Ethel Karskens

Ethel Karskens

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  • About me

    Data for Good | Product | Social Impact

  • Education

    • General Assembly Sydney

      2017 - 2018
      Data Science

      - Exploratory Analysis and Statistics with Python - Supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms - NLP, Network theories - Final project: predicting Ethereum's closing prices across different techniques (time-series, NLP, etc.)

    • Solvay Business School

      2012 - 2014
      Master's degree Applied Economics Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Vice-President of the Cercle du Libre Examen (interfaculty student association that organises debates and events about political and economic issues); Main Partner of Solvay Art Experience (project financed by the student association in business that gives access to photography and filming lessons for students); Student representative. Master Thesis “Network theories applied to Twitter” (High Honours). Wrote a script to extract data from Twitter API; applied network theories to a practical case and developed an econometric model that highlights how business content impacts social networks. Used Stata for analysis and Tableau for data visualisation.

    • University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

      2013 - 2013
      Senior Finance, IT & Entrepreneurship Distinction

      Exchange program

    • Solvay Business School

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree Applied Economics (Analysis) High distinction

      Activities and Societies: Student representative in 2009-2010; Cercle du Libre Examen delegate in 2012: Co-author of the academic paper “The Tablet computers Market”. Minor in Analysis. Student representative in 2009-2010, Cercle du Libre Examen delegate in 2012 (The student organisation aims to promote free examination of the established argument. It addresses society issues through conferences, debates and newsletters). My main interest during that year was ethics in economics and management, Co-author of the academic paper “The Tablet computers Market”. In charge of the model itself, which explained more than 90% of the prices and supported Apple’s premium pricing… Show more Student representative in 2009-2010, Cercle du Libre Examen delegate in 2012 (The student organisation aims to promote free examination of the established argument. It addresses society issues through conferences, debates and newsletters). My main interest during that year was ethics in economics and management, Co-author of the academic paper “The Tablet computers Market”. In charge of the model itself, which explained more than 90% of the prices and supported Apple’s premium pricing strategy.Minor in Analysis Show less

  • Experience

    • Civita

      Oct 2018 - now
      Founder

      Civita creates opportunities for collaborations between skilled volunteers and socially-driven organisations for innovative, data-centric and sustainable solutions.

    • General Assembly Australia

      Jun 2021 - now
      Lead Instructor
    • Clear Horizon Consulting

      Jul 2022 - now
      Data and Insights Lead
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ethel Karskens
      Laureate Prix du jeune écrivain de langue française Apr 2014 Known French literature award. The association is supported by more than eighty writers and personalities around the world and receives around 25,000 manuscripts annually.
    • Awarded to Ethel Karskens
      High Distinction Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management Jun 2012
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Sydney Community Founder and Lead

      Issued by Data for Democracy on Oct 2017
      Data for DemocracyAssociated with Ethel Karskens
    • Website support

      Issued by Home of Hope on Apr 2016
      Home of HopeAssociated with Ethel Karskens
    • Teacher

      Issued by Coins for Change on Mar 2016
      Coins for ChangeAssociated with Ethel Karskens
    • Data Analyst

      Issued by Women's & Girls'​ Emergency Centre (WAGEC) on Jul 2020
      Women's & Girls'​ Emergency Centre (WAGEC)Associated with Ethel Karskens
    • BI Consultant

      Issued by Australia for UNHCR on Aug 2017
      Australia for UNHCRAssociated with Ethel Karskens
    • BI Consultant

      Issued by Alliance Française de Sydney on Aug 2017
      Alliance Française de SydneyAssociated with Ethel Karskens