Hyuksoo Shin, CFA
I'm a Financial Expert and a Data Science master's candidate at Georgetown University.

Over the course of my career, I’ve dedicated myself to the mysteries of data science, creating new ideas based on quantitative analysis of existing data to strengthen portfolio management, develop strategic growth plans, and cultivate long-term relationships with clients.

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Projects

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Predicting Levels of Earthquake Damage

Focused on feature engineering of a classification problem to predict levels of earthquake damage to buildings in the Nepal region. This was a project done during the Statistical Learning course in collaboration with Sam Pastoriza, Harrison Lee, and Haley Roberts.

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Big Data project on Reddit data

Working on a project in the Big Data and Cloud Computing course in collaboration with Minglei Cai, Junlin(Joey) Lio, and Xinlu Liu. The goal is to learn NLP and ML on Big Data using Azure Databricks.

Experience

MS in Data Science and Analytics
Georgetown University
August 2021 - May 2023 | Washington D.C.

Project Manager
Digital Transformation Department
January 2020 - August 2021 | Korea Development Bank | Seoul, Republic of Korea

I led the charge for a project to standardize client data into files compatible with multiple platforms for ease of access, a $9 million capital expansion project. I handled the preliminary market research and targeted similar organizations’ strategies to build our own. I also contributed to digitalization and automation strategies, particularly through financial coaching for Developers.

Fixed Income Trader
Trading Department & Operations Department
January 2016 - December 2019 | Korea Development Bank | Seoul, Republic of Korea

In this position, I controlled the Korea Treasury bond portfolio and Money Market funds, driving innovation by analyzing the KDB interest strategy, government bond auction, and market-making. My attention to the arbitrage-profit calculation matching for the Money Market Funds’ portfolio grew its value from $1.4 to $1.6 billion. I led a task force of four departments through the Trade Repository project.

Senior Officer
Corporate Banking Department[HQ] & Ansan Branch
January 2011 - December 2015 | Korea Development Bank | Seoul, Republic of Korea

I created financial solutions for clients’ unique needs, fostering long-term relationships and capturing 10+ business opportunities along the way. Raised our portfolio by $1 billion with Cellular Phone ABS, one of the largest profit sources in the department in FY 2012.

Reinsurance Analyst
Casualty Insurance Underwriting Department
December 2007 - February 2010 | Korean Reinsurance Company | Seoul, Republic of Korea

I created a treaty reinsurance purchasing strategy, weather and sports indemnity insurance ratings, and strengthened pricing models for facultative reinsurance.