Katherine Stout

Experience

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  University of Toronto, physiology department

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2008

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Independently worked on a research project• Develop lab techniques such as PCR, RNA extracts, DSRNA and CDNA synthesis• Analyzed large Data sets using excel

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  University of Georgia, Cellular Biology department

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Laboratory Technician

  - Designed experiments and analyzed data sets using statistical concepts such as Regression, T-Test, and ANOVA- Managed lab supplies and equipment and trained new staff members on molecular biology lab techniques- Recipient of the National Science Foundation Grant for independent research project (totaling $7,000)

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  Art in Tanzania

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2012

  Zanzibar Branch Manager and Project Coordinator

  •Managed up to 29 foreign volunteers and 5 local staff•Developed and implemented community programs (library system, sports program, nursery school, drug prevention program, and nutrition education)•Only expatriate manager; responsible for bridging cultural gaps between locals and foreign volunteers•Created a University of Toronto Internship program in Zanzibar establishing a Math Competition and teacher training

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  The Winchendon School

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  Math and Science Teacher/ Dorm Parent/ Hockey Coach

  Precalculus and Chemistry course coordinator/ teacher * Responsible for ordering and managing all department science equipment. * Effectively communicated expectations to parents and students as well as addressed their concerns as they arose. * Worked independently to design courses as well as with other faculty for interdisciplinary projects and topics.Dorm parent of 16 girls * Facilitated team building, managed group study sessions, and ensured compliance with health and safety requirements.Founder and Head JV Girls Hockey Coach * Identified need, developed a proposal, obtained approval, and implemented a new program. * Independently organized and executed practices as well as worked with other coaches to meet the needs of the school. Show less

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  IMG Academy

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

  Math Teacher

  -Designed and delivered a variety of Math courses (Topics included: regression, linear programming, optimization, matrix algebra, hypothesis testing, financial mathematics, and sports analytics)-Improved the school’s AP Calculus pass rate by 42%-Develop strong customer service skills to meet expectations of elite clientele (Tuition $65,000-$85,000/ year)

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  TD

  Jul 2017 - Oct 2021

  - Manages a multi-city Data Science Team- Founding member of Canadian Personal Banking Analytics Montreal Team- Established TD's enterprise partnership with University of Montreal/ IVADO to facility collaborative analytics research projects- Develop strategic training plan & sessions for 250+ TD Employees to facility the move to the new Hadoop Analytics platform- Optimized the current scheduling model for the TD Branch Network in Canada (pyspark, hadoop, hive) and established the first model to estimate wait times in our branches. - Managed a team that applied Text Analytics to employee notes to understand the impact of COVID on frontline staff and customers. - Effectively able to engage with various stake holders (business, data engineering, technology, privacy, legal, compliance, and risk partners) during the model development life cycle to deliver an end-to-end solution.- Effectively able to engage with various stake holders (business, data engineering, technology, privacy, legal, compliance, and risk partners) during the model development life cycle to deliver an end-to-end solution.- Experience presenting technical models and results to CEO and other senior executive team-members to drive strategic decision making. - TD Quarterly Bravo Award winner (2020) Show less - Built an NLP and machine learning model project to understand customer complaints at scale, starting from data acquisition to deployment of the model (python/ tableau)- Built an model to detect customers at risk for scams using machine learning anomaly detection methods saving customers ~$8MM/ year in fraudulent transactions. (pyspark, Hadoop, hive)- Managed a Customer journey analysis to understand the impacts of the problem resolution team (python, SQL)- TD Spring into Analytics 2018 Finalist- 2019 Quarterly Bravo Award Winner Show less Rotation 2: Fraud Analytics - Established and executed repeatable procedures for integrating negative intelligence into current fraud prevention investigation frameworks . - Built a graph database (Neo4j) to perform network analysis on relationships within fraudulent email money transfer and TD customers and staff. Resulted in identifying high risk staff members and customers and escalated for investigation and interviews.- Data acquisition, feature engineering , clustering for outbound check fraud model; predicted to save 1.5MM/ year Show less

  • Sr. Manager Advance Analytics (US Data & Analytics)

    Dec 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Data Science Manager (Canadian Personal Banking)

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Data Science Manager (Canadian Personal Banking)

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Data Science Rotational Associate - Data Science Operations

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Data Science Rotational Associate - Fraud Analytics

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Data Science Rotational Associate - Enterprise Analytics

    Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
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  Red Ventures

  Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Head of Data Science for Media and Commerce

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Staff Data Scientist

    Oct 2021 - Aug 2022
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  Mastercard

  Aug 2023 - now

  Director of AI Governance