzed and negotiated over 10 vendor and client deals- Engaged in extensive external oral and written interactions with prospects, clients, brokers, vendors, attorneys, and media personnel Show less

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  Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA)

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2017

  Executive Property Market Analyst

  - Monitored and identified trends in Singapore’s economy and retail & office property markets, providing regular market assessment updates to senior management - Developed and utilized demand forecast models of retail and office space to guide the supply of state land released via the semi-annual Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme- Collaborated with external departments to study land allocation policies needed to meet Singapore's long-term commercial space requirements under the Concept Plan- Provided in-depth ad-hoc analyses of the retail and office property markets to aid in land-use planning and policy decisions- Delivered presentations to policymakers on retail property market trends to facilitate decision making on economic policy issues- Managed initiatives and collaborated with various government agencies to publicly release more comprehensive information on the retail and office property markets for the benefit of the public, in particular businesses and investors- Conducted international benchmarking studies on macroeconomic & commercial property market trends in other jurisdictions- Monitored and provided regular updates to senior management on new residential project launches to analyze trends in the Singapore private housing market and developer performance Show less

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  JLL

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2024

  Asia Pacific Regional Research:• *new proj*: Forecast real estate market indicators using time series analysis methods in R & Eviews• *new proj*: Build interactive dashboards and data visualizations using R Shiny and Power BI (see link for example: https://ted-dsre.shinyapps.io/port/ )• *new proj*: Partake in data science / machine learning projects using R• Created innovative research tools, such as IRR attribution analysis tool & total returns index currency conversion formula for database building• Explored & propagated best practices in statistical analysis, data analytics, and data visualizations as part of the Global Data & Analytics Hub, to boost capabilities of JLL research teams globally• Authored various macroeconomic & property market overviews and research outputs for quarterly reporting, ad-hoc thought-leadership publications, client consultancies and research blogs• Ensured data integrity & quality across proprietary real estate data platform through meticulous auditing of data files• Managed loading, validation, and publication of property market indicator data across multiple property sectors and markets in the Asia Pacific region for quarterly reporting• Goals moving forward: incorporate greater usage of techniques in data science, geospatial analysis, time series analysis & forecastingGlobal Office Leasing Research:• Produced and published the Global Premium Office Rent Tracker reports, which benchmarks the rental costs of premium office space in 100 markets & submarkets around the globe across 6 continents• Enhanced data collection & tracking process, resulting in increased output accuracy and time efficiencies• Improved data quality, methodology, and output reporting, enabling more robust cross-market and cross-regional comparisons• Built dashboard using the R Shiny tool to summarize and visualize data from JLL's Global Premium Office Rent Tracker report (from the year 2016 to present); see link: https://ted-dsre.shinyapps.io/port/ Show less Global Office Leasing Research:- Produced and published the Global Premium Office Rent Tracker reports, which benchmarks the rental costs of premium office space in major markets around the globe- Enhanced and managed the Demand Tracker Tool, which tracks how various economic industry sectors impact office space demand globally- Assisted US research team in delivering ad-hoc global consultancy study on rental premiums on on-transit commercial properties to a major US-based publicly-listed investor client- Created and maintained JLL's global track record of landlord rep agency leasing projects Asia Pacific Research:- Assisted the Asia-Pacific regional research team in producing financial modeling and analysis on regional flexible office space market trends- Ran correlation analyses on market sentiment data against realized market movements to evaluate feasibility of using sentiment data as forecast tool- Coordinated the alignment of economic industry categories between regional research and leasing teams based on the Standard Industrial Classification systemLocal Singapore Research:- Maintained the Pre-Leasing Analysis database tool to help the Singapore local leasing team track pre-leasing activity in Singapore's new major office buildingsMisc:- Premium Office Building Specifications- Research White Papers Show less

  • Senior Manager, Data Science Innovation Team (Research)

    Oct 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Senior Manager, Asia Pacific Regional Research, Global Office Leasing Group

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2024

  • Research Analyst, Global Office Leasing Group

    Mar 2017 - Jun 2019
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  CBRE

  May 2024 - now

  Associate Director, APAC Capital Markets Research

  - produce regular & ad-hoc analysis and reports relating to latest market trends impacting commercial real estate- generate & auto-translate lists of headlines on current events pertaining to economic and commercial real estate news across multiple regional languages using programming