Whoami

From Business to Data Science: During my bachelor thesis, I tried to carry out a data analysis independently for the first time. But I was completely overwhelmed and applied methods to my data that I knew violated model assumptions. This was what ignited the initial spark and motivated me to expand my toolbox. So I started attending more statistics courses during my master’s degree and got more and more insights into coding. Eventually, I started teaching myself how to code in Python in the summer of 2022. But I wanted more and so I changed my minor to Information Systems and decided to use my master thesis as an opportunity to learn about Machine Learning. Convinced that I wanted to improve my skills in statistics and machine learning, I applied for the Master of Data Science. A few months later I sat in a plane flying across the Atlantic…

Education

Master of Data Science (UBC)

(2023 - 2024)

  • Capstone Project: Develop a Machine Learning Pipeline to predict liquefaction of soil.
  • Key Topics: A/B Testing, Classification, Cloud Computing (AWS, Spark), Clustering, Data Visualization, Databases (SQL), Language Modelling (NLP), Neural Networks, Regression, Software Development (CI/CD, Unit Testing), Statistical Inference, Time Series & Temporal Models

Master of Arts in Business and Economics (UZH)

(2021 - 2023)

  • Thesis: Human activity recognition from warable sensor data using supervised machine learning
  • Exchange Semester: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark (spring 2022)
  • Key Courses: Digital Marketing, Interactive Data Visualization, IT Security, Network Science

Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics (UZH)

(2017 - 2021)

  • Thesis: Study the role of Machiavellian leaders on group performance
  • Exchange Year: University of Lincoln, England (spring 2020 - autumn 2021)
  • Key Courses: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Statistics

Work Experience

Intern Market Development (FinGuide, Zürich)

(July 2021 - August 2021)

During this internship I was responsible to conceptualize and implement an email marketing campaign. With the help of Google Analytics, I tracked the success of the campaign.

Graduate Skills Builder (University of Lincoln)

(February 2020 - April 2020)

This project was part of an extracurricular program to support students in the acquisition of industry experience. The goal of our project was to increase the effectiveness of a brewery’s marketing to acquire tenants for their pubs.

Intern Business Development (Bestag, Zürich)

(June 2019 - December 2019)

During this internship I was involved in building relationships with partners such as fiduciary and lawyers. I made contributions to social media and adapted documents and processed from French-speaking Switzerland to German-speaking Switzerland.

Hobbies and Interests

During my downtime, I am generally outside. My greatest passion are horses and I love to spend time at the stables. I also enjoy hiking, biking, and swimming as well as skiing in the winter.