Christopher Waylon Tham

1914 Murray Ave, Apt. 33, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

chriswt91@gmail.com | (412) 230-7979

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

CARNEGIE MELLON
UNIVERSITY

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE | AIR OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

B.SC DECISION SCIENCE

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MINOR
Aug 2012 - May 2016
Pittsburgh, PA
Cum. GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Dean's List with (High) Honors
(All Semesters)
Odyssey Program

ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL
(INDEPENDENT)
INT'L BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2009
39 / 45 | Singapore

COURSEWORK
UNDERGRADUATE
Finance
Accounting
Statistical Methods
Computing (Python)
Mathematical Finance
Behavioral Economics
Modern Data Management (SQL)
Data Mining & Business Analytics (R)
Decision Analysis & Decision
Support Systems (TA)

SKILLS
PROGRAMMING
R
Python
SQL (SSMS and SQLite)
LATEX
Familiarity with:
Other DBMSs (e.g. PostgreSQL)

SOFTWARE
Excel
Microsoft Suite
MiniTab
Qualtrics
SPSS
Tableau

LANGUAGES
English
Chinese (Mandarin)

Mar 2010 - Jan 2012 | Singapore

Manage ops room, handled ight planning, diplomatic clearances, ight routing,
& operational planning for 122 SQN (all C-130 operations in the RSAF)
Innovated technological processes to streamline ight planning & pilot tracking
Participated in joint operations with the Royal Australian Air Force (Exercise
Wombat in May - July 2011, Richmond, Australia), ASEAN joint forces (Exercise
Bersama Lima), and Humanitarian Disaster Relief in the immediate aftermath
of Christchurch earthquakes (Operation Swift Lion)

CMU SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY LAB | RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA
Used SPSS to analyze and manage experiment database
Used MindWare software (HRV, IMP, BPV) to manage and analyze
physiological data for coding

CMU DECISION ANALYSIS & DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS |

TEACHING ASSISTANT
Jan 2016 - May 2016 | Pittsburgh, PA
Helped teach course on decision analytics tools (including nancial analysis,
decision trees, genetic algorithms, queueing and simulation models in Excel)

INTERESTS AND PROJECTS

TARTAN DATA SCIENCE CUP EP. 1
NYC CitiBike Dataset
Worked in a team of 3 for a Kaggle-like Data Analytics hackathon
Conducted geo-density mapping, kernel regression, and API querying using R,
Python, and JS to recommend new bike stations.
Github Gist: j.mp/tdsc1 | Datasets, graphics, & scripts available upon request

OPTIMIZATION OF CMU TEPPER QUAD PARKING STRUCTURE

Decision Analysis & Decision Support Systems
In a team of 4, ran CBA on new Tepper Quad in CMU, including simulation of
demand, admissions growth, & hypothetical nancing structure to conduct
sensitivity analysis and optimization of parking permit rates.

POKER
Online and Live No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha
7bb/100 winrate online at NL50-400 over 700,000 hands (2011 - 2013)
Skills: bankroll management, range & equity analysis, game theory optimality
using decision tree software (crEV)

DAILY FANTASY SPORTS

DFS Projection and Optimization Projects
Currently working on a combined machine-learning algorithm for NBA
projections and knapsack optimization in R using granular play-by-play datasets
Github Gist: j.mp/dfsnba1
Completed Excel BPL projection algorithm & handicapping model, VBA macros
to automate data scraping & portfolio optimization