1. ZACHARY DIEMER
295 Miles Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10308 | (646) 753-0930 | Zachary.Diemer@macaulay.cuny.edu
EDUCATION
CUNY - MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE AT THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND Staten Island, New York
Bachelor of Science –Computer Science/Mathematics and Finance June 2017
• Cumulative GPA: 3.54/4.00
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics of Large Scale Data — Expected Fall of 2017
SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS Shanghai, China CUNY
Winter Semester Study Abroad Program Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
• Built interpersonal relationships with students from various local Shanghai University campuses and other CUNY schools
• Presented on the current status of the consumer electronic industry in Japan
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Practical Skills: Database skills: Statistical Software:
— Git, Bitbucket — NoSQL/MySQL — SAS
— Python, C++, Linux — PostGreSQL — R
EXPERIENCE
WEBSCRAPING, GEOCODING, GEOSPATIALANALYSIS, AND VAPOR STORES New York, New York
Graduate Research Project February 2016 – May 2016
• Created a simple, and universal webscraper that uses python and selenium to extract current organizational information from Yelp.
In this particular case it was used to extract information regarding vapor stores
• Utilized R, PostGIS, and PostgreSQL to transform the text data, prepare it for the geocoding process, populate the Tiger Geocoder,
and geocode the newly gathered addresses
• Used Tableau and QGIS to determine how many vapor stores will be effected by the recent legislations that have taken place
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY — HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DIVISION Staten Island, New York
Public Finance Research/Big Data Analytics Intern July 2014 – December 2015
• Used SAS to sort, merge, and analyze financial statements of over 1000 non-for-profit arts organizations within NYC
• Utilized the Farebox Recovery Ratio to determine an alternate method for distributing public monetary funds, in order to ensure
that all types of arts organizations receive the appropriate amount of funding
• Applied mapping techniques in Tableau to convey analytical findings to a general audience
SHURGARD SELF-STORAGE – EUROPE’S LARGEST STORAGE CORPORATION Brussels, Belgium
Internal Audit Intern May 2015 – July 2015
• Conducted operational audits in eight different stores in two countries to ensure that the new institutional programs created by the
company were being followed by all employees
• Worked under the guidance of the Internal Audit Manager and the CFO to publish internal audit reports that identified suspicious/
fraudulent activity, and efficiency problems with internal systems, such as business applications, the central mailing system, etc.
• Used VBA to automate the analyzing and reporting process, which shortened the amount of time the department had to spend on
creating each report
LEADERSHIP
MACAULAY HONORS QUIDDITCH CLUB Staten Island, New York
Captain September 2013 – Present
• Developed defensive and offensive strategies to compete against international/national teams, some of which were utilized to beat
the second best team in the country (Texas State University)
KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY — STATEN ISLAND COLONY Staten Island, New York
Founding Father September 2015 – Present
• Helped organize our initial colonization with the current president of the colony and the District Grandmaster at the time
• Presented to and educated potential members on the benefits of the fraternity via weekly information sessions
ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteer Work: Macaulay Honors Tutor, Macaulay Student Ambassador, Macaulay Honors College Mentor
Interests: Yoga, Quidditch, Basketball, Golf, Snowboarding, and Fishing