Steven Miller

Orlando, FL

M.S. Data Science.


Projects

Programming Languages & Tools
Projects
  • Stock Options Analysis

    Using a dataset of historical option pricing and relevant data, my goal is to create a tool that can be used to analyze current market conditions for a stock and recommend an ideal options trading strategy using a regression model to forecast trade profitability.

  • Daily Fantasy Sports Analysis

    Using publicly available data, I'm attempting to build a model that can create optimized daily fantasy sports lineups. The goal, which is an uphill battle is to create a pipeline that can be used to deliver consistent, profitable results.

  • Retail Sales Analysis

    Looking at anonymized retail sales information to learn about the impact of holidays and promotional events on weekly retail sales, as well as building a regression model to predict weekly sales moving forward.

  • Airline Safety

    Taking the perspective of an airline, I looked at air travel statistics. The goal was to analyze the safety of commercial air travel and identify ways that airline safety may appear to be a riskier proposition than it truly is.

  • Theme Park Wait Time Analysis

    Using data provided by Touring Plans, I looked at the wait times of the Walt Disney World ride Splash Mountain, looked at the factors that may influence wait times and built a regression model to predict future wait times.

  • Stock Market Analysis

    The concept of technical analysis is a divisive one among traders. I took a look at the simple moving average crossover strategy, tested the performance of various parameters across a large number of stock tickers and built a classification model to generate Buy and Sell signals.

  • AlphaVantage Python API

    For use on other projects, I put together a Python API wrapper for AlphaVantage, a very useful website to retrieve a large amount of historical and real-time stock market data.

  • Formula One Race Analysis

    What makes a Formula One race interesting? Are there factors that decision makers could look at to improve the overall quality of racing? Using fan reviews of races, combined with data involving the races, I attempted to answer these questions.

  • Weather App

    A small command line-based weather and weather forecasting application written in Python using the Open WeatherMap API

  • Box Office Analysis

    Looking at a dataset of films along with their box office performance, I attempted to analyze what factors make meaningful contributions to box office revenue.


Experience

Disney's Operation Command Center Coordinator

Walt Disney World

Responsible for the handling of daily and hourly reporting tasks for Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts.

Handle daily data-quality tasks including data cleaning.

Develop new reports using SAP Business Objects and SQL to provide greater information and insights to decision-makers.

May 2019 - Present

Operations Trainer/Coordinator

Walt Disney World

Worked with new cast members to ensure they were performing within the standards and values synonymous with the Disney brand.

Developed new attraction-specific tools to improve operational efficiency.

Managed staffing on a daily basis to ensure operations were properly staffed but also within budgetary goals.

Used VBA to develop an automated system for cast recognition, significantly reducing the time needed to generate recognition certificates.

Developed a tool using Python to better track historical operational data. Reports were automatically generated and available to decision makers to gain a better understanding of how our operations were trending over longer-time frames. This allowed for potential issues to be resolved before they had a significant impact on the operation.

May 2013 - May 2019

Data Support/Testing

Rho AI

Supporting software used by NASCAR teams during races. Ensuring data quality is as accurate as possible.

Overseeing the proper startup and shutdown of software used during races.

Providing testing and feedback for staging versions of software before upgrades are moved into the production environment.

February 2017 - Present

Options Trading

Self

Trading stock market derivatives primarily using short-selling strategies.

Developed a system to store historical data into a PostgreSQL database for further analysis.

Constantly exploring historical data to uncover patterns and find advantages.

October 2015 - Present

Education

Bellevue University

Master of Science
Data Science
February 2020

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Accounting
May 2011