1. Xin Li
2370 Portland Street, Suite B, Los Angeles, CA 90007 ■ (213) 281-1453 ■ xli258@usc.edu
Education
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Expected 05/2016
Viterbi School of Engineering GPA: 3.95/4
Master of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering
Main Courses: Advanced Production Planing, Engineering Management, Inventory Control, ERP systems
Beihang University, Beijing, China 06/2014
School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.40/4
Bachelor of Science in Automation Science and Electrical Engineering
Main Courses: Automatic Control Theory, Digital Electronics, Stochastic Process, Mechanic Design
Skills
Softwares: SAP ERP, Excel VBA, SQL, SAS 9, JMP, Minitab, SolidWorks, C Programming
Certificates: USC Graduate-Optimization and Supply Chain Management, SAS-Statistical Business Analyst
Course Projects
Beer Demand Forecasting & Production Scheduling 11/2015
• Forecasted beer sales for a brewery over a 1-year period using Winter’s trend-seasonal method and automatically
updated production schedules with Excel VBA.
• Increased 30% KPI in relation to maximum completion time, total tardiness, and service level.
Optimization Project 09/2015
• Estimated distributions of 12 defining variables using SAS. Utilized Monte Carlo Simulation to increase 8% sales
revenue for a skiwear manufacturer under 30 constraints. Reported decisions with sensitivity analysis.
Regression Analysis of Paper Airplane Flight Distance 04/2015
• Utilized Minitab to build a regression model of paper airplane flight distance with 8 variables.
• Operated T-tests to eliminate insignificant factors, transformed variables to improve adjusted R-squared by 30%,
and validated correlation analysis.
MRP Planning in SAP ERP Simulation Game 11/2014
• Exercised various SAP operation tools, executed MRPs to obtain planned orders for production over 6 months.
• Collaborated with procurement, production, sales departments to evaluate financial reports in order to make
strategies adjusted by season, which increased revenue by 15% and ranked first in the game.
Work Experience
Downtown Disney Data Collection & Analysis, Los Angeles, CA 11/2015
Volunteer
• Conducted a study recording demographic information and typical behaviors of 1500 guests in Downtown Disney.
• Cleaned and analyzed 650 sets of data with JMP to build a regression model for children visitors, age distribution
and party type explaining visit duration of guests. Logged variables to improve residual errors.
China Petroleum Engineering Company, Chengdu, China 08/2013
System Analyst Intern
• Developed an algorithm to collect and test acid density of 50,000 natural gas samples and implemented it to
increased 6% Kappa value in reliability.
ShengAn Fire Equipment Company, Chengdu, China 06/2012
Supply Chain Intern-Inventory
• Assisted Chief Project Engineer with scheduling inventory plans over two months, determining order point and
quantity,as well as managing warehouse operations. Reduced inventory cost by $200 per month.
• Accessed ERP software to evaluate processes including procurement, production, sales, and accounting.
Additional Information
Co-President, Chinese Tutoring Program, USC July 2015-Present
• Held information sessions at local Chinese school and USC to recruit 70 American families and 100 Chinese
student tutors. Screened and matched them up and coordinated the operation of the program.