Tingting Gao

1012 A, 310 E Springfield Ave ! Champaign, IL, 61820 ! (217) 550-2501 ! tgao6@illinois.edu
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Expected: May 2016
Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Computer Science; Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science Current GPA: 3.90
Coursework: System Programming, Introduction to Data Mining, Software Engineering I, Numeric Methods
Stanford University June 2014 August 2014
Certificate of Summer Intensive Studies in Computer Science
Coursework: Computer System and Organization, Compiler, Introduction to Database
WORK EXPERIENCE
Investing Channel Inc. New York, NY
Intern Database Analyst May 2014 June 2014
Preprocessed 1 million raw transaction data entries and implemented data model in MySQL database
Built a front-end application for company-wide use of querying the database
Used CashPro to manipulate and analyze financial data
University Residential Technology Service Champaign, IL
Computing Assistant August 2013 May 2014
Answered questions and taught new skills to computer users
Troubleshot and reported hardware and software problems
Kept the computer labs orderly and conducive for academic work
Deutsche Bank and Shanxi Securities Co. (Joint Venture) Beijing, China
Investment Banking Division Summer Analyst May 2013 August 2013
Collected, entered and cleansed financial data in Excel
Conducted company and industry research and wrote case analysis
Proofread IPO prospectus, clients annual reports and due diligence document
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Engineering Open House Urbana, IL
Project: The Micron: Accessibility through Ingenuity November 2013 April 2014
Construct an ultraportable robot distance camera to aid students with visual handicap
Design an interface to streamline the usage of the camera and modify its output to meet user requests
Utilize Pyserial library to communicate instructions with Arduino
Illinois Geometry Lab Urbana, IL
Research Topic: Randomness in the Partition Function (Professor: Scott David Ahlgren) August 2013 December 2013
Simulated partition functions and modeled the pattern of randomness using C++ and Mathematica
Built statistical model to measure the data and visualized the data in 3D animation
Presented research work at the Mathematics Research Conference and the Open House
LEADERSHIP
Actuarial Science Club Urbana, IL
Webmaster May 2014 - Present
Design and maintain club website with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Develop an iOS application for club event updates and club communications
Organized and facilitated company presentations and social events
Illinois Leadership Center Urbana, IL
Facilitator April 2013 Decemeber 2013
Coordinated and organized workshops of 100+ participants
Led discussion and facilitated activities in a group of 10 participants
The Mirror Foundation Chiang Rai, Thailand
Volunteer in Teaching Program June 2013
! Planned and taught lessons at local elementary schools
! Tutored the monks at temples and took care of children at hospitals