Frances Nikki Amurao
About Frances Nikki Amurao
Frances Nikki Amurao is a Data Scientist currently working at Expedia Group and Omdena, with a background in corporate finance, marketing, and data science education.
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Frances Nikki Amurao currently holds the position of Data Scientist at Expedia Group. She is also involved in freelance work as a Data Analyst & Scientist and serves as a Machine Learning Engineer at Omdena. Previously, she worked at various reputable organizations such as EY, LSE, and Techstars.
Professional Background
Frances Nikki Amurao’s professional experience spans multiple roles in data science and corporate finance. She began her career as a Corporate Finance Intern at EY in 2016 in London, moving on to become a full-time Corporate Finance Analyst (Mergers & Acquisitions) from 2018 to 2020. She also has internship experience with Lenddo and Edge Interlinks Corporation in Manila. In addition, she has contributed as a Data Science Fellow at Springboard in 2021 and has been part of a winning team at the Techstars Startup Weekend Sheffield in 2017.
Education and Expertise
Frances Nikki Amurao holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), completed from 2014 to 2018. She has also pursued various specialized courses, including the Data Science Career Track at Springboard, the LSE-PKU Summer School at Peking University, and the Business Management Program at the Asian Institute of Management. Additionally, she completed her Cambridge GCE-A Levels at Sunway University. Her technical expertise includes deploying data science applications using Streamlit and utilizing advanced data collection techniques such as web-scraping with Scrapy and Selenium.
Technical Skills and Tools
Frances Nikki Amurao has proficiency in both supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, including PCA and clustering. She has experience in deep learning and image classification using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Her competencies extend to a wide range of data visualization tools, such as MatplotLib, Seaborn, and Tableau.
Achivements and Recognitions
Frances Nikki Amurao has been recognized as the 1st Runner Up in the LSE Case Competition in 2018 and was part of the winning team at the Techstars Startup Weekend Sheffield in 2017. These achievements reflect her capability and competitiveness in the business and data science arenas.