2022-Present

Annuity experience analysis

Website building and prototyping

Fraud detection modeling

2020-2021

In January of 2020 I decided to take some time away from work to focus on my health and well-being. By March it was clear that things would be different than I planned, though the pandemic created opportunities for me to contribute as a volunteer. My graduate school network helped connect me with a local research group building models of COVID-19 in order to inform public health recommendations. I was able to contribute to building the model and built an interactive website to make the models more accessible in discussion with stakeholders. I also volunteered with the US Digital Response, a group of technologists volunteering their time to help governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs.

2011-2020

After graduate school in ecology, returned to my actuarial roots as a consultant at Milliman. I performed traditional actuarial work like building financial projection models to support merger & acquisition transactions, and also leveraged the statistics and research skills I had learned in graduate school to help launch Milliman into the industry experience analysis business. I had a lot of fun and challenging opportunities in my 9 years with Milliman, from managing multimillion dollar projects, to traveling nationally and internationally to present on predictive analytics topics, to developing a web app, to learning product management, managing a scrappy software development team, to finally managing a mature software suite. One of my most cherished experiences was participating in the Milliman leadership academy, learning about myself and how to become a better leader with the mutual support of a group of industry leading professionals.

2008-2011

After earning my FSA, I wanted to apply my mathematical training to problems in the natural world. The Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM) program at UW was designed for mathematically minded students with just that goal. While pursuing my masters degree, I worked in the School of Forest Resources, performing research in optimization with applications to forest science, landscape ecology, and conservation.

2002-2008

At AXA, I joined the Actuarial Development Program (ADP) rotating through several departments, learning about reinsurance and financial projection modeling. The ADP was at the heart of a great community of actuaries, welcoming new actuaries, developing summer interns, and sharing the successes and struggles of exams.