Operations Research engineer solving business problems quickly and efficiently. Specializing in operations research, industrial engineering analysis, custom software solutions, dynamic pricing and hybrid mathematics. Interested in consulting work and project management experience.Open to 100% travel.

Senior Data Scientist @ From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Independent research consultant @ • Social media marketing for roy rotten gaming • Yapta Optimal comfort itineraries for pilot projects with major Credit Card Company • Defined a Process Capability study for customer service levels in a call center. • Customized macros in Excel to aide in time studies. • Aided in clients with Chrysalis reporting system to obtain various data sets. • Performed learning curve analysis for aerospace manufacturing to determine appropriate staffing needs for a new product line. From November 2010 to Present (5 years 2 months) Data Scientist @ • Dynamic pricing strategies for online retailers • Custom algorithms to optimize for client financial goals From October 2014 to May 2015 (8 months) Data Analyst @ From September 2011 to April 2014 (2 years 8 months) Data Analyst @ From May 2011 to September 2011 (5 months) Data analyst @ Structured Equation Modeling in effort to investigate Customer Service Scores (NET Promoter Scores) From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Data Analyst @ From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Sr. Operations Reseach engineer @ • Assisted in development of closed-loop control elements of a mathematical model to enable real time trading of financial securities on the DOW and NYSE. • Designed the prediction training algorithms for a price prediction engine, and developed the metrics for validating the prediction model. Analyzed and recommended securities to include in trading portfolio to company president. • Led the development and implementation of a forecast scheduling application based on uncertain demand for catalog based call centers. • Identified and analyzed performance measures. • Implemented and designed algorithm for a dynamic restaurant employee scheduling application for the paraworks product. Communicated and met with customer to develop model and desired application goals. This product was used by several local restaurants in the Seattle area. • Developed and implemented a manufacturing and material planning application using a pull system and just-in-time (JIT) inventory strategy for a semiconductor company. Resulted in a reduction of throughput time and minimization of Work In Progress (WIP). • Designed a prediction/scheduling application for Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing , and Business Process Management Vendors. Modeled the demand, capacity, service level, employee status, and expense for organizations in the cable television utilities, where rapid growth, limited resources, and extreme volatility. Presented this model to other companies as a demonstration of company capabilities. From September 2004 to July 2010 (5 years 11 months) Industrial Engineering Intern @ • Performed methods and time-study accomplished through observations to isolate value added processes, that resulted in reduction of lead times and labor for several products, as well as reduction in cycle time. • Redesigned workflows to increase throughput and minimize labor needs. • Analyzed manufacturing processes for efficiency improvement, process, and ergonomic improvements and implemented LEAN processes. • Created online individual team warehouses (kanban, EDI). • Applied Statistical Quality Control techniques to communicate defects with suppliers. From March 2001 to September 2004 (3 years 7 months)

PhD, Industrial Engineering @ University of Washington From 2004 to 2009 MSE, Industrial Engineering @ University of Washington From 2002 to 2004 BS, BSE, Applied Mathematics (Operations Research), Industrial Engineering @ University of Washington From 1997 to 2002 Meggie Haartman is skilled in: Analysis, Project Management, Strategy, Program Management, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Process Improvement, Matlab, Analytics, Python, Quality Assurance, Industrial Engineering, Scrum, R, Algorithms