Adam Scarchilli

3576 Historic Dr., Troy, MI 48083

(248) 224-2135 scarchil@msu.edu


EDUCATION
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Masters of Science in Business Analytics 12/2014
GPA: 3.9, GMAT: 710

Bachelors of Science in Statistics, Minor in Economics 12/2013
GPA: 3.96, Perfect Math ACT score, Honors College, National Merit Finalist

EXPERIENCE
Steelcase Inc., East Lansing, MI
Masters Student Consultant 1/2014-4/2014
Developed the most accurate measure of customer retention (selected from entire MSBA class)
which was highlighted in final management presentation.
Clarified technical details to chief analyst and executives during presentation of my unique
model.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, MI
Marketing Sciences Intern II 5/2013-8/2013
Enabled all future price optimization projects to be run in minutes versus 30 hours by improving
an Excel macro to iterate through multiple concepts.
Assisted director of programming department to identify an efficient sub-setting algorithm and
programming method in R to run initially computationally infeasible regressions.
Researched Python plug in for SPSS to help Marketing Sciences write advanced syntax quickly
and robustly.
Contributed to the departments second quarter goal of learning R. Created an internal tutorial
that will be used to train future big data analytics employees.
Marketing Sciences Intern 5/2012-8/2012
Successfully found an algorithm for data fusion that was used to complete our research project.
This algorithm merged the results of multiple, shorter surveys on mobile phones.
Investigated methods for data fusion including hot deck imputation, multiple imputation and
MCMC simulation through SPSS, and a unique algorithm using advanced Excel functions.
Developed a macro in Excel that saves 30 minutes per regression analysis.
Modified analytical walkthroughs of statistical procedures such as binomial logistic regression.

Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Okemos, MI
Actuarial Intern 5/2011-8/2011
Designed variable annuity model that measures sensitivity of variables to profits.
Presented project to actuarial department of 30 coworkers / managers.
Wrote SAS program using an Excel pivot table to evaluate profits of insurance premiums.

LEADERSHIP& SKILLS
Technology: R, SPSS [Modeler], Excel, Python, SAS, C++, SQL, Access, MATLAB, Stata.
President of Chess Club and Vice President of the Actuarial Science club.