James Waugh
Work History
I have worked in the following areas:
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Consulting.
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Teaching.
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Traffic Engineering.
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Translating.
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Tutoring.
The Management Consulting Club engineering competition champions (judged by Deloitte Consulting and Beca Engineering).
Combined these two are important skills in supply chain. I have good experience in both.
I love sports, this fuelled my co-founding of AUESC (Auckland University Engineering Sports Club).
The Management Consulting Club engineering competition champions (judged by Deloitte Consulting and Beca Engineering).
My Background
After graduating high school, I relocated to Japan where I worked as an English teacher for 8 months and a customer service translator on a ski resort for 4 months, leading to my strong capability at Japanese language.
I am looking forward to applying some of the techniques I've learned from my university studies on real life problems when I graduate.
Education
Some of my educational highlights from University are:
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8.0 engineering honours GPA.
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Engineering Science:
- ORSNZ Young Practitioner Prize.
- Fourth year project best presentation.- Cecil M Segedin prize.
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Management Consulting Club:
- Engineering Challenge - 1st place winner. -
Statistics 210 Statistical Theory:
- Certificate of Distinction.
Other interests
Outside of my studies and work, I'm an avid rugby supporter and player and co-founder of a university club called Auckland University Engineering Sports Club (AUESC). AUESC is a body of sports minded engineering students with the goal of improving the equipment, support and success of engineering sports people. The club has six sponsors for 2014.
Data Scientist / Engineering Scientist
I've recently completed a degree in Engineering Science majoring in Operations Research at the University Of Auckland, New Zealand. Operations Research provides a mathematical basis for decision making and is commonly used in strategic consulting, finance and supply chain industries.
I've recently started working as a data scientist at Harmonic Analytics and am excited to use the engineering skillset to analyse client problems.
More information relating to my work experience and academic history to date are available under the relevent tabs.