jameymcdowellapplied mathematics and economics
education2013-2017 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics and Economics Furman University
3.6 GPADean’s List every semester
2015 Corporate and Organizational Strategy London School of EconomicsAssessed Competitive Advantages of Firms
experience2016 Vu Digital/CSpire Summer Programmer
Generated web-scraping scripts through Python and MatlabCreated Excel break-point analysis for management
2016 The Capital Corporation Financial Analyst InternPrepared pitch book presentationsConducted in-depth industry and company researchUsed Excel leveraged-buyout model for valuation
2015 Furman Mathematics Department Sports Analytics ResearcherWeb scraped MLB data through MatlabUsed k-means and decision tree techniques in JMP to predict batter successin the MLB
leadership2016 Furman Economics Society President
Organized lecture series on election policy impacts
2016 Furman Investments Club Vice PresidentHelped implement school-wide stock-tracker gameAssisted in the management of $600,000 of the university’s endowmentGenerated a 19% return on my personal investment pitchesOrganized CFA Research Challenge team
2013-2015 Sigma Alpha Epsilon TreasurerCollected and managed a $35,000 budgetWorked with venues to organize socials and functions
about3300 Poinsett Hwy
Greenville, SC 29613
[email protected]://jmcdowell
programmingPython, StataMatlab, ExcelJMP, Latex
courseworkEconomic Forecasting
IntermediateAccounting
Empirical MethodsGraph Theory
Operations ResearchComputer
ProgrammingData Structures and
AlgorithmsProbabilityStatistics
activitiesCFA Research
ChallengeFurman Mathematics
Honors SocietyFurman Club Tennis
VITA-Volunteer IncomeTax Assistant
Furman UniversityOutdoors Club
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