Jing Yan

Experience

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  University of Maryland

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

  Research Assistant

  • Investigated the airborne transmission mode of influenza using a complex aerosol collector by sampling hundreds of human subjects on a multiyear $10M CDC funded study with an interdisciplinary team.• Collaborated with physicians and scientists, proposed database management plans and delivered various statistical supports to several disease transmission studies.• Ingested data from various data sources and developed data aggregation, integration and in-depth data analysis with R, SAS and SQL. Show less

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  FDA

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2016

  ORISE Fellow

  • Conducted mathematical investigation of deterministic and stochastic epidemic models.• Pioneered a deterministic risk assessment model using MATLAB to account for the influence of respiratory protective devices (RPDs) on the risk of airborne influenza infection.

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  NOVAVAX INC

  Sept 2016 - Feb 2017

  Statistician

  • Provided scientific and statistically-based input to support all pre-clinical functions including analytical development, upstream and downstream process development, scale-up, formulation, and manufacturing, from developing a robust analytical method to method validation, including technology transfer.

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  American Family Insurance

  May 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Built predictive models (e.g., XGBoost, Ensemble Models) to support business partner objectives.• Served as the statistical subject matter expert within the department and supported the design and analysis of experiments in consultation with various business areas Led the design of the new corporate test-and-learn analytics platform that allows multiple divisions to leverage techniques that definitively assess their customer and agent initiatives’ impacts on growth, retention, and financial results. The new and innovative infrastructure redesign saved American Family $1.3MM/year in licensing costs.

  • Data Scientist

    Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Sr.Statistical Analyst

    May 2017 - Nov 2018
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  Vanguard

  Jun 2019 - now

  • Work closely with business stakeholders to identify strategic data projects and apply data science modeling/causal inference techniques to achieve project deliverables.• Manage a portfolio of test-and-learn projects across the different business lines to measure the value of business interventions and deliver actionable solutions to improve financial performance and client satisfaction. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data analysts, data engineers, strategic analysts, product owners, and sales to investigate, design, and measure the strategic treatments to help reduce uncertainty in decision-making. Show less

  • Manager, Advanced Analytics & Data Science

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Experimentation Researcher/Senior Data scientist

    Jun 2019 - Sept 2022