Marcos Hsiao

TensorFlow certified developer with passion for data science and focus on the study and analysis of data to uncover hidden insights. I have a strong engineering and business background with ever growing proficiency in neural networks, predictive modeling, data processing, data mining, data analysis, and data visualization.

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Experience / Portfolio

Neural Networks on TensorFlow (link to report)
★★★ Deep Learning / Machine Learning Expertise. ★★★

Versed in developing convolutional neural network models for image classification, linear regression, natural language processing, and time series analysis

Analysis for the Lowest Crime Ridden Community Areas in Chicago in 2020 - IBM Data Science Capstone Project (link to report)
★★★ Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization ★★★

Used Python to scrape and obtain relevant data from multiple sources, perform cleaned, and merge into a single dataset
Conducted dataset analysis and constructed visualization outputs: bar charts, tables, and an interactive choropleth map
Produced a complete professional analysis report write-up and made this available on github and via post on Linkedin

Banking Dataset Analysis of Clientele Sign-Up for New Service - Data Science Prediction Study (link to report)
★★★ Classical Machine Learning on Structured Data ★★★

Leveraged Python’s built-in Scikit-learn algorithms to answer a classification task on existing bank customers
Transformed the dataset, designed and built the predictive models using multiple machine learning tools resulting with a 98% accuracy prediction on the test dataset

Movie Recommender on Movies Dataset (link to report)
★★★ Machine Learning on Unstructured Data ★★★

GUI based program that returns the top review for a movie or a list of similar flicks
Makes use of TFIDF in scikit-learn to vectorized and score movie reviews
Coded graphical interface for user input with exception handling
Program conducts a search in a 9000+ database and displays the output

Store Manager GUI (Chinook Database) (link to program)
★★★ SQLite3 and GUI Development ★★★

User interface program for store management
Employs SQLite3 for database interface
Performs search, retrieval, and display of database records with exception handling

Flight Deals (link to program)
★★★ API Call and Exception Handling ★★★

GUI based program coded with API call to find lowest flight prices
Python coded live search tool that employs exception handling and classes

Education

Concordia University, Portland, OR — MBA GPA 4.0 (December 2019)
State University, Mankato, MN — BSEE (June,1997)

Certificates

TensorFlow Developer Certificate - Google (June 2021)

IBM Data Science by IBM on Coursera - Data Science Professional (January 2021)
Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp - Udemy (February 2021)
Complete Python Developer in 2021: Zero to Mastery - Udemy (March 2021)
Probability and Statistics for Business and Data Science - Udemy (March 2021)
Interactive Python Dashboards with Plotly and Dash - Udemy (February 2021)

Skills

Image Classification	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	Natural Language Processing	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰
Time Series Analysis	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	Neural Networks	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰
ML Linear Regression	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	ML Logistic Regression	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
ML K Nearest Neighbors	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	ML K Means Clustering	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
ML Decision Tree	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	ML Random Forest	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
ML Support Vector Machines	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	Recommender Systems	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
Data Modeling	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	Data Mining	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
Data Analysis	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	Data Visualization	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰
Numpy	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	Scikit-learn	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
Pandas	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	Matplotlib	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
Web Scraping	⭐⭐⭐✰✰	API Endpoints	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰
Turtle	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	Tkinter	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰
Jupyter Notebooks	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	GitHub	⭐⭐⭐✰✰
PyCharm	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰	MS Office	⭐⭐⭐⭐✰

Languages

English

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Spanish

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Mandarin/Chinese

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Prior Professional Experience - Engineering and Management Executive

Executive Summary

A highly experienced transnational with 20+ years in Global product design, development and management. Extensive expertise in leading and guiding diverse teams of multicultural professionals. Strong technical and business qualifications in strategic planning, business development, project and product management. Proven ability to forge solid relationships with strategic partners and suppliers, build consensus across multiple organizational levels, analyze critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost-effective solutions. Fluent in English and Spanish, and oral proficiency in Madarin-Chinese.

Core competencies and expertise include:

Cultural Understanding and Awareness – American, Hispanic, Chinese
Strategic Business Planning, Development, and Expansion
Multi-site, Multi-national Team Management
Innovative/Synergistic Design Research and Development
Overseas Design and Manufacturing Facilities
Project and Product Line Management
Global Customer and Supplier Relations
Process Optimization – Cost Reductions – Productivity Improvements

Positions

Global Product Line Director - Magnetics, 2015 - 2018
TT Electronics plc (a global provider of engineered electronics)

Innovator, 2010 - 2015 & West Coast FAE Manager, 2009-10
Wurth Electronics Midcom Inc, Watertown, SD (a global leader in the design and manufacture of custom magnetics)

Asia R&D Engineering Manager, 2004 - 2009
Midcom HKG Ltd, Hong Kong, China (a global leader in the design and manufacture of custom magnetics)

Design Engineer, 1997 - 2004
Midcom Inc, Watertown, SD and Corona, CA (a global leader in the design and manufacture of custom magnetics)

Patent Award

Flatwire Planar Transformer (July 2012)