Bob Chin

About Bob Chin

Results-oriented, data and analytics professional with a background in Finance, Capital Markets, Analytics and Enterprise Systems. An analytical thinker with strong, systematic problem solving skills adaptable to varying situations with a track record of creating innovative solutions and becoming embedded in designing, implementing and delivering value added benefits. Diversified experience includes business analysis, data analytics, risk management, project management, financial valuations and analysis. Master of Science graduate, in Data Science with a specialization in Analytics and Modeling.Projects Capstone Project: Home Credit Default Risk – Predicted creditworthiness of unbanked loan applicants. Trained and tuned classic parametric and non-parametric machine learning models including logistic regression, XGBoost, flexible discriminant analysis, k-NN, random forest, neural network, SVM, gradient boosting, and stacked ensemble. The winning model attained a ROC AUC of over 95%. This resulted in a reduction in the number of defaults by 60% and achieved a positive financial impact of $89 million. Estimated sales prices of homes in Ames, Iowa, based on attributes of the home and neighborhoods using multivariate regression. Developed a logistic regression model to predict which customer will default on a Home Equity Line of Credit. Predicted which insured vehicles would have a claim given attributes of the drivers and vehicles using logistic regression. Maximized charitable organization mailing campaign, adding to estimated profit, combining classification tree boosting and logistic regression. Entered Driven Data Competition to forecast a few years of weekly dengue fever counts in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Iquitos, Peru, given weekly historical weather attributes. Submission scored within the top 13% utilizing Time Series Analysis and Neural Network Autoregression.

Experience

1. Data Product Management Consultant

   Beacon Hill

   Dec 2024 — Present · US

   Contingent employee for the Capital Group

Education

• Northwestern University

  Master's degree, Data Science specialization in Analytics and Modeling

  2018

• Binghamton University School of Management

  Bachelor’s Degree, Business Management with concentration in Finance